iPhone Downloads: How to Convert DVD Movies to iPhone for Windows

Posted on May 9, 2008
Filed Under iPhone Games, iPhone Software

This entry will deal with the issue of converting a DVD movie into iPhone Video MP4 format. I will give you basic step-by-step guidance on ripping a movie DVD or music video DVD into iPhone format – MP4, MPEG-4, H.264. The application I recommend using is also able to convert the following formats to iTunes:

AVI
WMV
MPEG
RM
Divx
MOV
XviD
RMVB
DVR-MS
ASF
MPG

iPhone supports the following formats (so you need to make sure that your output matches the requirements):

1. H.264 video (max 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second), Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio max 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

2. H.264 video, up to 768 Kbps, 320 by 240 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 1.3 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;

3. 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, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Plus a number of audio formats:

AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

There are 2 pieces of advice on converting a video and the last step deals with adding the new video to the iPhone.

# 1 Converting DVD movie to iPhone

1. Get the latest version of DVD to iPhone Converter + iPhone Movie/Video Converter Suite here

2. Insert the DVD into your drive

3. Press “Open DVD” to load it. The video quality you must set is 480*320 MPEG-4 (which is the default quality in fact)

4. Set up the subtitles and sound tracks you like and press play button

5. When the movie gets to the point you want to record from press convert and set the name of the file and specify where to save it.

# 2 Converting AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG to iPhone

1. Get the latest version of DVD to iPhone Converter + iPhone Movie/Video Converter Suite here

2. Press “open file” and choose the file you want to rip

3. Keep in mind that the default format is 480*320 Mpeg-4 video and if you want to change it you need to go to “profile” and make all the required changes there

4. Click on “Convert” to start ripping

5. Download the output files on your iPhone via iTunes

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