This DVD to Zune guide includes two parts:

How to convert DVD to WMV and transfer to Zune?
How to crop, edit, join and trim DVD movie for Zune?

Part1. How to convert DVD to WMV and transfer to Zune?

Step1. Please download Aimersoft

DVD to Zune Converter ; you can know more about it by visiting here.

Step2. Load DVD file
Insert your DVD disc into your DVD-Rom, then run the software, click “Load DVD” button and add the DVD file. You can also add DVD/IFO from your hard disk by clicking “Load File”.

Step3. Select the chapters you want to convert.
You can convert your whole DVD by highlighting the title which contains the whole episodes of DVD, such as the title 01 in the following screenshot. Or if you like, you can select certain chapters to convert: Press the little button before “Check All” on the interface to find all the chapters in the file. This software fully support all kinds of DVD, such as regular DVD movie and DVD MTV. DVD MTV will have several titles, so you can select the desire MTV to convert.

Step4. Select the output Zune Video format, Subtitle and Audio

Format: This software can convert DVD to WMV and MP4 format which are fit for Zune player, it also can extract audio track from DVD and save as MP3 and WMA format which are fit for any other MP3 player. If you care about video quality, you can select “Zune (640*480) Windows Media Video (WMV)” format, the quality is perfect, but it will take a little longer time to convert video.
Subtitle: Regular DVD movie usually has several subtitles, like English, French, German, etc. You can select anyone according to your need. You also can select “No Subtitle”
Audio: Select Audio is the same as select Subtitle.

After all things done, click “Start” to start conversion.

Step 5: Put movies on Zune

After finish conversion, plug in your Zune to computer via USB cable, then zune software will detect your Zune as a device. drag your converted movies to Zune software and click 'Start to sync', then your movies will be transfered to Zune. You can download the Zune software free from here to put movie on Zune
http://www.zune.net/en-us/meetzune/software.htm

Part2. How to crop, edit, join and trim DVD movie to Zune?This software provides basic DVD edit functions such as trim DVD, crop DVD and combine DVD chapters.
If you want to convert DVD without the black edges of the DVD movie, you can click the “Crop” button, and then you will see a pop up windows (See the figure below). There is a frame in dashed line around the movie video; you can drag it to cut the black edges.

Moreover, you can click the Crop drop-down list to select a Crop model you prefer, for example: “Cut off top and bottom black edges”. You can even type the number in the box to cut off black border accurately.

If you want to combine several DVD chapters into one file, on the main interface, there is a check box “Merge into one file”, select it, then you will only get one output file instead of several files by chapters.

IIf you want to snatch pictures from DVD, while you previewing the DVD movie, there will be a small camera icon below the preview window, click it when you want to snatch the picture, it support output picture as JPEG or BMP format.

You can click the “Effect” button and customize the brightness, saturation, contrast, volume, etc (See the figure below). You can even apply special effects such as “Emboss”, “Negative”, “Old film” and “Gray” by selecting an effect from drop-down list.

If you just want to convert several DVD chapters, you can just select the chapters you want to convert (you can preview the DVD clip before converting it).

Or you can click “Trim” button to open the trim panel, drag the trim bar to set start time and end time to convert a clip from your movie. You can also type the exact time values in the Set Start Time field and Set End Time field to trim video.

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