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How to convert DVD to play on iPad

So you have an iPad and a collection of DVDs. You obviously don’t want to buy them all again from iTunes, so how do you convert them over? It is actually quite simple!

1. Download and install necessary software

First you need a program called Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/) and a video player called VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/). Download both in 32bit version (they need to be the same and at the moment 64bit version of VLC isn’t availiable). Installation of both programs is very straightforward.

2. Converting DVD

Insert the DVD into your mac (or pc) – it might lunch your default DVD player application -if it does, quit it. Now run Handbrake – it will open a source dialog, asking you to locate file to convert. Just click on the DVD name on the very left and hit Open.

Now Handbrake will scan DVD for Titles. Titles are multiple sections on DVD – if you are converting film, select the longest one (should be by default anyway), if it’s TV show with multiple episodes, they will show up as different titles and you have to convert each of them separately (or add them in a Queue).

Next select the Destination (it’s under the Titles dropdown) – browse to location on your hard-drive with at least 1GB of free space.
Now you can either set all the conversion settings your self (if you know what they do) or make it easier for your self and just select a preset from the right side bar. For iPad, I recommend the Apple Universal preset.

Before you start converting, you might want to add subtitles, if the film isn’t in your language.

In the Subtitles section, you can either select a DVD subtitle track or add External SRT file, make sure Burned In is checked if you are converting for iPad.

Ok, you are ready to go now, just hit Start button in the top left corner and wait for the conversion to finish – it will tell you estimated time, to rip a DVD will take from 45 minutes to one hour.

3. Copy the film to your iPad

Depending on where you set your converted file to go (Destination settings) – go there, grab a file and drop it in your iTunes library (not the iPad movie list!).

Now with your iPad connected, you can go to iPad library in iTunes and select movies from the top bar. If you check “Sync movies” you will find the converted film in a list bellow, just select it and Sync.

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