Importing DVD to HD & SD

I would like to rip my DVDs so that they are playable within iTunes. I know how to use Handbrake (and VLC) to rip HD an SD video files. That part is easy. However, I would like to recreate what the iTunes store does. When a video is purchased, two files are download to my Mac; one HD and one SD. Within iTunes it only shows one combined file but it is smart enough to copy the SD to my iPod or play the HD on my Mac.
Question - How can I recreate this 'effect' with my own DVD rips?
(I've tried two copies with different naming schemes. No success...)

Ripping DVD's ( unless they are your home movies) is illegal ( breaking the encryption is illegal).
From the terms of use of this forum:
"Keep within the Law
No material may be submitted that is intended to promote or commit an illegal act.
Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs"
If you are talking about home movies, then I know of no way to accomplish what you want.

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Hi, Can anyone recommended software to import dvd to iMovies. I need to import about a dozen homemade DVD's and edit them into a single DVD comprising the 'best bits'. How best can I do this. I have an external hard drive available for the job

Hi, Can anyone recommended software to import dvd to iMovies. I need to import about a dozen homemade DVD's and edit them into a single DVD comprising the 'best bits'. How best can I do this. I have an external hard drive available for the job

You need to convert the VOB files in the TS-Folder of the DVD back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A/quicktime-mpeg-2-playback-component-f or-mac-os-x
(unless you are running Lion in which case see below))
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
For the benefit of others who may read this thread:
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.
And from the TOU of these forums:
Keep within the Law
No material may be submitted that is intended to promote or commit an illegal act.
Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store.
If you are running Lion or later:
From the MPEG Streamclip homepage
The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion onwards, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it. See this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381
To install the component in Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b7 beta above; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2 Component Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component in Lion. The original installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required.
The current versions of MPEG Streamclip cannot take advantage of the built-in MPEG-2 functionality of Lion. For MPEG-2 files you still need to install the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, which is not preinstalled in Lion. (The same applies to Mountain Lion even though that has it preinstalled.) You don't have to install QuickTime 7.

Import dvd to imovie

I converted home viedos from a vhs to dvd. what do i need to import dvd to imovie so i can edit and combine?

DVD is a finish format. Its primary purpose is for viewing. It doesn't lend itself well to further digital editing.
You'll have better results inporting the original VHS into iMovie through an analog-digital converter. Do you still have the VHS tapes?

Problem importing DVD

I'm new to this. I've imported dvd into Premier without difficulty before but I now have one which seems to import ok but only shows about a quarter (the top left part) of the image in the preview screen even when I select 'fit to screen'. The dvd plays fine in ms media player etc. I've search for some setting to change but not found what to do. Anybody know the answer please???

Chris,
Welcome to the forum.
Now, please tell us more about this DVD. Is is a DVD-Video (meant to be played via a software DVD player, or set-top player hooked up to a TV), or is it a DVD-Data, with AV files stored on it?
If the former, is it a commercial DVD-Video, or was it created in an authoring program, like PrE's, Encore, Roxio, etc., or was it created by a camera, or a DVR (DVD Recorder)?
All of these things can matter. This ARTICLE will also give you some background on DVD-Videos and their main building blocks, the .VOB files.
Also, what version of PrE are you using?
Good luck,
Hunt

Importing DVD to HD

Can anyone suggest an easy to use download program that imports DVDs to my hard drive - or one that simply works well.

Mac da rippa!
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How do you import dvds

how do you import dvd videos to itumes?

GUIDES TO: Converting Video for iPod - Mac & Window
http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=123067
Patrick

Importing DVDs

What program can be used to import a commercial dvd into my computer library? I have no problems with importing commercial cds. If it can't be done or if it is illegal I understand.
Eric
MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

There's no law against importing DVDs or viewing them. In fact, there's a treaty called the International Copyright Treaty that the US is part of that affirms your right to buy works in one country and use/view them in another.
HOWEVER, there's a problem. When the DVD spec was created, the motion picture industry asked that they include something called "region codes" in the spec that identify where the disk came from, and that the DVD-CCA, which licenses the technology and hands out keys, required licensees to restrict players to playing only a certain region. So, players at that time were sold "region-locked", meaning they could play only DVDs from a particular region. The idea was that this would permit media companies to segment markets so they could institute price-controls and maximize profits and control releases.
In practice, region-coding was identified as a violation of fair-use rights of consumers or an anti-competitive practice in many places outside the USA. So, two things happened: outside the US many players started to get sold "region free" meaning they disregard region codes, and pirates seized on the problem and started making region-free copies of movies that were not available in certain regions. It's in-part because the region-coding system was such a failure that the industry more or less shrugged when in 1996 we entered a WIPO agreement that basically stated that the government couldn't have any part in defending the approach (i.e., we can't make it illegal to circumvent the region code).
However, just because consumers don't want them doesn't mean they have ceased to exist. The US doesn't forbid the practice, and many companies that sell to the US still distribute region-locked players for contractual reasons.
I'm not really sure why Apple still ships their products with region-locked models unless they have some sort of contractual obligation to uphold. Clearly they get lots of complaints.
The Apple superdrives will permit you to set the region code 5 times, after which the hardware is irreversibly locked to that region. You can simply get and external region-free firewire unit.
Hopefully newer models of Macs will have region-free drives. Macs, after all, are marketed a media machines and it's frustrating to those of us that travel or have family in multiple regions that we need to purchase multiple drives simply to access media that we legally have rights to view.
Incidentally, the other poster mentioned MacTheRipper. Ripping DVDs with it (even possessing the program) is indeed a felony in the US, not that you're likely to get caught. However, it won't help getting around the region code problem since newer Mac drives deny low-level access to the disk data if a region-code mismatch is detected.

How can i import dvd to ipod?

import dvd to ipod

Sorry, but if you're referring to commercial and hence copy-protected DVDs, breaking the copy protection, which would be necessary to copy the videos from the DVD and convert them, is illegal in the US (and other countries), so we're not allowed to discuss it here.
If these are home movies that you or someone has burned to DVD and hence are not copy-protected, Handbrake (freeware) is one of the more popular converters. Once converted, you just drag the movie into the iTunes window on your computer and you can then sync it to your iPod.
If you're not referring to a video DVD, let us know what these disks are and what's on them and we can probably offer suggestions.
Regards.

Importing DVD's into Itunes with Windows

Hi I was wondering if anyone knows how to import DVDs into Itunes so that there is a way for Canadians to have movies on their ipods. I was also wondering does anyone know when Canada will get Tv Shows and Movies in the Itunes Store?
Thanks.

Hi,
You might want to post this question in the Windows Forum rather than the Mac Forum. If you had a Mac I would suggest Handbrake (http://handbrake.m0k.org/) = they are working on a Windows version.
As to getting TV and Movies you're in the same boat as those of us in the UK
Regards,
COlin R.

How to import DVDs?

Is it possible to import DVDs into my Itunes? For example I have a DVD of Peter Pan (my DVD player is playing up) so I wanted to import that into Itunes so I can play it on my Apple TV.
Is this possibl? If so, how?
thanks!

Commercial DVDs are encrypted. Breaking that encryption, a necessary first step in copying the DVD, is illegal in the U.S., therefore, the terms of use of these forums prohibit us from discussing software or methods. Sorry.

I need help importing dvds

i am using dvd decryptor to import dvds onto my computer. right now i am trying to import a season of seinfeld. when i import it i only get one episode. i want all of the episodes on the disc to go onto my computer. please tell me how to put all the episodes on the disc on the computer.
Thanks

No, there are no instructions by Apple for how to get the library off your iPod and onto the computer.
You can select the iPod in iTunes then iTunes menu File -> Transfer purcahses. This will copy only iTuns purchssed items in to iTunes.
It will not transfer other items on your iPod, playlists, ratings, etc.

I need import dvd content to compressor or FCP to re encode for web

I need import dvd content to compressor or FCP to re encode for web
Is there a short cut?
When I tried, only the video went as the audio seems to be embedded. How can I encode a DVD to and Mpeg4 file with the audio?
Thank you all in advance.

Google MPEG Streamclip. It's free and works! This questions gets asked a lot. Take advantage of search when you can.

Import DVD (ts) files into PPCS4 for editing

How can I import DVD (TS) files into PPCS4 so I can edit them. This is not a commercial movie, but a series of clips with video and audio that I had burned to a DVD. Here's what the files are called:
Video TS_BUP
Video_TS
VTS_01_0.IFO
Video_TS_.IFO
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_1
Can you telll me which files to convert and how to convert them to a format that PPCS4 supports.
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cellobella

.VOB are the ones you need.

How to import DVD friend made on Tivo so I can edit in iMovie HD6?

The DVD will play in my G4 Powerbook's DVD player but won't import into iMovie. I have several important DVDs that my friend recorded with Tivo (I don't have Tivo myself) and I need to edit them in iMovie, so I'd be totally grateful if someone could advise me. Thanks!

The standard format of a DVD is mpeg2 which is a final delivery format not intended for editing. The files on the DVD will need converting.
You need to convert the VOB files back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
Obviously the foregoing only applies to DVDs you have made yourself, or other home-made DVDs that have been given to you. It will NOT work on copy-protected commercial DVDs, which in any case would be illegal.

Importing DVD to FCP questions

I did a search on importing DVD content into FCP. I have read a lot of the articles but I still have questions.
I have about 8 DVD's that I have to pull clips from. There are about 18 clips. I know it is possible to just decode those clips. I am going to be editing this in FCP so here are my questions.
Which software is easier as far as setting in and out marks for the decoding of the DVD (mpegstreamclip or Handbrake)? I know I have to Encode the DVD to MPEG-4. Is this the default in mpegstreamclip or Handbreak? I also read that you have to demux the file before you import it into FCP. Is this an option in mpegstreamclip or handbreak?
One last thing, I know that a DVD is MPEG2 and I have to convert it to MPEG 4 but is it better to transfer the DVD to DVCAM and then capture the tape or use the software to rip the files. As far as quality, I would assume it is the same thing but I would like to hear it from the Gurus.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
thanks
Dual G5 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Given the fact that both are free or very inexpensive downloads, give them both a try.
MPEG Streamclip extracts are variety of QT formats. And you do not have to encode the DVD to Mpeg4, instead mpeg2.
Not certain why you are calling something a fault of the program.
You might want to explain, and remember these programs do not work with encrypted DVDs.
best wishes
David
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Can't import DVD movies to iTunes

I am unable to import DVD's I have purchased into itunes. I can import music CDs. Is there a way to do this?
Thank you

there is a way to do this.
there is a third party program called Total Video Converter available on Download.com
it gives you a two-week free trial but you can convert any video and rip any part(s) of DVDs you want. Even the whole film
it costs around $25.00 i believe, but i don't know what that is in £s.
foggy

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