How to Convert DVD to HD H.264/TS/MOV?

I. What video file extension provides the best quality when converting DVD?

Q: What file format to convert DVD to save as much of the video/audio as possible. I know that converting it into any format will decrease it's quality, but which will preserve it the best?


A: Convert DVD to HD H.264 Movie (including H.264 Transport Stream Video with HD standard, H.264 TRP Video with HD Standard, and Apple's Quick Time video with HD standard).


What's H.264?H.264 standard, the state-of-the-art digital encoding format for high definition video, is a high quality video compression algorithm and is suited for all types of applications with different ranges of bit rates. In addition to MP4 files, H.264 compressed video data can be stored inside AVI or OGG files with the option of saving the file with or without the audio data. The technology is also known as AVC (Advanced Video Coding) or MPEG-4 Part 10 (ISO/IEC 14496-10).



Why to convert DVD to HD H.264?Well, to make a long story short, H.264 provides powerful compression technology that delivers a superior video experience at a low bit rate. Its flexible bit stream control enables H.264 to deliver high-quality video to a variety of devices ranging from low-powered cell phones to high-powered Blu-ray devices. In a nutshell, H.264 is suited to any platform-handheld to high def.



Which Player software supports the HD H.264 file format?For HD H.264-TS video (*.ts)--VLC Media Player;
For HD H.264-TRP video(*.trp)—Windows Media Player
For HD H.264 video (*.mov)—Apple Quick Time Player.

II. How to Convert DVD to HD H.264?


Step1. Free download Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum, which can rip DVD and convert DVD to HD H.264 video. Install and run it with the overall interface like this.


Step2: Click "Load DVD" to import the DVD files, select output format you like, as well as the other settings to customize the output file size and quality.


Step 3: Edit the Video (Optional)
If you want to customize the video, this DVD to HD H.264 Converter offers a powerful video editing function, including cropping video, setting the video effects, trimming movie, even customizing personal watermark to meet your personalized needs.


Step 4: After finishing the presettings, back to the main window, click "Start" to convert DVD to HD H.264 legally, and the format conversion will progress in tune.


Now you see this simple yet one-stop solution on how to convert dvd to hd h.264 movie and play on iPod, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, Zune, Xbox, PSP, PS3, Blackberry, and Android smartphones etc. at free.

How to convert DVD to HD WMV Formats?

For Computer users, a video format of WMV should be no kind of unfamiliar at all since it is the most popular video formats with long history till today. With more and more cool portable multimedia players, to  backup DVD to WMV becomes common. For higher requirement of the video quality, now it comes the WMV HD format, then how to convert DVD to HD WMV?

Before we start the converting process, we should make understanding on:

1. What is WMV ?
WMV stands for Windows Media Video -- developed and controlled by Microsoft specifically for internet streaming. You can view WMV files from a hard drive or other media to the easiest Windows Media Player. With the born of this video format, people enjoy more happiness on the internet. However, according to the fast development of technology, people ask more for video quality, that’s why WMV HD format born.

2. What is WMV HD ?
Windows Media High Definition Video (WMV HD) is the marketing name for high definition videos encoded using Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 codecs.These low-complexity codecs make it possible to watch high definition movies in 1280x720 (720p) or 1920x1080 (1080p) resolutions on many modern personal computers running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista, although the hardware requirements are steep. Microsoft's Xbox 360, Sony's PlayStation 3 video game consoles( PS3) and WD TV HD Media Player can also play WMV HD.

3. Why should I convert DVD to HD WMV?
With the virtue of low-complexity codecs, HD WMV videos can be watched on many modern PC running Windows XP or Vista and popular players. Since WMV HD is of better output quality, to watch DVD movies of high definition quality on LCD TVs, Laptops and other popular portable players will be more enjoyable. If you want to backup the wonderful DVD movies in high definition on hard drives ( copyright protected or not) for personal use only, to rip DVD to HD WMV (for CSS protected DVD) and convert DVD to HD WMV are necessary.

Ok, let’s start the process of converting DVD to HD WMV step-by-step: 

How to convert DVD to WMV HD ?

Step 1: Download, install and launch DVD to WMV HD Converter

Download a converter of ripping or converting DVD to HD WMV funtion, such as Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum ( recommended since it reputes very well among the DVD converting field.),Install the software, get registered and then launch it. See the interface as follow:

Step 2: Load DVD, select output format and set destination folder

There are four ways to importing DVD, namely by pressing "DVD Rom", "DVD Folder (Data DVD)", "ISO image files " and “IFO files”. As soon as DVD files are loaded, you can click the drop-down button of "Profile" to select output format. In order to keep the movies in high definition, here I choose "HD WMV Video" for example, so that the ripped files can be played via HD Media Player such as WD TV HD Media Player, Xbox360, etc.

At the same time, you can specify the output directory to save your converted files in "Output" drop-down list. Of course, you can skip this step, because this program offers a destination folder set by default, if you do not specify, it will export files to this folder automatically. Moreover, if you want to play all your files without intervals, you can check "Merge into one file" to combine multiple chapters to be one file.

Step 3: Edit the Video (Optional)

If you want to customize the video, Wondershare DVD Ripper Platinum offers a powerful video editing function, including cropping video, setting the video effects, trimming movie, even customizing personal watermark to meet your personalized needs.

Step 4: Set advanced settings

Besides this, you can set the related video/audio parameters (resolution, frame rate, video encoder, bit rate, sample rate and audio channel etc) in "Settings" window by clicking " Settings" .

Step 5: Start to convert

Once all the above settings are completed, you can click "Start" button to start the process of ripping DVD to HD WMV, then you can get a cup of coffee and come back later to check if the conversion is finished. The output WMV HD files can be found by clicking on the button "Find Target". After that, you can copy these files via USB to your hard drives, and plug in it to HD Media Player to enjoy on LCD TV.