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How to import Commercial and Homemade DVD to iMovie for editing on Mac OS?

What is Apple's iMovie?

iMovie is the fastest and easiest way to turn your commercial and homemade DVD into your own motion picture. The many new features of iMovie make it a snap to create an award-winning movie to share on the Internet.


Import DVD to iMovie application brings you an easy way to rip DVD to iMovie’08 accepted video: MOV (*.MOV), DV Format (*.DV) and MPEG-4 Movie (*.MP4), including both commercial and homemade DVD.


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Tutorial: Step by step to rip DVD to iMovie’08 MOV, DV, MPEG-4, and Import DVD to iMovie for editing for Mac OS users?

  • Step 1: Free download Import DVD to iMovie'08

  • Download and install DVD Ripper, then launch it on your Mac computer.

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  • Step 2: Load DVD Movies

  • Insert a DVD disk, and load it to DVD Ripper, the DVD information titles and chapters will be shown the file list.

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  • Step 3: Select video format that is compatilbe for iMovie'08

  • Select the output video formats: MOV, DV, or MPEG-4. And specify destination for storing converted DVD movie.

    Import DVD movies to iMovie

  • Step 4: Encode video files

  • Hit Convert button, start the processing of converting DVD to iMovie.

    Import DVD movies to iMovie

  • Step 5: Import files into iMovie

  • Open your iMovie, choose file: Import, locate and select the file you want to import and click open.

    Import DVD movies to iMovie

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