DVD use MPEG-2 codec which is known by many, and if you are willing to convert DVD to XviD file (XviD is popularly used online for its top-ranking picture quality and efficiency) on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard, Lion included), you may need a professional DVD to XviD Converter for Mac to help you. This article shows you a simple DVD Ripper for Mac which can finish the conversion with only 3 steps. In addition, the Ripper is excellent in quality and reasonable in price:

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Step 1. Select the DVD files to the Converter Drag & drop DVD disc icon on the desktop to the program. Or go to “File” menu, choose “Load DVD” to locate the DVD movies (including commercial DVDs and homemade DVDs) you want to add. Note: The DVD to XviD Ripper for Mac is defaulted to read main feature. So if you want to import the whole DVD, you can go to “Preference” and uncheck “Load main title of the DVD”.Step 2. Set XviD AVI as output format With the smart DVD to XviD Converter, you can select XviD AVI as your output format (AVI has the vast support of hard devices and is wildly used in saving media files). Moreover, if you want to put the output file on your iPod, iPhone (iPhone 4 included) or other popular portable device, you can select an output format according to your device name! Audio formats are allowed too. Step 3. Start DVD to XviD conversion on Mac OS X Hit “Convert” and leave this smart DVD Ripper for Mac to do the rest for you! After the DVD to XviD Mac conversion, you can freely share your DVD movies as XviD files with others more easily. PS. You can edit the DVD movies before the DVD to XviD Mac conversion by cropping, trimming, merging or adding effect, see more in DVD Ripper for Mac User Guide and Tutorials.