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Copy DVD to iPad Pro 2017 for Watching on the Go

The iPad Pro has become a great travel companion with games to play and a beautiful display to watch movies on, especially on the most affordable 10.5 & 12.9 inch iPad Pro Apple released this year, as it use the new A10X Fusion chip, that means watching DVD movies on this iPad Pro wouldn't be nicer with its 2224x1668/ 2732x2048 pixel Retina display screen and the claimed 10-hour battery life on the trip.

Solution to Play DVD Movies on iPad Pro 2017

However, the iPad Pro 2017 offers no built-in DVD drive for reading the data stored on DVD disc, which leaves you with no way to watch DVD movies you've paid for on your tablet. In such case, how to play DVD discs on your favorite iPad Pro 2017? Please read on.

Since there are no internal or external DVD player available for the iPad Pro 2017 to read the DVD disc, we can rip the DVD movies into iPad Pro 2017 playable digital file formats with DVD Ripper software and then sync the converted DVD movies to iPad Pro 2017 via iTunes. Then you may be confused that which DVD Ripper software can be used? Just follow our tutorial to complete your task.

How to Rip DVD Movie to iPad Pro 2017 with Handbrake?

iPad Pro 2017 supports video of H.264/MPEG-4 codec saved in .M4V, .MP4, and .MOV file formats. When speaking to convert DVD to MP4, Handbrake will be the best choice. Following the steps below to rip DVD movie to iPad Pro 2017 with Handbrake.

1. To get started you'll have to install the software. Click HandBrake and download, install Handbrake. Once installed open the HandBrake application. The application should default to a simple interface.

2. Click the Source button in the top left, to choose the source DVD files that you want to convert to iPad Pro 2017.

choose MP4

3. Once you have made your selection you will be presented with the above screen. Click Browse next to the destination box to choose where you want to save the file. Then you can choose MP4 video to output in "Output Settings". Then click the "Video" tab, change the video codec to H.264. Once the format is selected you can select other settings such as video quality, audio track, Audio Sample Rate, bitrate, Picture Settings, etc.

4. Click Start to begin DVD to H.264 MP4 conversion. A progress bar will show its ripping speed; depends on many factors like machine speed  filesize, etc.

Handbrake Alternative to Rip DVD Movie to iPad Pro 2017

Handbrake is the most popular free video converter that can convert both video and DVD to MP4 video files. But the problem with ripping a protected commercial DVD to MP4 using Handbrake is that it's confusing and requires installing a bunch of other stuff just to get it working. Comparing to install many other decoder library on PC, you're much better to get a Handbrake alternative to tip DVD to iPad Pro 2017 for watching on the go.

The recommended Handbrake alternative program for solving the problems of encrypted DVD ripping is Pavtube DVDAid (Get Mac Version), which is a professional DVD ripping tool without any Handbrake error, which could remove commerical DVD copy protection (like CSS, UOP, RCE, region code and Sony ARccOS) and rip DVD to iPad Pro 2017 readable video and audio file formats below: 

– H.264 video up to 4K, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 with AACLC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio or Dolby Audio up to 1008 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo or multichannel audio, in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats 
- MPEG4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AACLC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio or Dolby Audio up to 1008 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo or multichannel audio, in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

You also can trim DVD video length, crop black area on the DVD video, merge 2 DVDs to a single file, replace the original audio from DVD video, add external subtitle to DVD and split DVD to multiple clips by size, time, video length.

Now, let's begin the conversion with a single click and yields high-quality video and audio for iPad Pro 2017 playback.

Guide: Convert DVD to iPad Pro 2017 Compatible Format

Step 1: Import DVD Movies

Download, install and run this DVD ripper. You can load DVD by clicking “File” > “Load from disc”. Or load DVD Folder by clicking “File” > “Load from folder” or load DVD IFO/ISO image by clicking “File” > “Load IFO/ISO”.

Step 2: Choose output format for iPad Pro 2017

Click the Format bar, from its drop-down list, choose “H.264 High Profile Video(*.mp4)” under “Common Video” main category.

Step 3: Adjust output profile parameters

click "Settings" to adjust output profile settings to make them fit with your iPad Pro 2017, you can set the output video codec as “h264″, audio codec as “aac”, video frame rate as “30fps”, video file resolution as “1280*720″, video bit rate as 2.5Mbps, audio sample rate as 48000hz, audio bit rate as 160000bps to make them fit with iPad Pro 2017 best playback settings. If you choose to output to stereo audio or Dolby Audio, please set audio bit rate as 1008000bps and sample rate as 48000Hz.

Step 4: Adjust output video aspect ratio

Go the “Crop” tab in the “Video Editor” Window, switch to the “Advanced Mode”. To change output video aspect ratio, there are several aspect ratios for you to choose from, including 16:10, 16:9, 5:4, 4:3, 3:2, and 2:1, here, just choose iPad accepted 4:3 aspect ratio. Once you select the “Display aspect ratio”, the “green crop frame” will keep this ratio to crop video and you are able to preview the final effect in real time. If you want to keep the same aspect ratio in your final output files, do remember to set the Video “Size (pix)” in “Settings” section as the same ratio as display aspect ratio.

Step 5: Start DVD to iPad conversion

Click "Convert" to begin convert the added DVD files to MP4 for iPad Pro 2017. As you see, with only few clicks, you can get DVD playable on iPad Pro 2017. Just copy the video to your iPad Pro 2017 by syncing it in iTunes: plug your iPad Pro into your PC and launch iTunes, you can sync the movies to iPad Pro via iTunes.

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