David Turk sez: >I have some video clips on a DVD I'd like to get into iMovie, but >Importing doesn't seem to work. Any thoughts? tia. > > david
iMovie will import many video file types, but not the VOB files that make up DVD movies. (Licensing issues, I believe.) You'll need to first convert the DVD using another tool. I've used the following: Handbrake: Free, open-source, but not necessarily easy to use (there have been changes to the current version 0.9.1 since the v0.8.5 I have used, so the interface may be better now, if still a bit techie) <http://handbrake.fr/> Roxio's Popcorn: Costs $49.99, but has a fairly intuitive interface and can be used for a lot more conversion duties easily <http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/popcorn/standard/overview.html> Remember that DVD video is compressed from the original. So when you convert it and then edit it, if you then put it back on a DVD it'll be compressed again and may lose quality further. -- Michael Lewis Off Balance Productions [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.offbalance.com ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
