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Feb 23, 2013 12:51 PM in response to RAFjrby KarenSelena,You need to download a software that "extacts" the data of the burnt disc. There is nothing pre-installed on your computer that does this. This term is referred to as "ripping"
There are many softwares designed to "rip" data off a DVD. Do a google search for:
How to rip a DVD on my mac
and you should see there are many softwares for this purpose
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Feb 23, 2013 3:17 PM in response to RAFjrby Klaus1,You need to convert the VOB files in the TS-Folder of the DVD back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A/quicktime-mpeg-2-playback-component-f or-mac-os-x
(unless you are running Lion in which case see below))
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
For the benefit of others who may read this thread:
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
And from the TOU of these forums:
Keep within the Law
- No material may be submitted that is intended to promote or commit an illegal act.
- Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store.
If you are running Lion:
From the MPEG Streamclip homepage
The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it. See this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381
To install the component in Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b7 beta above; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2 Component Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component in Lion. The original installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required.
The current versions of MPEG Streamclip cannot take advantage of the built-in MPEG-2 functionality of Lion. For MPEG-2 files you still need to install the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, which is not preinstalled in Lion. You don't have to install QuickTime 7.
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Mar 18, 2013 3:10 AM in response to RAFjrby Delfinoorve,I use Mac DVD Ripper pro to rip them, and Hand Brake to Encode them, so far I have tried many other apps and this seems to work the best. Mac DVD Ripper pro also rips into one file that can be played on any Mac using the DVD Player, which I thought was neat since Mac The Ripper rips folders and files and does not play unless you have VLC.
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Mar 18, 2013 7:50 AM in response to RAFjrby stumbleone,As far as putting photo image files on a DVD, there's a very handy but quite obscure feature of iDVD called "DVD-ROM" that does just that.
Check out the iDVD manual -
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iDVD_08_Getting_Started.pdf
pages 16 and 33.
Very easy to use. The image files are accessible from the DVD on any computer (although Windows PC users typically seem to have trouble figuring it out) but not from a TV.
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Mar 18, 2013 9:30 PM in response to RAFjrby Roland1288,This seems like the ticket -- HOWEVER -- does not support Mac! If you use Boot Camp or Fusion or Parallels, you should be in luck... I believe that it is free, which you thought would be "even better".
http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Disc-Creator.aspx
------ There is also a lot of Mac DVD-CONVERSION software (not free) at
The whole suite is pricey at $79 but seems to cover the whole gamut,... I think though you'd want the one "DVD Creator for Mac" which I am downloading now to try out...
http://www.flash-video-soft.com/mac-dvd-burner/
Hope this helps. Let me know your results or if you found even better solutions... this interests me too. Thanks.
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Mar 19, 2013 12:30 PM in response to Klaus1by Michael Collins3,I have tried DVDxDV. I really liked it, but there is a serious issue: It often produces movie files in which the audio is out of synch with the video. There is no way of knowing in advance when this is going to happen. This problem can cause lots of wasted time, especially when you don't realize it happened until after all the work is done and you are previewing a new DVD. Even worse, an unsuspecting user might use this software and then not notice until years later when it is too late to do anything about it. Does anyone know if any of the other software mentioned in this thread is free of this problem?