The iPad 2 is the second generation of the iPad, a tablet computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It serves primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. Its size and weight fall between those of contemporary smartphones and laptop computers.

The following step by step guide is going to show you how to convert DVD to iPad 2 compatible video/audio formats and transfer DVD movies to iPad 2 using DVD to iPad 2 Converter.

Step 1. Launch DVD to iPad 2 Converter and Load DVD

You can load any DVD disc, DVD folder, or DVD IFO file to this DVD to iPad 2 Converter.

Step 2. Choose a Profile for iPad 2

In the “Profile” panel, you can specify the output format. Extend the “Profile” menu to choose one of the presets supported by DVD to iPad 2 Converter.

If you want to customize the output video, you can click the “Settings” button next to the “Profile” field to open the “Settings” window and set video resolution, frame rate, bit rate, encoder, etc.

Step 3. Click “Start” to Convert DVD to iPad 2

To save converted files, expand the “Destination” panel, and then press the “Start” button to start ripping DVD to iPad 2.

Step 4. Transfer Output Video to iPad 2

Connect your iPad 2 to the computer. Launch iTunes and import the output file into the iTunes library. Then you just transfer the output video to your iPad 2 with the sync of iTunes.

You may need to know the formats Apple iPad 2 can play:

Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

Audio formats supported: HE-AAC (V1 and V2), AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

“How do I remove DRM from iTunes movies? I am curious because when I go and put it on my psp it says it is an unsupported and i know that Itunes has DRM and want know how to get rid of it”

Has this problem frustrated you too? If so, just follow the step by step guide below to learn how to get rid of iTunes DRM copy protection so as to play iTunes music and video on non-Apple players like PSP, PS3, Zune, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, import iTunes music and video into Windows Movie Maker project, and even burn iTunes movies to DVD.

The only software tool you need is Video Converter Pro, which, apart from removing DRM, can also be used to rip DVD and convert video/audio files.

Step 1. Add iTunes music/video files

Download Video Converter Pro, install and launch it. ( Free Download )

Click the movie button to load iTunes music/video files to this program. You can also directly drag and drop iTunes music/video files to the left main window.

Step 2. Choose the output format

Click drop- down menus of “Profile” to choose the format you want and click drop-down menu of “Output” to set the destination folder for saving output files.

If you want more advanced settings, please click “Advanced…” button to change those parameters including frame rate, bit rate or encoder for both video and audio.

Step 3. Video clip and edit (optional)

Click the scissors button on the toolbar to clip videos. Set the start time & end time to get multiple clips as you like.

Click the edit button to edit video and you can crop the frame size, add effects, add picture/text watermark, or edit subtitle.

Step 4. Start to convert

After finishing all the necessary settings and editing, you can click the start button to start converting iTunes music/video files. You can preview the conversion progress from the progress bar.

The following article is going to show you how to rip DVD to iTunes compatible format on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) for sync with Apple iPad, iPod touch 4, iPhone 4, etc. using DVD Ripper for Mac.

Step 1. Launch DVD Ripper for Mac and add DVD Movie

Drag & drop DVD disc icon on the desktop to the program. Or go to “File” menu, choose “Load DVD” to locate the DVD movies (including DVD Video, DVD IFO file, DVD folder, dvdmedia file) you want to add.

The defaulted setting only read main feature of the DVD movie for conversion, without DVD menu and the movie just starts playing right away. If you want to import the whole DVD, go to “Preference” and unchecked “Load main title of the DVD”.

Subtitle: Regular DVD movies usually have several subtitles such as English, French, German, etc. You can select the one you prefer so that you can convert DVD with subtitle on Mac. You can also delete the subtitle by selecting ‘No Subtitle’
Audio Track: Select an audio track from the available audio tracks of your DVD movie.

Step 2. Output Settings

DVD Ripper for Mac provides you with optimized presets for Apple devices including iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV; Apple Software like iMovie, Final Cut Pro; and a variety of players like Xbox 360, PSP, PS3, Nintento Wii, Walkman, Creative Zen, Sandisk Sansa, etc., making the DVD ripping for your portable devices as easy as 1-2-3! To rip DVD to iTunes for iPad, iPhone, iPod, you just choose the profile according to your device.

There are also a few tips and tricks you won’t miss out on while using this DVD Ripper for Mac to rip DVD to iTunes format on your Mac.

Step 3. Start DVD to iTunes conversion

After the output settings, you can just hit the “Convert” button to start converting DVD to iTunes for iPad, iPhone, iPod.

iMedia Converter for Mac is an all-in-one converter that supports DVD ripping and video conversion. It lets you rip DVDs and convert videos directly for use with iPad, iPod, iPhone 4, Apple TV, or other devices.

The following tutorial shows you how to rip DVDs to all sorts of video/audio formats and convert all popular video formats from one to another on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) using iMedia Converter for Mac.

Step 1. Download and Launch iMedia Converter for Mac ( Free Download )

Step 2. Add DVD or Videos

Drag and drop the DVD disc image or video file(s) to the grey area. Or go to “File” menu, choose “Load DVD” or “Add Video/Audio files” and navigate to the files you want to add.

After a DVD or several video files are imported successfully, you can see all of them listed in the program.

Step 3. Output Settings

Click the output format icon to open the output format window.

Output File: The default output file name is the same as source file; you can rename it by yourself.

Format: Click the format to open the output format drop-down list and choose an output format you need. It provides optimized output settings for iPod, iPhone, PSP, iMovie, iDVD, Apple TV, YouTube, etc.

Video & Audio settings: Set video encoding settings by selecting a resolution, a frame rate, a video encoder and a bit rate; set audio encoding settings by selecting a sample rate, an audio channel, an audio encoder and a bit rate.

There are several Tips and Tricks you need to pay attention to while using this DVD Video Converter for Mac to rip DVD and convert video on your Mac machine. You can split DVD movie or video clips, crop DVD movie or video clips, merge several titles or chapters into one, capture pictures (BMP, JPG) from video, add image or text watermark to DVD movie or video, etc. For example, if you just want part of the DVD movie or video, you just move the pointer over the thumbnail of DVD or video and choose “Split” from the pop-up menu. Or you can go to “Edit” menu and choose “Split”. Then drag the slider to the exact point you want to cut the video, and click the “scissors” button.

Step 4. Start Conversion

After all the necessary settings and editing job, the last step is to hit the “Convert” button to fire up this powerful conversion machine!

“i need help converting an itunes-protected m4v file into a flash video file (.flv) for uploading to YouTube! i’ve downloaded and tried a gazillion different “free converters” and none of them have worked.”

Here comes the rescue! Just follow the step by step guide below to learn how to remove DRM from iTunes protected M4V movies and TV shows and convert iTunes M4V to FLV for uploading to video streaming sites such as YouTube.com and Metacafe.com.

The only tool you need is DRM Converter.

Step 1. Download DRM Converter, install and launch it.

Step 2. Add iTunes protected m4v movies or TV shows

You can import M4V files in three ways:

a. Load files by clicking the “Add…” button.
b. Directly drag and drop files to the left main window.
c. Right click on the left main window, click “Add files”.

Step 3. Select the output format

By clicking the “Audio files to:” or “Video files to:” box, you can select output format for the source M4V files. For example, if you want to play iTunes M4V movies or TV shows on your PSP, you can choose “PSP, PS3″ from the profile category list and choose “PSP Video MPEG-4(*.mp4) as the output format.

Note: This DRM Converter also allows you to customize the video/audio parameters for the output files if you are not satisfied with the default settings or cannot find the most appropriate output format for your specific mobile player. Just click the “Settings…” button to make the settings.

Step 4. Start to convert M4V files

Click the “Start” button to begin to convert M4V files. Then, you can enjoy the iTunes movies and TV shows without any limitation.

Why would you want to burn YouTube videos to DVD? Well, so you can watch them on the big screen, of course. The following step by step guide shows you how to download online videos from YouTube and burn YouTube videos to DVD using only one tool – Video Converter Ultimate.

1. Download Videos from YouTube

Download and install Video Converter Ultimate. Run the program.

Click the “Download” button to add YouTube video URLs one by one. Then hit the “Download” button to start to download the YouTube videos and they will be automatically loaded to this program.

2. Burn YouTube Videos to DVD

After all the YouTube videos are downloaded, click the “Burn” button to go to the “Burn to DVD” window, where you can choose a menu template, set background picture/music, etc. for the output.

Click “Next” to make further DVD burning settings. You can choose to burn to DVD drive (insert a DVD disc first), burn to ISO file or burn to DVD folder. You can also specify the output path for the ISO file or DVD folder, choose TV Stardand (NTSC or PAL), Aspect Ratio, etc. for the output. Besides, the software will estimate result file volume for you. Click “Start” and the whole DVD burning progress gets started.

The burning status will be clearly shown in the progress bar. After the whole burning process, you can get the output file and start to enjoy your favorite YouTube videos on a DVD player.

Note: Video Converter Ultimate can also be used to rip DVD, convert video, remove DRM, etc.

“How do I remove DRM from iTunes movies? I am curious because when I go and put it on my psp it says it is an unsupported and i know that Itunes has DRM and want know how to get rid of it”

Has this problem frustrated you too? If so, just follow the step by step guide below to learn how to get rid of iTunes DRM copy protection so as to play iTunes music and video on non-Apple players like PSP, PS3, Zune, BlackBerry, Creative Zen, import iTunes music and video into Windows Movie Maker project, and even burn iTunes movies to DVD.

The only software tool you need is Aimersoft Video Converter Pro, which, apart from removing DRM, can also be used to rip DVD and convert video/audio files.

Step 1. Add iTunes music/video files

Download Video Converter Pro, install and launch it. ( Free Download )

Click the movie button to load iTunes music/video files to this program. You can also directly drag and drop iTunes music/video files to the left main window.

Step 2. Choose the output format

Click drop- down menus of “Profile” to choose the format you want and click drop-down menu of “Output” to set the destination folder for saving output files.

If you want more advanced settings, please click “Advanced…” button to change those parameters including frame rate, bit rate or encoder for both video and audio.

Step 3. Video clip and edit (optional)

Click the scissors button on the toolbar to clip videos. Set the start time & end time to get multiple clips as you like.

Click the edit button to edit video and you can crop the frame size, add effects, add picture/text watermark, or edit subtitle.

Step 4. Start to convert

After finishing all the necessary settings and editing, you can click the start button to start converting iTunes music/video files. You can preview the conversion progress from the progress bar.

The music downloaded from iTunes is DRM protected as m4p or “protected aac”. If you want to play this kind of music beyond Apple environment (iTunes, iPad, iPod, iPhone), you need to remove the DRM copy protection and convert it to (DRM free) mp3, wma, wav format or else.

The following guide shares with you how to convert iTunes music m4p to mp3 for non-Apple mobile players like Zune, PSP, PS3, BlackBerry, mobile phone and for more use.

The tool you need is DRM Converter, which can be used to remove DRM from iTunes and convert video/audio files as well. ( free download )

Step 1. Add iTunes music m4p files

You can import iTunes music m4p files in three ways:

a. Load files by clicking the “Add…” button.
b. Directly drag and drop files to the left main window.
c. Right click on the left main window, click “Add files”.

Step 2. Select output format

By clicking the “Convert audio to:” box, you can select the output format for the source m4p files. Here, you just choose mp3 as the output format.

Note: This M4P to MP3 Converter also allows you to customize the audio parameters for the output files if you are not satisfied with the default settings or cannot find the most appropriate output format for your specific mobile player. Just click the “Settings…” button to make the settings.

Step 3. Start to convert iTunes music m4p to mp3

Click the “Start” button to begin to convert iTunes m4p files. Then, you can enjoy iTunes music m4p files without any restriction.

Note: If you have real CD discs at hand, you can also convert iTunes music m4p to mp3 following the steps below:

1. Insert a CD-R or CD-RW disc into your CD-ROM drive.
2. Burn the iTunes M4P playlist to make an Audio CD. You cannot select the “MP3 CD” option since it requires the DRM protected iTunes M4P files be converted to MP3.
3. After the Audio CD is successfully burned, insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive again. Then you can use iTunes or Windows Media Player to import the music tracks on the burned disc as MP3 files.

The following article is going to show you how to rip DVD to iTunes files on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) for viewing on iPad, iPod, iPhone using DVD to iTunes Converter for Mac. It also shows several tips and tricks you need to pay attention to while using this Mac DVD to iTunes Converter to convert DVD to iTunes Mac.

Step 1. Launch DVD to iTunes Converter for Mac and add DVD Movie ( free download )

Drag & drop DVD disc icon on the desktop to the program. Or go to “File” menu, choose “Load DVD” to locate the DVD movies (including DVD Video, DVD IFO file, DVD folder, dvdmedia file) you want to add.

The defaulted settings only read main feature of the DVD movie for conversion, without DVD menu and the movie just starts playing right away. If you want to import the whole DVD, go to “Preference” and unchecked “Load main title of the DVD”.
Subtitle: Regular DVD movies usually have several subtitles such as English, French, German, etc. You can select the one you prefer so that you can convert DVD with subtitle on Mac. You can also delete the subtitle by selecting ‘No Subtitle’
Audio Track: Select an audio track from the available audio tracks of your DVD movie.

Step 2. Output Settings

DVD to iTunes Converter for Mac provides a variety of optimized presets for Apple devices including iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and Apple Software like iMovie, Final Cut Pro.

Step 3. Start DVD Movie Conversion

After the output settings, you can just hit the Convert button to start converting your movies. You can choose to shut down your computer or open the output folder after the conversion.

Tip 1. Split DVD chapters and capture DVD clips

If you want to capture a clip from the current title/chapter, move the pointer over the thumbnail of the DVD you want to split and choose “split” from the pop-up menu. In the Split window, you can choose split DVD into chapters automatically. Or you can drag the slider to the exact point you want to cut the video, and click “scissors” icon. When the settings are done, close the window and click “Yes” in pop-up dialogue to save the settings.

Tip 2. Crop DVD Video

In the Crop window, select an output aspect ratio and the available options are: Keep Original, Full Screen, 16:9 and 4:3. You can enter the crop values manually or drag the rectangular selection box to select the displaying area.

Tip 3. Video Effect

In the Video Adjustment window, drag the slider to set the brightness, contrast, saturation and volume. You can also choose a special effect from the Effect drop-down list to apply to your DVD movie.

Tip 4. Capture Pictures

After the files added, you can preview the movie in the preview window on the left of the main interface. While previewing the movie, you can capture pictures by clicking the Snapshot button.

The following tutorial is going to show you how to convert video and DVD to iPad compatible video format on Mac OS X (including Snow Leopard) using iMedia Converter for Mac.

iMedia Converter for Mac is the all-in-one Mac video and DVD converter that can convert DVDs to a variety of formats, including iTunes-, iPad, iPod-, iPhone-, and Apple TV-compatible MP4 files, and also offers video conversion for a host of formats, audio extraction from DVD and video files, including to M4R iPhone ringtones, video editing features, batch conversion, 5.1 audio output support, and more.

Step 1. Download and Launch iMedia Converter for Mac (Free Download)

Step 2. Add DVD or Videos

Drag and drop the DVD disc image or video file(s) to the grey area. Or go to “File” menu, choose “Load DVD” or “Add Video/Audio files” and navigate to the files you want to add.

After a DVD or several video files are imported successfully, you can see all of them listed in the program.

Step 3. Output Settings

Click the output format icon to open the output format window.

Output File: The default output file name is the same as source file; you can rename it by yourself.

Format: Click the format to open the output format drop-down list and choose an output format you need. It provides optimized output settings for iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP, iMovie, iDVD, Apple TV, YouTube, etc.

Video & Audio settings: Set video encoding settings by selecting a resolution, a frame rate, a video encoder and a bit rate; set audio encoding settings by selecting a sample rate, an audio channel, an audio encoder and a bit rate.

There are several Tips and Tricks you need to pay attention to while using this iMedia Converter for Mac to rip DVD and convert video on your Mac machine. You can split DVD movie or video clips, crop DVD movie or video clips, merge several titles or chapters into one, capture pictures (BMP, JPG) from video, add image or text watermark to DVD movie or video, etc. For example, if you just want part of the DVD movie or video, you just move the pointer over the thumbnail of DVD or video and choose “Split” from the pop-up menu. Or you can go to “Edit” menu and choose “Split”. Then drag the slider to the exact point you want to cut the video, and click the “scissors” button.

Step 4. Start Conversion

After all the necessary settings and editing job, the last step is to hit the “Convert” button to fire up this powerful conversion machine!