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How to import .vob to iMovie?

I'm trying to import .vob files from a dvd that will only play back to iMovie. Any advice on how?

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), It's silver

Posted on Aug 12, 2014 6:26 PM

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Aug 14, 2014 4:45 AM in response to matttster

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:


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If you are running Lion or later:


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. (The same applies to Mountain Lion and Mavericks even though they have it preinstalled.) You don't have to install QuickTime 7.

How to import .vob to iMovie?

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