How to Convert and Transfer DVDs to iPad Pro/Air/Mini

The iPad is a good device for watching movies at home or on the go. It's large enough to see the screen clearly, but small enough to hold comfortably. And the 13-inch iPad Pro with OLED screen is considered one of the best tablets for watching movies. Therefore, many users want to copy their DVD movies to iPad Pro for playback. However, you cannot play DVD discs directly on iPad since all iPad models have no built-in drivers for recognizing the DVD drive or DVD player.

Then, what if we want to play DVD movies on iPad Pro, iPad Air or iPad Mini? It's easy if your DVDs come with digital copies since you can redeem a digital copy on an iPad. Or you can purchase a digital copy from Amazon, Netflix, and the like. However, it's not cost-efficient to pay extra money on the movies you've owned. The practical method is to convert your DVD to iPad supported format and put the movies on your tablet.

Part 1. Convert DVD to iPad Compatible Format

The task of converting DVD to iPad Pro would be easy as blowing off dust if you get a professional DVD ripping software. Handbrake is a free option, but if you consider disc decryption and DVD ripping speed, EaseFab DVD Ripper for Mac will be your best choice. The DVD to iPad converter is very competent at unlocking DVD copy protection built either in homemade DVDs or commercial DVDs, for example CSS encryption, region code, Sony ARccOS, UOPs, APS, RCE, and Disney X-Project.

Besides leading decryption algorithm, EaseFab DVD Ripper can rip DVD to iPad Pro/Air/mini, iPhone, Apple TV, iMovie, iTunes, Android tablets/phones, etc. in MP4, MOV, H.264, HEVC, M4V, AVI, 3GP, with 500+ optimized profiles. And with advanced GPU hardware acceleration, it can rip a full DVD to MP4 format for iPad with about 5-10 minutes while keeping the best possible output quality (98% original quality preserved).

Now free download and install EaseFab DVD Ripper on your computer according to your operating system.

How to convert DVD to iPad playable format on Mac

This guide takes EaseFab DVD Ripper for Mac for an example. The process of ripping DVD to iPad on Windows is the same.

Step 1. Load DVD.

Insert your DVD into disc drive and click Load DVD button on the main interface of EaseFab DVD Ripper to select and load the DVD disc into this DV ripping software.

Tips: EaseFab DVD Ripper can also convert DVD ISO files and DVD folders to iPad playable format. If you need to play DVD ISO files and DVD folders on iPad, make sure to convert them first.

(Optional) If you want to watch DVD on iPad Pro with subtitles, go to click Subtitles and select the one you prefer. You can also choose preferred audio track from the Audio drop-down lists.

Step 2. Select iPad output profile.

Click Profile bar and move mouse cursor to Apple category, and then choose an iPad profile based on which model you use.

Click Settings button enter Settings Window, many advanced setting options are provided to make the output video more of your taste, e.g video/audio codec, quality, frame rate, resolution, subtitles and audio volume. (Please note: Adjusting these variables have some effect on the re-encoded video quality. Remember the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means video/audio bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss.)

Step 3. Start the DVD to iPad conversion.

Just below Profile is Output, you can click the small yellow Folder icon to change the location where you want to save converted DVD movies.

Once everything is complete, you can hit Convert button to start ripping DVD to iPad. The ripping process will take several minutes. After the conversion, you can transfer the ripped DVD movie to iPad Pro, iPad Air or iPad Mini and play DVD on Apple iPad anywhere you like.

Part 2. Transfer / Sync Ripped DVD Movies to iPad Pro/Air/Mini

Here we will mainly show you how to sync ripped DVD films to your iPad using iTunes on Mac and Windows device.

How to Sync ripped DVD films to iPad on Mac

Step 1. Connect your iPad to your Mac by using a USB cable or a Wi-Fi connection.

Step 2. Click the Finder icon in the Dock to open a Finder window, then select the device in the Finder sidebar.

Step 3. In the row near the top, click Movies. Then select the "Sync films onto [device name]" tickbox to turn on syncing of your films.

Step 4. Select the tickboxes for the ripped DVD films you want to sync in the films list.

Step 5. When you're ready to sync, click Apply to start syncing ripped DVD movies to your iPad.

How to Sync ripped DVD films to iPad on Windows

Step 1. Connect your iPad to the computer with a USB cable. (Then iTunes will run automatically.)

Step 2. Unlock your iPad and trust the computer.

Step 3. In iTunes, click the device icon and choose "Movies."

Step 4. Select "Sync Movies" and choose the items you want to copy to your device.

Step 5. Click "Apply" to start adding movies to your iPad.

You can also upload the DVD films to iCloud drive, Dropbox, or other cloud storage device on computer and then download the ripped DVD films to your iPad from the cloud for watching offline.

Part 3. FAQs about Playing DVD on iPad

1. Can I connect a DVD player to my iPad?

iPads are not designed to be used with external peripherals. It might be physically possible to get a USB adapter, plug in an external DVD drive, and put in a DVD. However, iPad has no built-in drivers for recognizing the DVD drive or DVD player. No optical drives are supported on iPad or other iOS devices.

2. Is it possible to stream DVDs to iPad?

Yes. After you rip DVDs, you can stream digital copies of DVD to iPad via Apple AirDrop or AirPlay feature. Or you can stream DVDs to iPad after you upload DVD digital copies to Plex media server. Then, you can easily watch your DVD contents on iPad via Plex anywhere anytime.

3. How to watch DVD on iPad without converting?

iPad can't play a DVD via an external DVD player directly. If you want to play a DVD on iPad without converting it, check if the DVD offers a digital code. If not, you can get a digital copy of your movie with "Disc to Digital" from Vudu or purchase a digital copy of the DVD from Amazon, iTunes, etc.