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Is there an official way to take my DVD and put it on my iPhone?

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Please clarify what "offical" means to you. I'll assume you mean a commercially available and supported product. – bmike♦ May 6 '11 at 19:20
Well, I was hoping there was an apple solution. Failing that I will take whatever is normally used by the community. – Vaccano May 6 '11 at 22:14
I trust by official you actually mean legal. – Cawas May 8 '11 at 0:03

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There isn't an "official" way but a common and easy method is to rip the DVD with a utility like HandBrake and then drop it in iTunes to sync with your iPhone. The US Supreme Court ruled that

nothing in the agreement prevents you from making copies of DVDs. Nothing requires that a DVD be present during playback.

So yes, it is legal. source

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Good point; I'm not an American and I tend to forget about that court decision. I've deleted my earlier answer. – David May 6 '11 at 17:02
+1 HandBrake is great. – Austin May 6 '11 at 17:57
I'd point out that that ruling only applies in the US. Any international users who read this would be advised to consult their own lawyers first about the legality. – Samuel Walker May 6 '11 at 18:27
Apparently more than HandBreak is needed. I ran it on my DVD and it was filled with all kinds of artifacts/noise and the audio was choppy. – Vaccano May 6 '11 at 22:15
@Vaccano I don't have a lot of experience using HandBrake since I don't own DVDs, but a lot of people on the EiC forum swear by it. Maybe a tutorial will help? everythingicafe.com/forum/threads/… – styfle May 6 '11 at 23:03
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Actually, it's pretty straight forward.

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Hilarious, and technically a valid answer. – badams May 1 '12 at 20:37
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I would recommend the program RipIt by the little app factory if by official you mean a commercially available and supported software to accomplish the task of ripping a commercial DVD into a format that will work with iTunes to play DVD content on iOS. There are free solutions, but I prefer paying for an interface and a manual and most of all, support and someone paid to develop new fixes to the ripping software when new discs come out with different tricks to prevent ripping. (It's a game of cat and mouse between the movie studios and the rippers unfortunately.)

The company is very responsive in supporting its customers and has been around for some time. Well worth the money for the time and aggravation it saves me. Their passport bundle is a great value if you will use more than two of their products.

If you want legal advice whether doing this is wise, do check with a local lawyer.

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The best, and also a very legal, way to go would be Handbrake (as styfle says), however many DVDs come now with a digital copy, where you get a code which can be used to download a copy for iTunes (full DRM so only in iTunes), from there you can sync it to your iPhone. This method is probably easier for a non-techie (although Handbrake is pretty simple), but it's a lot more restricting.

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I use the dvd to iphone converter to put dvd to my iphone.And you can get a detail step here.

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While the link you posted may answer the question, it is best to summarize the contents of the link in your answer, then provide the link for reference. Links have a tendency disappear over time, leaving a non-applicable answer for those who may stumble upon your answer in the future. – daviesgeek Jul 21 '12 at 6:51
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Mac users can check this tutorial to rip dvd on mac to play on iphone or many other mac software

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Why buy something when you can also use HandBrake for free? – patrix♦ Apr 28 '12 at 20:40
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Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – daviesgeek Apr 28 '12 at 21:47
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In fact ,there are many software to realize this conversion from a dvd to a iphone ,the following which I mentioned is well and easy to be used.

Winx DVD Ripper Platinum (shareware) Handbrake(freeware)

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