How To Capture Footage from a DVDR?

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How To Capture Footage from a DVDR?

Hi, In El Capitan (10.11.3) what is the best way to record footage from a DVD into in a video clip? Is there some software you can get? I am not doing any piracy or copyright infringement, it is a home made DVD of non-copyright material. I was told VCL player can do this. However, it only records the audio (not picture) and VCL player does not open/play the DVD from which I want to record footage which is a home made DVDR.

Has anybody got any ideas? Is there any software that you can recommend for El Capitan?

Thanks for your help

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Sep 19, 2016 4:56 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 19, 2016 5:53 AM in response to Gareth_Apple96

Use HandBrake. It can read all the chapters of the dvd and convert to an h264 movie file.

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Answer 2

Sep 19, 2016 6:00 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thanks Luis, I will have a look at that now.

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Answer 3

Sep 19, 2016 6:30 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

I downloaded it but I couldn’t install it because I got this message …

“HandBrake can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer.

Your security preferences allow installation of only apps from the Mac App Store and identified developers”

I will continue with this another time because I haven’t got time at the moment. Thanks of your help.

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Answer 4

Sep 19, 2016 6:40 AM in response to Gareth_Apple96

This is because this program, like many free or open source ones, is not "signed", and as a security precaution you are told so.

To open this or other program that is not signed but that you trust, then, for the first time only, right click or control-click on the program's icon and choose Open. You will be presented with a similar dialog, but with an extra Open button. Click Open and you're good to go. Then from now on the system will let you open it normally.

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Answer 5

Sep 19, 2016 8:02 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thanks Luis, I can open it but I can't install it. It is just running off the install file on the Desktop I think. No install process occurred and it's not in my applications folder.

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Answer 6

Sep 19, 2016 8:05 AM in response to Gareth_Apple96

Just drag it to the Applications folder, there no installer because the application is self-contained, there is nothing else to install.

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Answer 7

Sep 19, 2016 8:40 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thanks Luis, I've done that now. I remember now I have had this before. I couldn't work out how to use it so it deleted it off my Mac! I'll have to go on a different forum for that! Thanks for your help anyway.

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