How to Copy DVD to iPhone Flawlessly Without iTunes

Do you want to watch your favorite DVD collections on iPhone when you are not at home? Do you want to share your homemade DVD to friends in a party? Or do you want to watch some educational DVDs on the journey to save up time for fun? All your wishes can be realized by converting DVD to iPhone compatible formats then transfer them to your iPhone. But how? Read on to know more.

General Media Formats Supported by iPhone 11/Pro/Max etc.

To begin with, let's have a look at what formats are compatible for iPhone.

Notice: iPad, iPod share the same video formats as iPhone does, so the below-listed formats for iPhone are adapted for iPad, iPod and other iOS devices as well.

▶ H.264 video: up to 4K, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.2 with AAC-LC 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.

▶ MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats.

▶ HEVC video: Officially, iPhone 7 and its newer version, all the way up to iPhone 11/Pro/Max make good compatibility with HEVC. According to Apple, support for HEVC is built into iOS 11. Theoretically, iPhone 5S and its newer versions will support the playback of HEVC video. But playing HEVC video on the elder models will be totally a failure due to the underpower processor. You have to convert HEVC to H.264 for successful playback.

▶ Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) video: up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format.

▶ Audio formats: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), AIFF, AAC Protected (MP4 from iTunes Store), MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC-3), Audible (formats 2-4), Apple Lossless, WAV.

Converting DVD Video to iPhone with iPhone Ripper

Before we transfer DVD video files to iPhone, we need to convert them to the iPhone compatible video format. Here, we recommend a specially designed tool - WinX DVD Ripper Platinum.

Apart from simply convert DVD to iPhone 11/Pro/Max/XS/XR/X/8/8 Plus, iPad, iPod, Apple-TV, etc. without any video degradation of video quality, it's able to remove DVD copy protection like region codes, CSS, RCE, Sony ArccOS, UOPs and Disney X-project DRM easily without third-party codecsand, producing excellent output video quality with rich video editing settings built in. What's more, this DVD to iPhone converter also allows you to clip segment you favored, as well as adjust video quality by parameter setting, customize video file size, add subtitles, etc.

Step by Step Guide to Copy DVD to iPhone

Now, free Download WinX DVD to convert and transfer DVD to iPhone on Windows 10/8/7 or Mac.

Disclaimer: Digiarty Software does not advocate ripping copy-protected DVDs for any commercial purpose. Before you copy DVD to iPhone, check DVD copyright laws in your countries.

1 -Load DVD movie
Run WinX DVD to iPhone Ripper, you can load real DVD movie by click the DVD Disc button, or ISO image, DVD folder.

2 - Select output format
After loading DVD, the DVD's information, such as title, subtitle, duration and output profile will be shown in the file list. Select an output format, like "iPhone 7, Plus (H.264)" from the auto pop-up Output Profile window.

3 - Set output folder
Click the Browse button in output setting area, select destination folder in the dialog box that opens, then click OK.

4 - Convert file
After finishing the above settings, check the files needed to convert in the file list, and click the RUN button on the main interface, to start converting the movie. You can view the conversion progress from the progress bar at the bottom of the dialogbox.

5 - Transfer the converted video to iPhone
When the conversion is completed, just transfer the converted files to iPhone with iTunes. If you don't like this Apple-owned iPhone file syncing tool, please try some best iTunes alternative like WinX MediaTrans.

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