And it's highly easy for you to have the Handbrake VLC 2.0 problem, Handbrake crashes halfway and video audio out of sync problem.Ĭomparatively speaking, the world-renowned MacX DVD Ripper Pro is the much better choice for you to remove region codes from PAL/NTSC DVD and convert it to MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, etc on Mac OS X (macOS High Sierra), so as to be compatible with both PAL and NTSC media players (for North America, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippine). But you have to install the third party VLC to assist Handbrake since it can't rip any encrypted DVD on its own. Thus, ripping and converting PAL DVD to the media player acceptable video format is a crying need.Įffective Tools: When it mentions DVD ripper for Mac, the first tool appears on your radar might be the well-known Handbrake, for it's 100% free for you to rip DVD to MP4, MKV on Mac/Windows with several clicks. You can alternatively play the digital copy of PAL DVD on media players as they are not confined with the so-called region codes. The inherent difference and other factors decide the PAL DVD unreadable on most American DVD players and vice versa. Part One: When Needs to Rip PAL DVD to MP4 AVI MKV MOV?Ĭase: when you plan toplay a European or Chinese commercial DVD in pal format on an American NTSC player, they may be unable to successfully watch it on their DVD players since PAL (Phase Alternating Line) format is common for Europe and Asia and NTSC (National Television System Committee) is a Color TV standard for the United States, Canada, Japan. Part 2: Why Needs to Convert PAL to NTSC DVD Format?.Part 1: When Needs to Rip PAL DVD to MP4 AVI MKV MOV?.

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