How do I get DVD movies into iTunes and on my iPad? How do I rip movies for iTunes?
Due to high audio/video quality, iPad and iPod touch are always fantastic portable devices for playing videos. Meanwhile, we may want to watch DVD movies on iPad and iPod touch. Yet, a general DVD is in MPEG-2 or VOB format with CSS copy protection. To put a DVD movie onto iPad and iPod touch, you need a DVD ripping program to remove the protection and rip the DVD movie to iTunes compatible video first.

Well, this post is the solution to the problem how to get DVD movies into iTunes and on iPad. I will guide you step by step through a totally detailed tutorial that just uses the professional DVD ripping tool to rip your DVD’s into iTunes and later enjoy them on your iPad or Apple TV or iPod touch or whatever!
For PC users, there are lots of such programs that can rip DVD movies to iTunes videos. Among them, I prefer to use iFunia DVD Ripper Pro. You can download it from the official page.

With iFunia DVD Ripper Pro, you can convert nearly all DVDs to iTunes videos for playback on an iPad, iPod Touch, iPod Classic, iPhone, including purchased DVDs, original DVDs, DVD copies and even downloaded DVDs.
Below is the step by step tutorial that details how to rip DVD movies to iTunes video files, ready to transfer to your iPad/iPod:

Step1. Run the DVD Ripper Pro for Windows program and load DVD files
Launch iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for Windows to load DVD files: Click "Load..." to find the DVD disc you want to convert. You also can load DVD/IFO from your hard disk.


Step2. Edit videos: crop, trim, add special effects or add watermark and deinterlace
iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for Windows can not only rip DVD but also a best dvd ripper enables you to copy DVD to iPad, iPod video and almost all other video and audio formats, plus, it is a video editing program:
Crop – Set the video zoom to 16:9/4:3/full screen.
Effect – Make special effect through brightness, contrast, saturation, built-in effects.
Watermark – Add text or pictures on the video, you can add the watermark as a logo.
Deinterlace – Remove the movies black area.


Step3. Change the output settings to convert videos with best quality
In the Destination-Setup section of the interface, select iTunes MP4-MPEG-4 Video or other format from the profile dropdown list. If you want to put the DVD movies to playback on your iPad, iPhone 4, Apple TV, Zune, PSP or other popular portable device, just select an output format according to your device name.


Step4. Start ripping
Click the big button "Start" to begin converting DVD movies onto your hard disk. The Convert progress bar shows you how much of the convert process is completed. Please note the ripping time will depend on several variables including: the duration of the video file, the speed of your computer, what other activity your computer is currently doing, the codec you selected (H264 or MP4) and the bitrate you set.

Tips:
* You can select any subtitle and audio track on DVD for ripping to iTunes video in iFunia DVD Ripper Pro.
* You can adjust settings for channel, bitrates, brightness, contrast, and more in section Export Settings.
* You can preview the video by selecting the video and clicking Play in the preview panel. You can also take snapshot and save them as jpg, bmp file while preview.
* iFunia DVD Ripper pro can run well on Windows 7.
* If you want to cancel the converting process, just click "stop" button to do this.
* If you are a MAC user, please refer to iFunia DVD Ripper Pro for MAC.