MPEG Streamclip will not do the job alone for commercial DVDs. They're copy protected. Capturing clips from them for educational/scholarly purposes is Fair Use, but the technology to defeat the copy protection is illegal.
AFAIK, there are only two current Mac apps that rip copy-protected discs: 'Mac DVD Ripper Pro' http://www.macdvdripperpro.com/ This works pretty well. 'DVDFab Mac' http://www.dvdfab.cn/dvd-ripper-for-mac.htm This is a Mac port of a popular PC app. Can't say how well it works. The full version lets you select specific clips and out put in various formats. There's also a freeware version of the decrypter that just does the whole disc or main title: http://www.dvdfab.cn/hd-decrypter-for-mac.htm Once you have a decrypted file or VIDEO-TS folder, you can open it in MPEG Streamclip, define specific clips, and export them to a variety of formats. ....... On the Windows side, there are more options, most notably AnyDVD, which makes encrypted DVDs appear unencrypted to the OS, and thus you can use and copy conversion whatever software on them. The no-longer developed (i.e. shut-down) old reliables DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink still work on most DVDs. ....... You can always see what's available out there by checking the 'Tools' page on WideoHelp.com http://www.videohelp.com/tools The specific sub-categories are all for PC, and all the Mac stuff is gathered under 'MacOS video tools". _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
