Perfect. This looks just like what I was looking for. I already have Mac the Ripper. Nephews who like to manhandle the batman: the animated series discs necessitated that one. I'll give Streamclip a try.
it does feel weird watching the ceremony only a week later.... r. On Aug 7, 2006, at 7:06 PM, RobK wrote: > Welcome back Rick. > > There are two apps that will do what you're looking for. > > You can use Mac the Ripper to grab the video off the disk. IIRC, it > will give you all the TS files you need. > > http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14414 > > The other is MPEG Streamclip > > http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15466 > > This is absolutely my favorite, it's sort of like GraphicConverter > for video. Reads just about everything and converts to just about > anything. Both are good to have, although you may not need both. > > You can use Mac the Ripper to get the TS files and Streamclip to > convert them to .dv files which you can drop into iMovie and play > with. > > Happy editing. > > b3 wrote: > >> okay, so we just got back from our wedding/honeymoon and had a >> fantastic time. >> A family member taped the ceremony with their camcorder, and lent >> it to us for the honeymoon in the mountains. >> >> I would like to be able to get the video from this into iMovie to >> edit and play around with. >> >> Unfortunately, the family member doesn't have any cables that >> connect it to a computer so that makes it a bit more difficult. >> The camera records directly to those small DVD discs, so there >> should be someway to incorporate the videos. >> >> Is there a program (free/shareware/other) that will convert DVD >> video chapters to .mov files or something that iMovie can use? >> >> The videos aren't copy protected or anything, so i'm not looking >> for something to crack that. >> >> I know that I can rip the video to my hard drive into TS-video >> folders or some such, but then how do i get that into iMovie? >> >> Thanks, >> >> rick >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be August 22 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
