Captain Gerry

Q: I have a DVD that I made and want to put it in iMovie for editing purposes. Is there a way to do that?

I have a MacBook Pro and wish to edit and improve upon a DVD that I created by copying a cassette tape to it. There appears to be no instructions on how to copy the DVD into iMovie so that I can begin my project.

 

Does anyone know how to do this?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Aug 19, 2013 4:23 PM

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Q: I have a DVD that I made and want to put it in iMovie for editing purposes. Is there a way to do that?

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  • by Huangsari,Helpful

    Huangsari Huangsari Aug 19, 2013 7:36 PM in response to Captain Gerry
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    Aug 19, 2013 7:36 PM in response to Captain Gerry

    Hey,

     

    A tool to connect your DVD and iMovie is needed, that is, a DVD Ripper. That's a tool for you to convert DVD files to other format files you need and want. So here, you can use the dvd converter to convert DVD to iMovie directly for your smoothly editing videos on iMovie.

     

    wish that help, good luck

  • by AppleMan1958,Helpful

    AppleMan1958 AppleMan1958 Aug 19, 2013 8:00 PM in response to Captain Gerry
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    Aug 19, 2013 8:00 PM in response to Captain Gerry

    Here is a post on how I do it.

    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3951

  • by Brad Wright2,

    Brad Wright2 Brad Wright2 Aug 21, 2013 6:23 AM in response to Captain Gerry
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    Aug 21, 2013 6:23 AM in response to Captain Gerry

    If you run into audio sync issues with the other DVD Rippers, try DVDxDV and set the "check for VHS drop out" option enabled.  It's frequently the case the VHS tape DVDs will have audio sync problems, unless the DVD converters check for it.

  • by Captain Gerry,

    Captain Gerry Captain Gerry Aug 21, 2013 10:33 AM in response to Huangsari
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    Aug 21, 2013 10:33 AM in response to Huangsari

    Thank you and the others who replied to my query. I am new to Apple (left the PC scene) and mistakenly thought I could just insert my DVD into the slot, copy it and start editing in iMovie. I was not even aware of all the help available on these forums and will start paying a lot more attention before I start asking question.

    I won't make that mistake again. Again you guys are really great for not making fun of my initial baby steps into this iMovie program.

  • by Klaus1,

    Klaus1 Klaus1 Aug 21, 2013 11:01 AM in response to Captain Gerry
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    Aug 21, 2013 11:01 AM in response to Captain Gerry
    Again you guys are really great for not making fun of my initial baby steps into this iMovie program.

     

    No serious poster here would ever do that. Nearly all of us started life on these forums by asking questions!

     

    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

    1. No material may be submitted that is intended to promote or commit an illegal act.
    2. 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 onwards, 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.