Click and unfold the Media menu from the top menu bar and select Convert/Save to open the Open Media dialog. When everything is done, insert your DVD into the ROM drive and open VLC. If your computer runs El Capitan or latter, open the Terminal window by hitting Command + Space keys, and execute the command brew install libdvdcss to download and install the library.
dll file to VLC installation directory.įor Mac computer, get this libdvdcss() downloaded to your hard drive, double-click on the file to install it on your machine. Otherwise, download libdvdcss for 32-bit Windows from and 64-bit Windows from. If you just want to rip home-made DVDs, skip to the next step directly. Click the Arrow icon next to the Download VLC button and download the proper version based on your system. Open your web browser and access the VLC website(). Considering the workflow is complex, we share a concrete guide below.
Part 2: How to Rip DVD with VLCĪs mentioned previously, VLC has the capacity to rip DVDs.
Anyway, you can rip DVD with VLC on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The good news is that you can use extra library to help VLC. Since VLC does not include decryption technology, it cannot decode protected DVDs independently. Firstly, VLC is able to rip unprotected DVDs to digital video or audio files. The answer is various depending on your situation. After finished, you can click "Open" button to get the output files with your specified subtitle and audio.You may wonder whether VLC can rip a DVD. When all settings are done, simply click on the "Convert" button to start BD ripping as well as the subtitle ripping.
Click on the pull down menu of "Format" to select output format, at the same time, if you want to make good control of the output file quality and file size, you can click "Settings" button to adjust video and audio parameters like bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, aspect ratio, audio channels, etc. You can use the preview window to check your selection. The dropdown list shows you the detailed information such as the audio language, codec, channels etc. Now click the drop-down list of “Audio” and select English track. What you need is to find English and check it. Click the drop-down list of "Subtitle", then all the subtitle info in the Blu-ray will be shown clearly, including language and stream ID, so you can select your needed language as your subtitle at will. The extra files can be left unchecked, since the whole movie is included in the main movie. By main movie I mean the M2TS file which has longest duration. Once files are loaded, right-click on the file list and choose “Unselect all” and then tick off the checkbox before the main movie. Do not browse to certain folder or M2TS file, just choose the BDMV folder, the ripper will load all the M2TS files. You can click "DVD Folder" and "IFO File" to load BD movies into this program.
Launch Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac and load Blu-ray movies to it. In the following guide I will show you how to keep English subtitle and track during the ripping procedure. All tracks and subtitles packaged in the Blu-ray disc are available. It recognizes TrueHD and DTS-MA 7.1 channels and output the track at 5.1 channels at best and allows you to select any subtitle you like, as long as it is there. Although most Blu-ray rippers are not able to capture the subtitles or TrueHD audio track, Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is an exception. Besides, the M2TS files shot with AVCHD camcorders can be imported to Blu-ray Ripper for Mac and converted to compatible formats for editing in video editing software like iMovie, FCP, etc. The ripper allows you to back up the movies to hard drive, rip and convert them into other popular audio and video formats to enjoy more freely on home server and devices like Xbox 360 and Apple TV. The source movie could be from Blu-ray disc, DVD, Blu-ray and DVD folder, ISO and IFO file. Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac is a powerful tool specially designed for Mac users to rip, convert, backup and edit both Blu-ray and DVD movies.