How to Rip DVD to YouTube

As you may know, YouTube only accepts videos within 15 minutes since July 2010 for copyright protection. The upload video formats could be AVI, MKV, MOV, FLV, WMV, MPEG-4, and MP4, and etc. So here is the thing, there are two necessary features that a DVD Ripper must have to rip DVD to YouTube supported formats. First, it has "clip" or "trim" function to cut an entire DVD movie into small video clip less than 15 minutes. And then it rips and converts this video clip to AVI, MKV, MOV, FLV, WMV, MPEG-4, and MP4 which are supported by YouTube. With right toolkit – Sothink DVD Ripper — rip DVD to YouTube could be extremely easy and fun.

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Know More about Ripping DVD to YouTube
  • Rip DVD to multi video audio formats: extract DVD to AVI, MP4, MPG, WMV, 3GP, 3G2, MKV, MOV, FLV, F4V, SWF, MP3 and M4A.
  • Decrypt and convert DVD movies for portable devcies: pre-set DVD to devices profiles are listed, including iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Zune, Xbox 360, Google Android, Nokia, BlackBerry, Windows mobiles and more.
  • High Definition DVD ripper: convert DVD movie to HD AVI, HD MP4, HD MOV, HD MKV, HD WMV, HD FLV and other HD video formats.
  • Useful editing features: cut DVD video into video clips, crop video image frame, adjust video brightness, contrast, saturation, and attach wartermarks on.
  • Super fast and easy to use: proved user-friendly and intuitive interface with fast processing ability.
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Step by Step Guide about How to Rip DVD to YouTube

Follow this tutorial you will find how to rip DVD to YouTube with Sothink DVD Ripper. The processes is quite simple and only need few clicks. From there, you'll quickly discover most of the other features of the program yourself.

Step 1. Click "Open DVD" to Import DVD Files into the Program
Download and install Sothink DVD Ripper following the instruction of the setup file. After the installment is finished, launch the software and click "Open DVD" on the top toolbar to open a DVD disc in your driver or a DVD folder in your PC. Batch DVD conversion is supported.

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Tip: There is a window on the bottom of the program for previewing the DVD titles. You can click button "Play" to preview your DVD movie. You may switch between Details mode and Thumbnails mode to view the information about your source video(s).
Step 2. Click "Edit" to Open an Edit Window
Select one DVD file listed in the program window and click "Edit" on top toolbar. There are four tags in Edit Window, which are "Trim", "Crop", "Effect", "Watermark". To rip a DVD to YouTube, trimming the entire DVD movie into 15 minutes video clip is a necessary step. Under item "Trim", user could define the exact "Start Time" and "End Time" by dragging the triangle on both sides or by inputing numbers in the Timers. After that, user could crop video image frame, adjust video brightness, contrast, saturation and attach wartermark as his/her will.

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Note: More 15minutes DVD movie clips please repeat Step 1 to 2.
Step 3. Select Output Profile to Rip DVD to YouTube
Back to the main interface. Choose an output profile in "Target profile" drop-down menu under left "Setting" panel. Since YouTube supports AVI, MKV, MOV, MP4, FLV, WMV, MPEG-4, and multiple video formats, user could choose one of YouTube supported formats according to their preferences. And also be aware that video audio codec, dimension, bit rate are all adjustable under "Advanced" panel.
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Step 4. Feel Free to Upload Ripped and Converted Videos to YouTube Now!
When the setting finished, check the videos have been ticked and click button "Rip DVD" on the top of the tool bar to start rip DVD to YouTube. After a few minutes (depending on your computer condition or video format file size), ripped and converted 15 minutes YouTube supported videos could be found in designated path. Now user can easily upload DVD movie videos on to YouTube!

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Formats and Devices Supported by DVD Ripper

Input Formats DVD (DVD-9, DVD-5), DVD folder
Output DVD to Video AVI(DivX, XviD), MP4, MPG, MPEG, WMV, 3GP, 3G2, MKV, MOV, FLV, F4V, SWF
Audio MP3 Audio (*.mp3); AAC Audio (*.m4a)
Devices iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Sony PSP, Sony Walkman, Sony PS3, Microsoft Zune, Xbox 360, Google Android, Google Nexus One, Nokia N-series, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile Phone, Dell Axim 51, HP iPAQ, Palm Treo, HTC Touch Diamond, Wii, Creative Zen, iRiver, Archos, Sandisk Sansa.

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