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Aug 19, 2013 7:36 PM in response to Captain Gerryby Huangsari,★HelpfulHey,
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
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Aug 19, 2013 8:00 PM in response to Captain Gerryby AppleMan1958,★HelpfulHere is a post on how I do it.
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Aug 21, 2013 6:23 AM in response to Captain Gerryby Brad Wright2,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.
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Aug 21, 2013 10:33 AM in response to Huangsariby Captain Gerry,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.
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Aug 21, 2013 11:01 AM in response to Captain Gerryby Klaus1,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
- 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 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.