Import Protected DVD into iMovie on Mac


Import Protected DVD into iMovie on MaciMovie, part of iLife bundle stick on Mac, is an excellent video editting tool. iMovie can edit high definition videos from camera to share on web like YouTube or play on iPod touch and so on.

Have a copy-protected DVD and want to import the it into iMovie for editing? As you know, commercial DVD can't be imported into iMovie directly because of the protection. If you want to import protected DVD into iMovie on Mac, a Mac DVD to iMovie Ripper which can rip and convert DVD to iMovie supported MP4 format is needed.

Aimersoft DVD Ripper for Mac is designed to help Mac users rip and convert DVDs (including commercial/protected DVDs) to all popular formats, such as AVI, MOV, MP4, M4V, M4A, etc. It can help you rip protected DVD to MP4 format easily and quickly, and then you can import the converted MP4 video files into iMovie and edit on your Mac computer.


Guide: How to import protected DVD into iMovie on Mac?

Step 1: Import Source DVD
Insert the DVD disc, then click "File -> Load DVD" to import the DVD files.
After you load DVD files, you can preview it, take Snapshots, and choose Subtitle & Audio Track.

Import Protected DVD into iMovie on Mac
Tips: If you just want a certain part of the DVD movie, you can check the chapters you want or trim the movie.

Step 2: Select the output format
Click “a small icon “(showing your original format) on the right, and a small box pop up, you can choose the output format you want from the Fomat drop-down list. If you have no idea what formats your device supports, you can select it according to the name of your device.

Tips: Tick "Merge into one File", you can merge multiple chapters into a single file to output.

Import Protected DVD into iMovie on Mac

Step 3: Customize the output video(Optional)
If you want to customize the output video quality, you can click "Option" button from the pop up window to customize video quality like resolution, frame rate, bit rate, audio quality etc.

Import Protected DVD into iMovie on Mac

Step 4: Start to rip DVD to MP4 format on Mac
After the above steps, click "Start". After the conversion process, click "Open" to locate the converted video files in your hard drive.

Step 5: Import the converted MP4 videos into iMovie
Open iMovie and choose File->Import Movies and import the converted MP4 video. That is how to import DVD to iMovie for your further editing.

Import Protected DVD into iMovie on Mac

Here is the end of the guide about how to import protected DVD into iMovie on Mac. Why not try it by yourself now?

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