Convert regular DVD movies for Samsung Focus/HTC Surround/LG Quantum and iTunes on Mac

Whether you are already Windows Phone 7 handset owners, or you willing be of the next Windows Phone 7 phone holder, the Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac will be your WP7 phone assistant to help you get more fun to watch DVD movies on your Windows Phone 7 handset, such as Samsung Focus, HTC Surround and LG Quantum.

Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac converts DVD movies to smartphones including Windows Phone 7 handsets, HTC Androids, Motorola Droid X, iPhone 4 cell phones so that Mac users can enjoy their DVD collections when on the road. The software also features easy-to-use but powerful editing features to help users cut off black bars, split and remain the desired frames, add watermark to selected movie clip, and extract MP3/AAC/ AC3 audios from DVDs. When converting DVD to Windows Phone 7, the DVD Ripper provides users with different formats. Not only WMV, but also H.264 *.mp4, H.263 *.3gp, DivX *.avi, *.m4v, etc can be used. Generated videos can be imported to iTunes Library and QuickTime Player as well. Welcome to download a trial copy of Windows Phone 7 DVD Ripper and try it out following our guide.

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(Tip: if you are a Win user, please refer to Pavtube DVD Ripper for Windows)

How to convert DVD to WP7 Phone on Mac –Copy DVD to WP7 Phone on Mac
Step1. Load the DVD movie to the Mac DVD to WP7 Phone Converter.
When Launched the Mac DVD to WP7 Converter, click “DVD Folder” to load your DVD movie from DVD-ROM, or from a DVD folder, or you can load DVD IFO file into the program through “IFO File” icon.

If you feel like transferring DVD movies to Samsung Focus/HTC Surround/LG Quantum with main movie only, simply right click on a title to “Uncheck all” firstly and then tick off the main movie only. Notice that the one with the longest duration time would be the main title.

Step 2. Select Output Settings for Windows Phone 7
Select output directory to save the converted files in "Output" drop-down list. Then set output video format. Click on “Format” bar, and select “Common Video>> H.264 Video (*.mp4)” which works well with iTunes and QuickTime Player.

Click on “Settings” and you can also adjust other settings such as video quality, audio track, Bitrates, aspect ratio, brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. Most important of all, adjust video size and bitrate for Windows Phone 7. First find the “Size” box and type in “800*480”, then set video “bitrate” down to “500~2500kbps”. Basically, higher bit rate leads to bigger file size and better visual quality. A 90min DVD movie can be compressed to 300M~ 500M when you set bit rate to “low quality”.  You may also have to crop the black edges off in “Editor” in order to fit for the 800*480 display perfectly.

Step3. Convert DVD to Windows Phone 7 videos on Mac
When the settings are done, click the “Conversion” button to begin DVD to Windows Phone 7 conversion. The WP 7 Mac DVD Ripping Software will automatically start to rip DVD to Windows Phone 7 Phone on Mac. The ViewLog will present you all the info such as conversion progress, conversion state, elapsed and estimated conversion time, and generated and estimated conversion file size. When the conversion is finished, you can click "Open" to get your file in your hard drive.

Tip 1: You can also convert some part of the DVD to other portable players such as iPod, iPhone, Blackberry Torch, iPad, Apple TV, PS3 on Mac OS X with the Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac.

Tip 2: Pavtube offers Blu-Ray Ripper for Mac for users to Put Blu-ray movies and DVD to Windows Phone 7: Samsung Focus/ HTC Surround/ LG Quantum.