How to rip DVD to video, audio formats
iSofterDVD Ripper Platinum provides a simple, fast method to convert DVD movie to VCD format, it's simple, please follow the next steps:
Step 1. Run iSofter DVD Ripper Platinum and load DVD. (DVD will be auto opened after 6 seconds, if you have multi DVD Drivers, press the "DVD" button to choose one.)
Note: DVD to VCD convert speed is most depend on your CPU type, please select the most appropriate CPU for high speed! Click "Settings/CPU" at first!
Step 2. About "Input" settings: After you successfully load the DVD, the DVD info is displayed in the center window. Sometimes some chapters/episodes hide in another index, you can change an index in "Index" dropdown box to load these chapters/episodes.
You can select the audio track for the target files in the "Audio" combo-box in the Input area. Also, you can select the "Subtitle" as well.
Note: if the Chapter name with "*", such as "Chapter 1*", this Chapter is multi-angles chapter, you can select different angle for rip(in the "Angle" combo-box in the INPUT area).
Step 3. About "Output" settings: Select the target audio format in the "Format" combo-box in the Output area. If you choose " (*.avi)" as the output format, iSofter DVD Ripper Platinum allows you to specify the video quality by clicking the "Settings" button. In general, you'd better keep the default value, that's enough to reserve wonderful audio quality.
Step 4. In general, DVDs are ripped by chapters. If you prefer to split DVD by certain file size, please select "Custom Size" in the "Split" box. You may enter the specifying number by clicking "Settings" button. The default is "5 MB".
If you want to rip by certain duration, please select "Custom time", you may enter the specifying number by clicking "Settings" button. the default is 6 minutes.
You may specify the output path (default is C:\iSofterOutput\), that is where your converted files in. Click "Browse" to reset it as you wish. Click "Folder" can open output fold directly.
Step 5. With all settings being properly done, click "Start" button, choose "Encode" to start ripping.
If you want to encode from a specific starting point, firstly, you must change "Split" to "Custom size" or "Custom Time", then choose "Encode From Current Position" in the "START" menu.
If you want to encode a segment, please choose "Encode Segment" in the "START" menu, then enter the beginning time and the duration of the clip. For example, you want a clip from 1:17:43 to 1:55:17, you should enter From 1:17:43 to 1:55:17, after that, click the "OK" button.
Step 6. After the file is successfully ripped, you may click the "Folder" button to browse the output files. Convert DVD to VCD is done.
Note: you can choose "Settings/ Shut down the computer when job is down" for a long time converting job.