How do I import home DVD to iMovie on Mac

You know that it is illegal to rip and convert commercial DVD to video though you have pay for the DVD movies. But you can rip DVD that you have made by yourself to iMovie for editing on Mac. In this guide, we will show you how to import home DVD movie from disc to iMove on Mac by using the most professionla DVD Ripper software on Mac.

If you want to import home DVD disc to iMovie. If you want to convert the DVD disc to MOV for iMovie. If you wanna to transfer and copy home DVD to iMovie on Mac and add effects. Here is the right place. Question from user:
"I have a lot of home DVD movies and I recorded some DVD video on a Panasonic camcorder. However, iMovie does not seem to recognize the camera video and my home DVD movie and won't let me import the DVD. My friend has Windows Vista, and he can import them onto his computer. However, I want to edit them in iMovie on my Macbook Pro. Is there a way to transfer the DVD video clips from my Panasonic camcorder to iMovie, If can, How? Besides, I just want to transfer the DVD to iMovie for adding some effects and so that I can share it with my son on YouTube. Please help me"

We all know that the Mac iMovie only support these kinds of video clips.

Movie File Type
MPEG-2 and AVCHD
DV-Standard and HDV (High Definition Video)
QuickTime Movie
MEPG-4

You can rip DVD to iMovie supported video and then import to iMovie for editing

PavTube Blu-ray Ripper For Mac is a good choice. With PavTube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac, you can not only rip and convert Blu-ray disc to iMovie video, but also can rip and convert DVD movie to iMovie for Mac. By convert the home DVD movie to MOV files or converting the home DVD to MP4 files. And rip the home DVD to small clips so that you can import them to iMovie and edit what clips you like.

PavTube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is the perfect combination of Mac Blu-ray and DVD Ripper which helps you rip Blu-ray disc and DVDs, convert DVDs to all popular formats (such as MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV) and extract audios from DVD or video files with high conversion speed. By ripping the Blu-ray or DVD movie to video files so that you can import them to iMovie for mac without any hassle.

Price: $49.00

Download Trial l version now Platform: Intel version only

Guide: How to import DVD to iMovie on Mac

If you want to put and transfer commercial DVD or home made DVD to iMovie, you need to convert DVD to the video formats that are compatible with iMovie. I recommend you use this powerful and easy-to-use DVD Ripper for Mac which is fast in ripping DVD to MP4. It supports converting encrypted DVD.

So, there are things you need to prepare for ripping.

DVD Ripper software
DVD movie

2 steps to copy DVD to iMove on Mac

Rip DVD movie to iMovie compatible video
Import the video to iMovie on Mac

Note: This DVD Ripper software For Mac only rip your purchased DVD movie for personal use. Do not use it for commercial purpose.

Step 1. Load DVD disc to DVD Ripper software

To rip DVD to iMovie video on Mac, you can insert the DVD to DVD drive on your computer. And launch Pavtube Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac. Click on “DVD Folder” to import Blu-Ray movies or DVD movies, browse to the drive and click “Choose”. You do not have to open the any of the folders. Check it in preview window if you are not certain. Protected DVD folders can be loaded to the ripper in the same way. Right below the file list you can try and choose from dubbings of different languages by setting Audio track option.

Rip DVD movies to iMovie video

(Tip: you can click “Edit” button to perform edit functions such as crop, trim, flip, effect, watermark and audio replace.)

Step 2: Set Output format.

Click on “Format” bar to determine the output format. Select HD Video and choose an acceptable format from the list (H.264 MP4 as shows above). Click on “Settings” and you could further customize video and audio parameters, for example, 1280 by 720 pixels (adaptable with 16:9 wide screen) at 29.97 fps, AAC audio at 160 Kbps, 6 Channels (Dolby 5.1 channels). Click on “OK” to confirm your settings. In Export to box you could specify destination for the ripped file.

Set output audio and resolution

Step 3: Start ripping DVD to H.264

Click on “Convert” button to start DVD to H.264 MP4 conversion. The ripper will remove the protections and generate HD MP4. After conversion you can play it freely with iPad as you like.

When the DVD to video files ripping is over, you can transfer the video files to iMovie for editing easily. Have a nice try.

All-in-one Blu-Ray and DVD ripper, converter, and editor.
Rip DVD to iMovie video
Rip Blu-ray (*.m2ts) and DVD (*.vob) movies from disc and folder to numerous video and audio formats.
Full back up Blu-ray disc and DVD with one click.
Perfect output audio-video sync quality with fast converting speed.
Access to all the subtitles and audio tracks freely.
Support for TrueHD and 5.1 channels audio output.

Price: $49.00

Download Trial l version now Platform: Intel version only

System Requirements

1G Hz or above PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor.
Mac OS X (including Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger ,v10.5 Leopard and v10.6 Snow Leopard ) on iMac, MacBook, Mac Pro, etc.
512 MB physical RAM (memory) or more.
1024*768 or higher resolution display.
Optical Drive: DVD-ROM (BD-ROM is required for ripping blu-ray disc)

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