Microsoft's Windows Media Center is a milestone for PC users who desire a real media hub that allows them to freely record, playback, manage and stream multimedia content. This application is included in various versions of Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate and all editions of Windows 7 except for Starter and Home Basic. And one common issue for PC users is they just cannot combine their DVD collection with computer media library. Well this tutorial aims at helping you add DVD movies to Windows Media Center for viewing and archiving in more comfort way.

Simply speaking, to import DVD movies onto Windows Media Center, there are just two things you need to do: 1. remove DVD copy protection 2. Transcode DVD video to WMC recognized video format. Sure you will need a tool to accomplish this and BDlot DVD Ripper stands a good chance to help out in a fast, high-quality way.

How to Rip DVD to Windows Media Center Supported formats?

There is no doubt you need to download BDlot DVD Ripper first. The second thing you need to consider is what format you need? AVI and WMV are two mainstream video formats in Microsoft kingdom, so regarded as the first two choices they take that for granted (on all versions of Windows Media Center, AVI and WMV own best compatibility). Situation might be slightly different for Windows 7 users. Windows Media Center in Windows 7 can play many different music, video, and picture file types. You can even make Media Center the default player for specific types of files so that they'll open in Media Center when you double-click them. And if you want to make 1:1 DVD copy onto WMC, you can use BDlot DVD Clone Ultimate to backup DVD to single MPEG2 file (perfect 1:1 copy with exactly the same high quality video and surrounding audio). Below are step-by-step guide that show you how to add DVD movie to Windows Media Center:

Step 1: Load your DVD disc and check the main title via below window (BDlot DVD Ripper will automatically detect and select proper title for you).

Step 2: Choose an output format from AVI, MP4, MPEG, and WMV. You can also rip DVD to MP3 music with to Music table.

Step 3: Set the destination of output movie file.

Step 4: Click Start button to get your DVD movie added into Windows Media Center.