[digiology]

If I get the video files from a DVD onto my hard drive (the video_ts folder) how do I convert that to a file format that is usable by video editing programs such as Quicktime pro, and iMovie?
Are there any programs that do this, I have VLC a program for viewing .VOB files but I need them to be usable by quicktime.

Thanks for any help.

[eerie eric]

I saved my work on DVD's when I was at school, and now I cannot open them...so I'd like to know how to do this too.

[Red Wolf]

Go to <a href="http://www.opuscc.com/download/" target="_blank">http://www.opuscc.com/download/</a> Go about 1/3 down the page or just do a Find... command for these applications.

If you're using OS 9 then download:
- DVDExtractor 0.9b
- MPEG2Decoder 1.4

If you're using OS X then download:
- OSEx 0.0101a5
- MacMPEG2Decoder 1.0b8

Insert the original DVD into your machine and use DVDExtractor/OSEx to ture what ever tracks or chapters you want and turn them into .vob files. I don't know if these programs will work with the Video_TS folder on the hard drive itself. Drag the .vob files into MPEG2Decoder/MacMPEG2Decoder and turn them into DV files. This will produce a .mov file that QuickTime can work with.

To move the files into iMovie you'll need to export them from QuickTime Pro (regular QuickTime can't do this) as a DV Stream. Then iMovie can import the video file with little to no quality loss from the original video. Be aware this will take a lot of hard drive space to pull off.