Wednesday, November 16, 2011

How to Convert DVD to Kindle Fire on Mac

In this guide, I'd like to show you how to convert DVD movies for playing on Kindle Fire, a tablet computer version of Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader. First, let's take a look at the content formats supported by Kindle Fire:

Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, MP4, VP8

So, in order to view DVD movies on Kindle Fire, you just convert DVD to Kindle Fire compatible video format (MP4) and then transfer the output video to Kindle Fire via the USB port. Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac is the perfect choice for the conversion. Below are the steps:

1. Load DVD Movie

Download the latest version of Clone2Go DVD Ripper for Mac, install and run it.

Click the "Open DVD" button to load the DVD movie you are going to watch on your Kindle Fire. After the movie is imported, there is a list showing each DVD chapter/title. From the table, you can know about the Name, Duration, Video Size, etc about the DVD movie.

Convert DVD to Kindle Fire on Mac

Note: Check out the longest DVD chapter/title, which is usually the main content of the DVD movie.

2. Choose Output Format

Go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose the output format. To convert DVD to Kindle Fire video on Mac, choose the "Genearl Video" from the category. From the subcategory, choose MPEG-4 video as the output format.

Convert DVD to Kindle Fire on Mac

3. Start Converting DVD to Kindle Fire on Mac

After making all necessary settings, click the "Convert Now" button to start to convert DVD to Kindle Fire on Mac.

4. Transfer Output to Kindle Fire

After the whole conversion, you can get the output files by clicking the Directory icon in the interface of the program. Then you can transfer the output files to your Kindle Fire via USB cable.