Rip DVD to H.265 for Playing on Mac with VLC

Summary: Here's a simple tutorial to guide you rip DVD to H.265 videos for playing with VLC on Mac.

Videos are encoded with H.265/HEVC will maintain the high visual quality, while save more memory space compared with H.264/AVC. For DVD fans, it's a good idea to rip DVD movies to H.265 videos for playing on Mac with VLC installed. Here is how to do and please follow me.

To rip and convert DVD movies on Mac, you can take advantage of a DVD to Mac Converter Herel, Brorsoft DVD Ripper for Mac is an optimal tool that capable to rip/convert any (protected) DVD to H.265 MP4 on Mac in ultra fast speed and excellent quality. Besides, it also provides more popular formats like MKV, AVI, WMV, QuickTime MOV, FLV, WMV, etc for playing on various devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android phone or tablet, Xbox, PS4 Pro, etc. For Windows users, kindly turn to Brorsoft DVD Ripper for Windows.

Step-by-step to Rip/Convert DVD to H.265/HEVC Videos for Playing on Mac with VLC

Mac Version Brorsoft DVD Ripper taken as example, Windows share the same steps. Just keep in mind you have download the right version, Mac platform .exe files cannot be installed on Windows OS – and vice versa.

Step 1. Load DVD movies 

Install and run the best DVD ripper for Mac, and click Load disc button to load the DVD movies to the program
Here, DVD ISO and Video_TS folder files are supported as well.

Step 2. Select H.265 as output format

Click Format drop-down menu and pick up pick up H.265 Video(*. mp4) from Common Video or HD Video category as your output format, which perform best in macOS High Sierra.

Tip: If you like, you can click Settings button to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Step 3. Start to rip DVD for macOS device.

Finally, click "Convert" button to rip DVD to H.265 videos on Mac with ease. (DVD copy protection will be removed automatically.)
Once the conversion is done, click Open button to locate the ripped videos and add them into VLC Media Center.
Now, open your VLC and play the converted DVD movies on Mac without hassle.

Additional Tips:

If you not only wanna rip DVD, but also intend to convert Blu-ray or HD Videos such as 4K XAVC/XAVC-S, MXF, MTS, MKV, WMV, AVI videos Mac, the all-in-one tool, Brorsoft iMedia Converter for Macwill be your first and best choice.