Hi,
I do not know what an iDV is, but here's how to get DVDs into a more
portable format regardless of the playback method.
If the DVD is a purchased, aka a copy protected DVD, you will need
to use a program like Mac the Ripper or even better, , DVDBackup. A
google will find a download site for both. This does phase 1,
getting a protected DVD to play on your Mac with DVD Player. It
converts the DVD into a video.ts folder that DVD player can read and
play.
The next step is converting the video.ts folder into other more
portable formats. The program Handbrake is a good choice for this.
This will munch it for iPod or Apple TV or whatever your favorite
video format is.
QuickTime Pro, Apple's paid version of QT, as far as I know, will be
of no use to you at all in this venture.
There are several sites that outline how to do this, so again, google
something like "how to rip dvd mac to iPod" and you'll get a lot of
useful links.
Finally, if the DVD is unprotected, you can jump straight to
Handebrake to convert to another format.
Best,
Scott
Folks, just want to ask a question with regard to this application
and DVDs I own. What I'd like to do is rip the DVDs I have to a hard
drive that I could then use an iTV to play them. I've got loads of
DVDs and a young child that has at times messed up a disc or two.
From what I understand the iTV uses Itune to play the content so I
have to apparently rip these DVDs to the Mpeg2 or Mpeg4 format. I
dont' know if Mac the Ripper would do this or if I need to take the
results from that and feed into Quicktime Pro. So, any advice is
appreciated on how I could accomplish this task.
I've not gotten the iTV yet, but I'm giving it a great deal of consideration.
tnx
Scott Howell
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--Scott
