“I attempted to stream DVD ISO movie files off my Mac PC to my new arrived iPhone 5S so I can kill the spare time while waiting for a bus. But soon I realized it cannot play DVD ISO movies. Is there a way or method that will play DVD ISO files on Apple iPhone 5S?”
Maybe you have backed up your favorite DVD movies to ISO image files or IFO folders on your Mac, it’s great because it saves your DVD discs from physical scratch or accidental damage. While you may not watch DVD ISO/IFO movies on most portable smartphones or tablets, such as latest iPhone 5S/5C, since they doesn’t recognize .iso or ifo files as source video formats. To make iPhone 5S/5C play DVD ISO/IFO movies, you will need a DVD ISO/IFO to Apple iPhone 5S/5C ripper to convert DVD ISO/IFO movies to iPhone 5S/5C supported format so that you can play your DVD movies on iPhone 5S/5C.
What is DVD ISO and what is DVD IFO file?
DVD ISO - A DVD ISO image is an archive file (also known as a disc image) of a DVD disc, composed of the data contents of every written sector of an optical DVD disc. The DVD ISO image can be created from DVD discs by image creation software program.
DVD IFO - When you access the DVD drive you'll see at least 2 directories: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. AUDIO_TS is used for DVD Audio and contains the audio files, whereas VIDEO_TS is used to store all data for the movie. Under the VIDEO_TS directory, there are three types of files: .VOB, .IFO and .BUP. IFO Files give the player important navigational information, like where a chapter starts, where a certain audio or subtitles stream is located, etc. This is the reason why it's only possible to rip certain parts of a movie (like a chapter) with a ripper which can read these files. Last but not least IFO files are not encrypted.
How to transcode DVD ISO/IFO files to iPhone 5S/5C on Mac?
Here we present you a step-by-step guide to help you easily convert and transfer DVD ISO/IFO movies to iPhone 5S/5C playable format.
1. Download DVD to iPhone 5S/5C Ripper for Mac, install and launch it.
Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac is a good DVD Ripper software to transcode DVD disc, DVD ISO, and DVD IFO files for Apple iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. Besides, this app works great to rip source disc to various video files, and backup BD/DVD to MKV with lossless quality and chapter markers preserved.
2. Load DVD ISO/IFO movie to iPhone 5S DVD Ripper.
Select “Load IFO/ISO” from Load file drop list to import your DVD ISO/IFO file to Pavtube DVD to iPhone 5S converter.
3. Select output parameters for iPhone 5S/5C.
From Format menu, find iPhone category and choose the optimized profile for iPhone 5S/5C.
Tips: If you want get better video and audio playback quality, you could adjust the video parameters by clicking the "Setting" button to change Frame Rate, Resolution, Aspect Ratio, Video Bitrate, Sample Rate, Channels and Audio Bitrate.
4. Start DVD ISO/IFO to iPhone 5S/5C conversion.
Double check your settings and you are ready for DVD ISO/IFO to iPhone 5S/5C conversion. Hit the “Convert” button on ByteCopy main interface to run the process. After it completes, you will get an iPhone 5S/5C suitable MP4 file located in the pre-set output destination. Click the “Open” icon, find the created video file and transfer DVD ISO/IFO movie to watch on iPhone 5S/5C.
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