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Jan 4, 2013 3:36 PM in response to John Tomaselliby Klaus1,Is this from a commercial DVD?
Also, what Mac are you using, and what versions of OS X and iMovie?
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Jan 4, 2013 3:39 PM in response to Klaus1by John Tomaselli,No I play in a band and one of my relatives that has come to see me play recorded several gigs.
All I want to do is make a best of DVD
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Jan 4, 2013 3:41 PM in response to John Tomaselliby 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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Jan 4, 2013 3:57 PM in response to John Tomaselliby Klaus1,Me too, so I can guarantee it will work!
(Ignore everything from 'If you are running Lion' onwards.)
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Jan 4, 2013 4:14 PM in response to Klaus1by John Tomaselli,What does this mean?
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:
I was going to import clips using a DVD player Thru my Sony camcorder.
So first I need The Apple Mpeg-2 plug in and The down load from square 5?
I am using imovie 5
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Jan 5, 2013 2:51 AM in response to John Tomaselliby Klaus1,I was going to import clips using a DVD player Thru my Sony camcorder.
That might or might not work, but worth a try.
A video DVD (whether home-made or commercial) consists of a TS-Folder containing a number of VOB files. When you have the icon of the DVD on your desktop, double-click it to reveal the TS- folder. Drag that entire folder to the window of mpegStreamclip and select conversion to a DV stream.
So first I need The Apple Mpeg-2 plug in and The down load from square 5?
Yep!
I am using imovie 5
iMovie 6, which I have always used, was a great improvement on iMovie 5, but it should still work.