The iPad is awesome and Apple have yet again outdone themselves. I am sure you want to know how to convert DVD movies to view on your iPad? Well this how to guide will show you exactly how to achieve that.
For starters, you need to convert the DVD to a format that is compatible with the iPad, which is MP4 (mpeg 4) or H.264 video. Don’t worry too much about the technical details, because the software will do pretty much all of the hard work.
To have the DVD converted and get it onto your iPad, you will need a DVD to iPad converter and iTunes. I will assume that you already have iTunes installed, since you are using an iPad already. Step one of the process is performing the conversion, after this we need to get the file into iTunes, so that it can be transferred to your iPad for later viewing.
Let’s get started with the DVD to iPad conversion process.
- Download and install the DVD to iPad converter from the link above. Note: there are other good converters, but the Cucusoft is our favorite.
- Insert the DVD you want converted (you can also convert almost any video type with this converter)
- Open the DVD via Dvd to iPad converter, and choose open DVD, or you can manually select a vob file yourself
- Choose the title you wisth to convert, the largest file size and duration will be the movie
- Set any optional preferences, we recommend defaults for starters
- Click convert
Now that is pretty easy, and it doesn’t take long to get video onto your iPad. Depending on computer specs and the size of the file, it could take a little time to complete.
Now to get the converted video file onto your iPad using iTunes.
- Open your iTunes
- Keep the “Manually manage music and videos” unchecked
- Click the File menu, select “Add File to Library”
- Choose the file you just converted
- Under “Movies”, you will be able to right click on the file and select “Get info”, now you can select the “Video Kind”. This should put it in the related playlist.
- From the File menu, select “Sync iPad”
- The video should now be available on your iPad
You can now watch your favorite video, anytime from your iPad. You can find out more about DVD to iPad converters here, as well as other conversion techniques.