Extracting Video from an iDVD burned DVD

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Extracting Video from an iDVD burned DVD

I have DVDs for projects I burned from iMovie projects to iDVD, but I no longer have the iMovie projects. I'd like to extract the video from the DVD into DV or MPG 4. I'm looking at maybe buying Roxio Popcorn 4 to do this as they claim it will convert to both DV and MPG 4. Has anyone used Popcorn and/or is there another way to do it.

iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core Duo 2, 21.5" 4GB Ram/1TB HD,, Mac OS X (10.6.7), iMac G4 15" FP 800 MHz, Airport Extreme/Express, iLife 09, iPhone 4, Mobile Me

Posted on Apr 8, 2011 7:17 AM

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Klaus1

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Apr 8, 2011 9:08 AM in response to Joe Gramm

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.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html

which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/

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.

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Joe Gramm Author

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Apr 8, 2011 9:15 AM in response to Klaus1

Klaus,
I have this /Library/Quicktime/AppleMPEG2Codec.component. Is that the same as "Apple mpeg2 plugin" you said I needed for $20.

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Joe Gramm Author

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Apr 8, 2011 9:42 AM in response to Klaus1

Klauss, can this be done in Quicktime V10 or only 7.6.6

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Klaus1

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Apr 8, 2011 10:01 AM in response to Joe Gramm

Yep, that's the right component.

Stick to QT 7.6.6 although iMovie is preferable.

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C Nelson

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Jun 8, 2014 10:26 AM in response to Klaus1

Klaus - I downloaded the Apple mpeg2 plugin and but when I tried to use it I got a message that it does not work with my OS 10.9.2.

Can you recommend a next step fo rme?

Thank you kindly!

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Old Toad

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Jun 8, 2014 10:41 AM in response to C Nelson

Did the message say the plugin does not work with Mavericks or was it the installer that would not work? If it was the latter use the demo version if Pacifist to install the component. There should be to locations where the component is installed:

Users/Home/Library/Quicktime folder

System/Library/Quicktime folder

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C Nelson

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Jun 8, 2014 10:48 AM in response to Old Toad

The message said "QuickTimeMPEG2 can't be installed on this disk. This software is intended for an earlier version of Mac OS X."

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Klaus1

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Jun 8, 2014 10:56 AM in response to C Nelson

The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion or later. 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. (The same applies to Mountain Lion and Mavericks even though they have it preinstalled.) You don't have to install QuickTime 7.

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