User Guide

Make Preference Settings

Before starting to convert Blu-ray or DVD files, do not forget to make the preference settings according to your needs.

Click the name of this software on the top-left corner and select Preferences… from the pull-down option.

There are 5 preference options for you.

General

In the default General tab, you can set the subtitle language, audio language, hardware acceleration, update option, etc. as you like.

Preference General

Convert

Switch to the Convert tab, you can see the preferences of setting the output folder, snapshot format, and more settings.

Preference Convert

Ripper

Navigate to the Ripper tab, where you can select DVD loading mode, deinterlacing feature, the ripping output folder, snapshot folder, etc.

Preference Ripper

Toolbox

Locate to the Toolbox tab, you can see the output folder for 3D making, GIF creating, etc.

Preference Toolbox

Task Schedule

Head to the Task Schedule tab, you can open the output folder after conversion completed, beep when the task is done.

Preference Task Schedule

Rip Blu-ray Disc/Folder

Step 1 Load Blu-ray files

To convert a Blu-ray disc to other video or audio formats, you should connect a Blu-ray drive to your computer, and insert the Blu-ray disc into the drive.

Run Blu-ray Converter for Mac on your Mac computer. Go to the Ripper workspace.

Click the Load Blu-ray drop-down option to import your Blu-ray disc, or Blu-ray Folder.

Add Blu-ray Movies on Mac

Then this software will load the main movie automatically into this software.

If you want to see other Blu-ray movie titles, click Full Movie List to find your target video.

Open Full Movie List

Step 2 Choose output video or audio format

To select the output video or audio format for Blu-ray files, you should click the pulldown list of Convert All to on the top-right corner.

The default output format for Blu-ray is MKV Lossless which can preserve the lossless output quality.

MKV Lossless for Blu-ray

If you want to rip Blu-ray to other digital formats for easy playback on devices, just switch to other tabs from the sidebar to select them.

Other Formats for Blu-ray

You also can change to the Audio or Device tab to decide each video by click the format icon on the right side of the video file.

To choose a different output format for each Blu-ray titles, you can select the drop-down output list by clicking the Output format one by one.

Select Output Format one by one

Step 3 Rip Blu-ray on Mac

Specify the folder where the ripped Blu-ray movies should store on your Mac from the drop-down option at the bottom, and finally, click Convert All to start ripping Blu-ray videos.

Convert Blu-ray to Video on Mac

Rip DVD Disc/ISO/Folder

Step 1 Load DVD Disc/ISO/Folder

To convert DVD to other digital formats, you should put the DVD into your DVD drive on this Mac.

Again, go to the Ripper tab, click Load DVD to choose Load DVD Disc, Load DVD ISO, Load DVD Folder, Load AVCHD Disc, and Load AVCHD Folder.

Load DVD to Mac

Then the main DVD title will be loaded automatically. If you want to see other DVD titles, click the Full Title List to find your target video.

Load DVD Full List

Step 2 Choose output video format for DVD

The default lossless output format for DVD is MPG Lossless which can preserve the lossless output quality.

If you want to rip DVD to digital formats, just find the Rip All to drop-down option to select the output format or device you need.

Select DVD Output Format

To choose a different output format for each DVD title, you can select the drop-down output list by clicking the Output format one by one.

Select DVD Output Format

Step 3 Rip DVD

Select a path for the converted files on the bottom bar on your Mac computer. And then click the Rip All button to start the DVD ripping.

Rip DVD on Mac

Convert Video/Audio

Apart from ripping DVD or Blu-ray with this software, you can use it to convert video and audio formats on your Mac.

Step 1 Add video or audio files

Launch this software on your Mac, and head to the Converter tab.

Click the Add Files button on the top-left corner to import multiple video or audio files, or the whole folder.

This software also lets you import multiple videos or audio files by dragging and dropping.

Add Videos Audio on Mac

Step 2 Select the output format

To change the video or audio formats, you should select the output format from the pulldown option of Convert All to on the top-right side.

Select Output Formats

If you want to change the format settings, you can click the Gear icon on the right to customize the profile. In the pop-up window, you can change settings as follows.

Video: Quality, Encoder, Resolution, Frame Rate, and Bitrate.

Audio: Encoder, Channel, Sample Rate, and Bitrate.

Profile customized Settings

Step 3 Convert video and audio

Select a path for the converted files on the bottom bar. And then click the Convert All button to start converting on your Mac computer.

Convert Video Audio

Edit Blu-ray/DVD/Video

Before starting to convert video or rip Blu-ray or DVD, you can refine your footage by editing it.

The edit icon (A star image) is easy to be found under the imported video information on the left side of Converter.

Edit icon in Converter

Or find it on the right to the imported video information on the right side for Ripper.

Edit icon in Ripper

Trim & Split

Step 1 Set the cut option

After loading the videos or Blu-ray/DVD files to this software, you should click the cut icon (A scissor image) in the main interface.

Cut icon

Step 2 Set the trim point

This software can cut unwanted parts from one video file and keep others you need. Besides, it lets you add a new selected segment. You can copy and paste a selected clip by setting the starting and ending point.

Add Copy Delete a Video Segment

The split feature allows you to split the selected part into 2 parts.

Split one Video into 2 Parts

The Fast Split feature on the left pane lets you split one file into average clips by numbers and time.

Fast Split one Video File

To set the starting and ending point, you can drag the progress bar or adjust the time value to confirm it

Set Starting Ednding Point Time

Then all the video clips will appear on the left pane. Click the arrow-down or arrow-up feature to arrange the order you like. Finally, select the checkbox of Merge into one to combine all the multiple clips in the order you like.

Finally, click the Save button.

Merge into One File

Rotate & Crop

After entering the edit window, you will go to the Rotate & Crop tab by default. If not, just switch to it.

It lets you rotate a video in 90 counterclockwise or clockwise. Besides, it can flip a video vertically or horizontally.

Rotate Video on Mac

The crop area lets you get rid of unwanted black bars, by setting the cropping region value or moving the yellow frame to decide it.

The aspect ratio and letterbox can be available to adjust according to your needs.

Crop Video on Mac

Effect & Filter

Navigate to the Effect & Filter tab, where you can adjust the video contrast, hue, saturation, and brightness to create a different style of a video file.

Besides, the Filters option lets you apply various video filters like oray, sketch, cool, etc.

Effect Filters Video

Watermark

Go to the Watermark tab, and here you can add a text or image watermark to your video file.

Select the checkbox or Text or Image, then you can input the watermark text or add the watermark image. The tools besides let you change the text style, image size, color, opacity, position, and more.

Watermark Video on Mac

Edit Audio

This software enables you to change the background audio of a video file by locating in the Audio tab.

It lets you add one or more audio tracks by clicking the add icon. To silence the audio from a video file, you can also choose Audio Track Disabled.

You can select one from the multiple audio tracks. Besides, the audio volume and delay are available for you to customize.

Edit Video Background Audio

Edit Subtitle

To change or add a new subtitle for your video file is easy to make it. Go to the Subtitle tab, and you can add SRT, SSA, and ASS subtitles to a video file.

Do not forget to adjust the subtitle size, font, color, position, opacity, and other parameters to create the best effect for you.

Edit Video Subtitle

Toolbox

In the main interface, go to the Toolbox tab, and you can use the tools underneath it.

Toolbox

Media Metadata Editor

Step 1 Click Media Metadata Editor and add a file in supported formats, such as MP4, M4A, M4R, M4P, 3G2, M4V, MOV, MP3, WMA, ASF, WMV, and AVI.

Add Video

Step 2 Add a thumbnail for your video, and set the video title, artist, composer, album, genre, year, track, etc. Click Save to apply it.

Edit Video Metadata information

Video Compressor

Step 1 Click Video Compressor, and add a video file that you want to reduce the size by adding or dragging.

Add Video

Step 2 Set the output size, format, and resolution, and click the Compress button to start to shrink a video file size.

Compress Video Size on Mac

GIF Maker

Step 1 Select GIF Maker, and add a video file that you want to create GIF from.

Add Video

Step 2 Set the output dimension, frame rate, and loop option to create a GIF from a video. The Edit and Cut option allow you to edit the video and trim it before creating the animated GIF image.

Create GIF on Mac

Click Generate GIF to begin making GIF from a video file.

3D Maker

Step 1 Choose 3D Maker from Toolbox, and add one video that you want to convert to 3D.

Add Video for 3D Making

Step 2 Enable 3D mode from either Anaglyph or Split Screen. Choose the 3D mode, output format, and quality. After setting the 3D depth, click the Generate 3D button to convert the 2D video to a 3D movie.

Generate 3D Movie

Video Enhancer

Step 1 Click and select Video Enhancer. Add the video file you want to enhance quality for.

Add Video for Enhancement

Step 2 Tick the options that you want to enhance the video quality from Upscale Resolution, Optimize Brightness and Contrast, Remove Video Noise, and Reduce Video Shaking.

Enchance Video Quality on Mac