How to rip DVD to iMoive on Mac?

There are sometimes necessary when we wish to rip DVD to iMovie on Mac for more convenient to use. However, it is impossible for us to directly rip DVD to iMovie for editing as DVD formats are not in the friendly formats list of iMovie. Therefore we need some DVD to iMovie Converter for Mac tool to firstly rip DVD to iMovie on Mac friendly formats before we import DVD to iMovie.

The video formats that iMovie supports:
Movie File Type
MPEG-2 and AVCHD
DV-Standard and HDV (High Definition Video)
QuickTime Movie
MEPG-4
iMacsoft DVD Ripper for Mac is absolutely a must have, which could help rip DVD to iMovie file formats and thus make it feasible to import DVD to iMovie. This tutorial would make a guide on how to rip DVD to iMovie on Mac.

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1. Load movie DVD
Download and install this iMacsoft DVD Ripper for Mac. Once you've done it, insert your DVDs into your DVD drive and click on "Add" button to import your DVD. Or turn to the top "File" menu and choose "Add..." option to load DVD into the program.

2. Select suitable video format
To rip DVD to iMovie, click "Profile" button at left of the "General" panel, select iMovie video formats from the drop-down list as output format. You can also choose other output format accordingly.

Tip: You can edit the info of output files to meet your need, even specify parameters setting for unique output. This software provides you with "General" and "Advance" panel that covers info edition and parameter settings, such as Output Filename, Video Quality, Audio Quality, Video Size, Track, Subtile, Frame Rate, Channel, Angle, Zoom, Split and Aspect.

3. Rip DVD to iMovie
Click "Browse" button to select a destination folder in the dialog windows that opens. After finishing the above settings, then click "Convert" button to start to rip DVD to iMovie on Mac. Soon, you will get iMovie compatible MP4 videos saved on Mac local.

Import Output MP4 videos into iMovie
Open iMovie and choose File -> Import Movies to import the converted MP4 videos you just get.

Tip: 1) Clip any segment
Select a chapter or title in the file list, click "Trim" button in the toolbar to open "Video Trim" window. You can clip the original video into several parts, then convert and output them separately or as a whole one. Set "Start Point" and "End Point", you get the segment you want to convert and output DVD clips into iMovie.

2) Video snapshot
You are capable to make a stylish album using the snapshots taken from the video with this software. Click "Capture Frame" button at the left top of the main interface to take snapshot when playing the video and save as BMP, click "Open Snapshot Folder" to check the snapshot. You can also define the destination in your hard disk to save the snapshots.