How to convert DVD to Pocket PC, PDA and Smart Phone

This guide will describe the basic steps about converting DVD to WMV/MP3/WMA for PocketPC, Palm, PDA, and Smart Phone. It should be very easy to understand.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Wondershare Pocket DVD Ripper

1. Prepare
   Download 'Wondershare Pocket DVD Ripper'. You can copy this link onto the IE address list to download the software directly. "http://support.wondershare.com/stat/?action=down&id=14&sid=2", or google search for it. Then install it.
2. Add DVD files
   After installing, you will see the main interface of the software.
   1) Rip your DVD files from DVD-ROM drive by clicking “Open DVD”.
   Many friends ask me how to copy movies form DVDs to hard drive. This process calls ‘Rip’. Additional, ripping protected DVDs is illegal (unless you have the own right of the DVDs). This software helps you rip DVDs automatically. You needn’t know how to break the css protect. You will not be confused by the complicated operation of ‘DVD Decrypter’ or ‘DVD Shrink’. I really love this function.
   2) Or Load .ifo files from your hard drive by clicking “Add ifo”. IFO file is an index of DVD files. It contains many control info about the DVD movies.
   3) Or right click on the blank area in the center of the main interface to import video files from your hard drive or DVD-ROM drive.
3. Select the conversion files
   DVD files often compose of many video chapters. In default setting, this software will help you convert multi DVD files into one file, so if you just want to convert some chapters of the DVD, you could cancel the click in front of the title, select the chapters you want to convert and click the box in front of it. The “estimated size” will let you know the approximate output files size.
4. For advanced configure, right click the files you want to convert, a window will be popped up. You could drag the slide bar to set the “Start Time” and “End Time” according to your need.
   This exact to seconds.
5. Customize output screen, cut black margin
   16:9 and 4:3 are two popular ratios now; you could select anyone you want. More over, DVD Movies often with black margin on the top and button of screen, if you want to play your DVD on your PocketPC with full screen, you could cut the black margin. While playing the DVD, a yellow frame will appear beside the scene, you could drag the yellow line to cut any parts you don’t want.
6. Option Setting
   Click the “setting” icon to open the “Option” window. Here you could use the drop-down list to set values for “Resolution”, “Framerate”, “Codec”, “Video Bitrate”, “Ratio”, “Audio SampleRate”, and “Channels”.
   1) Set resolution, you could select the suitable resolution according to your mobile device.
   2) Set Framerate, there are seven choices for you to select, 25 framerate/s stands for PAL format, 30 framerate/s stands for NTSC format. NTSC is a standard used in North America and Japan. PAL is a standard used almost everywhere else in the world. If you want to know the character about PAL and NTSC, you could refer this article for more info
   http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Articles/PALvsNTSC/PALvsNTSC.asp
   3) Set codec, there are three encoders for you, they are three versions of Microsoft WMV encoder, WM1 provides fast conversion speed, and WM3 provides better quality with longer conversion time.
   4) Set Video Bitrate, high bitrate provides better video quality with bigger output size. You could select the suitable one according for your memory volume.
   5) Set ratio, you could configure 16:9 or 4:3 here. 16:9 is width screen. It becomes more and more popular. 4:3 is common ratio for older monitor.
   6) Set SampleRate, high samplerate provides better quality with bigger size. This software can convert the Audio track in DVDs to a single MP3 or WMA file which can be played on MP3 player. If you care about the quality, high sample rate would be your choice.
   7) Set Channels, select “Mono” or “Stereo”.
7. Select subtitle, audio, output path
   1) Rename file: You could type the desired name here for your conversion file or leave it along; this will help you manage the multi files clearly.
   2) Select Subtitle: DVD movies often provide multi-languages for watching, you could select anyone you want, and there also has a “No Subtitle” option for you.
   3) Select Audio: Audio setting is similar with Subtitle; you could select anyone you want.
   4) Select output path: the default path is C:\Program Files\Wondershare\Pocket DVD Ripper\Output\ you could change it at your pleasure.
   5) Select Format: There are three choices for you, WMV/WMA/MP3, WMA and MP3 are audio format, if someone just wants the music from the movie without video (for example, you just want the songs from the DVD concert) you could select MP3 or WMA format, then you can enjoy it on your MP3 player.
8. Start Converting
   After prepare all things, you could click “Start” button to begin the conversion. Then a small window will be popped up.
   This software supports batch conversion; you could add multi tasks at one time and then go away to do anything else. It could shut down computer automatically after all tasks are finished. You could preview your DVD while converting or click “Hide Preview” to shorten the conversion time. You could also get much info about conversion here.
   When conversion is finished, you just need to transfer the conversion files to your mobile device, and then you could enjoy your favorite DVD movie anytime and anywhere.

Tips & Warnings

• 1. DVD subtitle (sub picture), language: It is recommended to use the native DVD menu in the preview panel to set subtitle (sub picture) and language. You may also change the subtitle (sub picture), language in the program's Options menu, but there are some DVDs that require the change must be made in the native DVD menu instead of the program's menu.
• 2. Video Frame Rate: Known as Frame per Second (FPS). It refers to the number of pictures displayed in 1 second in order to form continuous motions. The default frame rate is “keep original frame”. You may choose 30fps (29.97 actually) get more continuums motions. When selecting 30fps, increase the movie quality and size a little bit. This is because more frames need some amount of additional motion data to be stored.
• 3. Crop DVD Clips: After loading the DVD files to be converted, while playing the DVD, a yellow frame will appear beside the scene, you could drag the yellow line to cut any parts you don’t want, and then only the desired section of the DVDs will be converted.
• 4. Audio Sample Rate: The higher audio sample rate, the better audio quality. There are 3 audio quality modes to choose: 22050 Hz, 32000 Hz and 44100 Hz.
• 5. Audio Volume: You can set proper volumes of the export from the drop down list; the available ratio range is from 0% to 200%. Once 0% is selected, the audio track in the source file will be ignored.
• Most DVD-Video discs you buy are copy protected. The very basic protection you can find on a DVD is Content Scrambling System (CSS), rip DVDs which isn't belong to you is illegal. So make sure you rip your DVD for legal backup.