How to Convert DVD to AVI on Mac (OS X Mavericks Included)/Win (Win8 Included)

AVI, standing for Audio Video Interleave, is a widely used video format introduced by Microsoft. The major merit of AVI format is that it supports multiple portable devices such as BlackBerry, Windows Media Player, Archos, iRiver, Xbox, Ubuntu Linux etc. However, DVD movies cannot be directly played on these mobile devices, thus, if you want to play DVD movies on them on the go, you need to rip and convert DVD to AVI first.
To convert DVD to AVI, you badly need a professional DVD to AVI converter. If you have been looking for the right DVD to AVI converting solution that is powerful as well as user-friendly then you have certainly found one. Here Xinfire DVD Ripper is strongly recommended as an ideal converting tool to help you rip and convert DVD movies to AVI easily and quickly. If you are using Mac, the DVD Ripper for Mac is also available.
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How to Rip and Convert DVD to AVI

This tutorial specifies DVD Ripper Windows (Win 8 Included). The way to rip DVD on Mac OS X is the same. Just make sure you’ve downloaded the right version according to your needs.

1. Load and Import DVD Movies to the DVD to AVI Program

After downloading, installing the DVD to AVI converter, launch the program and insert the DVD disc into your computer’s DVD-ROM, then hit “Click to Load DVD” to import the DVD files to the program. And you can click the “Merge” button if you want to convert all DVD titles into a single AVI file.

2. Edit Videos (Optional)

This step is optional, if you want to enjoy original videos, just skip it. If you want to personalize the converted AVI videos, this DVD to AVI converter additionally offers you some useful edit functions. You can reset the Codec, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channel, as well as Video/Audio Bitrate, etc to make your videos more enjoyable. And you can also click the “Clip” and “Edit” button on the right side of the file to edit videos by clipping, cropping, adding subtitles, watermark and adjusting Brightness, Hue, Saturation or Contrast. Also, you can preview videos in the Preview Window.

3. Select AVI as the Output Format and Specify the Output Path

Click “Output Format” and select AVI as the output video format from the drop down-list. Or you can directly set the “Output Format” according to your device name if you want to open the converted AVI videos directly on your portable device. Meanwhile, click “Browser” to set a destination folder to save the ripped AVI files.

4. Rip DVD to AVI

Everything is OK, and then click the “Start” button to begin ripping AVI from DVD.

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