Zune HD finally threw down the gauntlet to iPod touch by equipping it with brilliant OLED display, long battery life, movie rentals, and subscription music integration, which offers a good alternative to listen to music and watch movies. But for DVD addicts with Zune HD in hand, they will be very puzzled for inability to watch DVD movies on this media player.
Still feel hurry-scurry to find out a qualified program to rip DVD to a format optimized for Zune HD? Well, this tutorial shares MacX DVD Ripper Pro, the highly acclaimed DVD ripping application to finish DVD to Zune HD conversion on Mac computer without sacrificing video quality. More joyously, this DVD to Zune HD ripper deals with all copy protections very well and rips DVD to a format like MPEG, WMV, H.264, etc that the Zune HD understands at fast speed.
Tips: MacX DVD Ripper Pro is only designed for Mac users to copy DVD to Zune HD on Mac computer. For windows users, you can have a try of DVD to Zune HD converter for Windows to suit your need.
How to Rip DVD to Zune HD on Mac without Black Bars
Step 1: Import Source DVD
After free download, install and run this DVD to Zune HD converter on Mac, hit "DVD Disc" button to finish the DVD source importation. Alternatively, you can hit "DVD Path" to import this disc file.
Step 2: Choose Zune HD Video as Output Format
From the drop-down list of "Output Profile", navigate to the "to Zune Video" category. From the sub-category, you can choose the most appropriate output format. For the best quality and compatibility, select the MPEG4 format as the final output format. Touting more output formats, this program offers you a golden chance to convert DVD to FLV for uploading to YouTube, rip DVD to MP4 for playback on iPhone, iPad, Android, DVD to MOV for watching on QuickTime, etc.
Tips: To better your DVD movie enjoyment with full screen before ripping DVD to Zune HD on Mac, you can trim off the unwanted part and crop off black bars by hitting "edit" button in the main interface.
Step 3: Select the Destination Folder.
Click "Browse" button to select a destination folder where you want to save your converted video in.
Step 4: Press the "RUN" Button.
Click bottom-right "RUN" and start to rip DVD to Zune HD recognized video format on Mac. When everything is done, you can watch and play DVD movie on Xbox via USB for infinite playback.
In addition to converting DVD movie to Zune HD on Mac, MacX DVD Ripper Pro stands out among other similar programs by furnishing more than 283 output profiles for mobile devices, even the latest gadgets, like play DVD on iPhone 5/SE/6S/7/Plus, iPad Mini 4, Samsung Galaxy S7/S6, HTC One M10, etc for later playback on the move.
In order to watch DVD movie on iPhone iPad, users have to sync the movie file from Mac/PC to mobile devices with iTunes, or with MacX MediaTrans, a highly-praised iTunes alternative, for much faster and easier movie file transfer and management.
Notice: We only advocates using this best DVD ripper to rip commercial DVDs to Zune HD under the concept of Fair Use and does not encourage any illegal reproduction or distribution of copyrighted content. Please abide by the local DVD copyright law before doing it.
Bella has been working with DVD digitization for over 12 years. She writes articles about everything related to DVD, from disc drive, DVD copyright protection, physical structure, burning and backup tips. The unceasing passion of DVD movies helps her build a rich DVD library and ensure a practical solution to address almost all possible DVD issues. Bella is also a crazy fan for Apple products.
