“Hi please help. Why can’t I directly play DVD discs on my newly purchased Lenovo IdeaPad? Some of my friends have watched DVD discs on their Lenovo IdeaPad already. But when I tried to watch DVD discs on my Lenovo IdeaPad, I can’t even find where to insert my DVD disc. Why? And how can I play and watch DVD movies on Lenovo IdeaPad? Any advice will be highly appreciated.”
Why can’t you watch DVD discs on your Lenovo IdeaPad while others could? Actually, this depends on the models of your Lenovo IdeaPad. There have been quite a few IdeaPad models available on the market. Some of the IdeaPads come with a DVD drive and built in DVD player, while others don’t. Therefore, if your IdeaPad has a DVD drive that reads DVD disc, you could play back and watch DVD disc on IdeaPad easily. If your IdeaPad has no DVD drive, you can’t. Even though your IdeaPad has a DVD drive, you might still fail to watch DVD disc on IdealPad since you may have to install extra DVD codec package to read the DVD disc.
So, what can you do if your IdeaPad model has no DVD drive and you want to play DVD movies on IdeaPad? You could turn to DVD to IdeaPad converter tools to convert DVD disc to IdeaPad compatible videos and then transfer the converted DVD movies to your IdeaPad for unlimited playback. The below content would show you the superb DVD to IdeaPad converters.

Before we try to convert DVD to IdeaPad video file, we need to know that Lenovo IdeaPad accepts video files saved in MP4, AVI, and other video formats.  

Part 1: Convert DVD to IdeaPad Video with HandBrake

HandBrake must be the first tool to recommend since it’s a totally free DVD and video converter tool to help you decode and encode video/DVD files to MKV or MP4 file easily. Meanwhile, it’s available for Windows, Mac OS and Ubuntu users. You could easily convert DVD movie to MP4 video for Lenovo IdeaPad in simple clicks.

The below step-by-step guide will show you how easy it is to rip and convert DVD to Lenovo IdeaPad MP4 video with the help of HandBrake.

  1. Download and install the latest HandBrake on your computer. Meanwhile, get source DVD movie ready for converting.
  2. Launch HandBrake application on your computer and then click the “Open Source” button to browse and add source DVD file for converting. You could choose which DVD title and chapters to load and convert.
  3. Click on “Browse” button under “Destination” tab to select where you want to the output file to be saved to.
  4. Under the “Output Settings” tab, choose MP4 as output container and then open the “Video” and “Audio” tabs below to specify detailed parameters according to the Lenovo IdeaPad requirements.
  5. Finally, click on the “Start” button to start the process of converting DVD to IdeaPad MP4 video within HandBrake.

HandBrake will finish the conversion quickly, depending on the source DVD file size and your computer performance. One thing you need to note is that HandBrake alone doesn’t rip encrypted DVD discs and files. You need to install 3rd-party DVD decrypting tool like libdvdcss for HandBrake to assist DVD decrypting within HandBrake.

Part 2: Convert DVD to IdeaPad Video with FreeMake Video Converter

FreeMake Video Converter is another wonderful choice that could rip and convert DVD to MP4, DVD to AVI, MKV, MPEG or another digital format for PC, TV, smartphone or tablet. It could keep the original quality & turns your DVD in AVI, MP4, MKV as easy as no other tool.

Follow the below steps to learn the detailed guide on using FreeMake Video Converter to convert DVD to MP4 for Lenovo IdeaPad.

  1. Download and install the latest version of FreeMake Video Converter on your computer. Meanwhile, get source DVD movie ready.
  2. Launch FreeMake Video Converter on your computer and then click the “+DVD” button to browse and add source DVD movie. You could choose whichever title you want to convert.
  3. At the bottom, choose “to MP4” option after you have added source DVD title.
  4. On the pop-up window, specify the output MP4 file parameters. Click “OK” button to save changes.
  5. Click the "Convert" button and then choose a folder to save the output MP4 video.

That’s all. It’s extremely simple to rip and convert DVD to MP4 for Lenovo IdeaPad with FreeMake Video Converter. However, you could see that you can’t select subtitles and audio tracks from source DVD movies, not even to say making other changes like editing DVD movies.

Part 3: Convert DVD to IdeaPad Video with Leawo DVD Ripper

The last and the best recommendation is Leawo DVD Ripper, an all-inclusive DVD converter tool that has all advantages of HandBrake and FreeMake Video Converter have and haven’t.

Leawo DVD Ripper is a top-rated and a professional DVD to video converter for you to rip DVD to video and audio in any formats for importing to various media devices, like MP4, MPEG, WMV, MOV, MKV, FLV, RMVB, etc. and rip DVD to portable media players: iPhone, iPad, iPod, Xperia, Samsung, PSP, PS3, PS VITA, Xbox 360, Sony, etc. It has powerful DVD decrypting features to let you decrypt commercial and non-commercial DVD discs and region restricted DVD discs. What’s more, Leawo DVD Ripper offers useful bonus features like DVD video editor and 2D to 3D converter to improve your DVD ripping experience.
   
Follow the below guide to learn how to convert DVD movie for Lenovo IdeaPad with Leawo DVD Ripper. Beforehand, you need to download and install Leawo DVD Ripper on your computer via the above links. Note: Leawo DVD Ripper is a module of Leawo Prof. Media.

Step 1: Open Leawo DVD Ripper

Launch Leawo Prof. Media and then open the “Convert” module. Get source DVD movie ready for converting.

Step 2: Load DVD content

Click the “Add Blu-ray/DVD” button to browse and add DVD disc, folder or ISO image file for converting. After choose source DVD movie, you have 3 options to load DVD content: Full Movie, Main Movie and Custom Mode. Choose one.

Step 3: Set output profile.

Click the drop-down box next to the “Add Photo” button, and then click “Change” to select output format. Multiple Common Video, Common Audio and HD Video formats are selectable. Since Lenovo IdeaPad supports MP4 and AVI videos, choose MP4 Video/AVI Video under the “Format > Common Video” group as output format.

If you want to edit the video, clip it,add a watermark or something, let the mouse stay on each format option and then you could see “Edit” icon, by clicking which you could adjust video and audio parameters of output format, including: video codec, quality, bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, channel, audio codec, resolution, etc. You could also enter the Profile Settings panel by clicking “MP4 Video > Edit” option.

Step 4: Set output directory and start converting DVD for IdeaPad

Click the big green “Convert” button, and then set output directory in the “Save to” box to save output MP4 video for Lenovo IdeaPad. After that, click the bottom “Convert” button. Leawo DVD Ripper would start to rip and convert DVD movie to MP4 video for Lenovo IdeaPad instantly.
After converting, just move the converted DVD movies (now in MP4 file) to USB and transfer to Lenovo IdeaPad for unlimited playback.

Part 4: A Comparison between These 3 DVD to iDeaPad Video Converters

Want to know the differences between these 3 DVD to Lenovo converter tools? Check the below table.

 

HandBrake

FreeMake

Leawo DVD Ripper

Convert DVD to video

Yes

Yes

Yes

Convert DVD to audio

No

Yes

Yes

Supported output video/audio file formats

MKV, MP4

Only a few file formats like MP4, MP3, etc.

Over 200 video and audio file formats

Decrypt encrypted DVD discs

No

No

Yes

Play back source DVD movie

No

No

Yes

Trim DVD movie length

No

No

Yes

Crop DVD movie size

No

No

Yes

Add image or text watermark

No

No

Yes

Adjust DVD video effect

No

No

Yes

Convert 2D DVD to 3D video

No

No

Yes

Select subtitles and audio tracks

No

No

Yes

Availability

Windows, Mac, Linux

Windows

Windows and Mac

Take screenshot

No

No

Yes

Preview video editing changes

No

No

Yes

Cost

Free

Free

Starting from $29.95

Conclusion:

All these 3 tools are quite useful and powerful DVD to video converter tools for you to rip and convert DVD movies for various media players and devices. HandBrake and FreeMake are both free to use, but they have no disc decrypting ability, while currently most DVD discs on the market are copy protected or region restricted. Compared to these 2 tools, Leawo DVD Ripper brings more useful functions: disc decrypting, disc region restriction removing, DVD video editing, 2D to 3D converting, etc. Without doubt, Leawo DVD Ripper is a premium choice for DVD to video converting.