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This article is to discuss what is DVD and how to play DVD on portable device like 3GS, iPod, Blackberry etc.

Part one: what is DVD?

DVD, short for “Digital Versatile Disc”, is an optical disc storage media format, which uses MPEG2 compression technology to store to video, image, and date. There are two DVD type on the market. The 12 cm type is a standard DVD, while the 8 cm variety is known as a mini-DVD.

Since it was introduced in 1997, DVD is the most successful home entertainment product in history. It rocks the world and can be found everywhere because of its high-definition, high-capacity and fast read ability. People enjoy a rich multimedia life with these DVDs.

Part two: how to play DVD on portable device.

As we all know, to play DVD, we need to prepare a DVD player, together with the TV at home. Then how to play DVD movie on portable device like 3GS, iPod, Blackberry etc.? Yes, maybe you have guessed out. A DVD converter will make it. What you need to do is convert DVD to MP4, a standard file format supported by almost all portable devices like 3GS, iPod, Blackberry etc.

Currently, many similar converters are available on the market, how to choose one from them? Besides its price, we need to consider the DVD ripper or converter’s stability, conversion speed, whether support batch conversion, at the same time, edit function like trim, crop, merge, effect settings, will count too. All these features will let you enjoy better DVD ripping experience. Here, we will recommend you a DVD Ripper, which can meet all your needs for DVD enjoyment.

Pavtube DVD Ripper is an all-in-one program to allow us to rip DVD to AVI, WMV, MPG, MP4, MOV, and 3GP, AAC, MP3, W4A, WMA, WAV and AC3 etc. for playback on 3GS, Blackberry, iPod, Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, PSP, Xbox360, Pocket PC and Apple TV etc. as well as editing your DVD with like trim, crop, merge, effect settings. Moreover, DVD batch conversion is also supported by this program. You can choose to convert batch of titles or chapters at one time.

OK, here, we will show you how to play DVD on portable device with Pavtube DVD Ripper.
First, download and run the program.

Then import the DVD. Choose the section you want to edit your DVD clips.  Under the section “Edit”, you can trim, crop, adjust DVD effect, such as adjust video effect, brightness, contrast, audio volume, select special video length and cut off black border.

At the same time, do not forget to choose the output format under the drop down menu of the Format. To do advanced settings like adjust bit rate, sample rate, frame rate, etc, click Settings.

The program support to convert DVD to AVI, MP4, MOV, WMV, 3GP, 3G2, VOB, MPG, AAC, DV, MP3, M4A and so on, just like the following list show. Generally, MP4 is widely supported by iPod, 3GS, iPhone, so here, we choose iPhone movie (*.mp4) for example.

When all the customization is done, click Convert to start the DVD conversion.

 

Soon, we will get the MP4 files after the conversion is finished. Import them to iTunes and sync with your iPod, iPhone etc. Then you can watch the DVD video on your portable device with *.mp4 format. Done!