Copying and editing DVD's.

I've copied a couple of things from the TV onto different DVD-R's and want to take parts of them and record them onto one DVD, how do I do it? Thanks

You need to convert the VOB files of the DVDs 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.
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.

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Copy what kind/type of DVDs? For non-copy protected DVDs you can use Disk Utility (in the Applications folder) to make a disk image of the DVD disk and then burn it back to a disk.
OT

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I am copying old VHS home movies to DVD+R and DVD+RW formats. I want to edit these movies. Can I copy these to my computer and edit them in iDVD or iMovie?

Not with iDVD as it's only for burning video DVDs that can be viewed on TVs with a DVD player. You can to use iMovie or other video editing application to edit the movie files before adding them to iDVD.
When you're done with the editing in iMovie use the Share ➙ Media Browser option instead of the Share ➙ iDVD option becauze the Media Browser method gives you a higher quality image in the final produce. Also consider using this recommended workflow:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image and launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding was good.
Then burn to disk with Disk Utility or Toast at the slowest speed available (2x-4x) to assure the best burn quality. Always use top quality media: Verbatim, Maxell or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R are the most recommended in these forums.
OT

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I've been taping athletic games off my television with a DVD recorder. I end up with DVDs of the games- but I would like to be able to edit them and burn them into a "Highlight" DVD for my son, Anyone got any idea what I need to do this--or IF I can do this?? I only see instructions for importing and editing off a camera.

Hi Hilltool - not an easy task! But look here:
Using MPEG camera Clips or DVD Footage:
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/5155p2.html
but especially:
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG
MPEG StreamClip:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
Apple MPEG2 PlayBack:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
Something there may help.

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I have a many page report I want to copy and send as one or more PDF files. I scan the page, remove it to my desktop and either slide it onto a blank pages or I Photo, where I make the print darker, etc. and export to my desktop..as file, jpeg document....tried them all.
Once on the desktop, it won't allow me to add or subtract any information...I can't even select all and copy it. I can't remember how I use to do this so I would come up with a copy that I could edit and also add several other pages to the bottom of the first page, to send as a pdf, rather than have to send each page separately.'
Is there a way to do this?

If you are at the point where you have several .jpg images that you want to turn into a single PDF document,
Open each .jpg image in Preview and Save As a PDF file.
Do that for all of them.
In Preview click on the sidebar and one image will be there.
From Finder, where reside your recently converted .jpgs to single PDFs drag one to be underneath the existing one and so forth untill all single PDFs are showing in the sidebar.
Get the focus back on Preview by clicking on it, and then Save As and that will produce one multi-page PDF document.
Note, The last image you converted will be the first image in the new PDF, so you might like to close Preview and then reopen it with the first image, just to make sure you get them in the desired order.
Mac OS 10.6.8
Preview 5.0.3

Copy and Finalise DVD-R help

I have never used my super drive on my computer to burn a DVD.
Yesterday a friend gaveme a DVD of his childs school recital that he wanted to copy. I tried to use disk utility but kept getting an error so them I just copied the two folders on the DVD to my desktop and then draggged both folders to a blank DVD which copied everything and then i selected burn. The disc plays on any computer but will not play on any DVD player I have or my friend has. The DVD player manuals all say that the DVD disc needs to be finalised in order to play, How do I do this?

I tried to do that but kept getting an Input /output error and could not make a disc image using disk utilities that is why I copied everything onto the desk top and dragged it to the blank DVD-R and then burned it. Now how can I copy and finalise?
I cannot get iDVD to import anything, I tried import and I tried dragging the disc to the project windo neither seems to work but maybe I don't know how to use iDVD as well.
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Copying and EDITING a previously burned DVD-R

hi
I have a two hour long home/wedding video that has been burned to a dvd-r. I dont have the original footage. I would like to delete a small clip from the middle of it. I imported it into iMovie ( i created the iMovie project once as DV and then the second time as MPEG-4) I then deleted the 10 second clip and burned it with iDVD. The quality came out extremely poor both times. (Pixels are huge, you can see little squares.) The original DVD-R is great quality and copies made using Disk Utility are the same great quality.
Is there another way i should edit or burn it that wouldn't cause this quality loss?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, Robert,
I think you have the right idea, but you will have to check your camcorder settings. To record from a DVD Player, you need to connect the AV ports on the player...usually those red/white/yellow connectors...to the AV port on the camcorder...usually specific to the camcorder, small halfcircle size.
You need to set your camcorder to the VTR setting, and then use the menu to find something that looks like REC CTRL. When you click on that, you should see the DVD image in the camcorder screen, and have the options of REC PAUSE or REC START. Hit the Pause one until you are ready to play the DVD, then hit the record one. A small dot appears on the camcorder screen indicating recording.
If this does not work, you may have a very recent Sony camcorder. I understand that the most recent ones do not have this option. Which camcorder do you have?
Regarding the copying to iMovie of VOB files.... you cannot import them directly into iMovie. iMovie uses DV format only. You need to convert the VOB files. You can do this with StreamClip.
Have a look at these posts for help doing it that way:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5032114&#5032114
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5011530&#5011530
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4952730&#4952730
Hope this is helpful to you.

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In tcode VA03, there is a form for printing the header. I want to add additional data to that smartform not by editing the standard form. Instead, I should edit the copy of the standard form.

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Hi,
Please find the following steps to edit IDOC segment after you find the error using WE02.
The example codes can be found in website
http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm
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EXPORTING
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TABLES
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EXCEPTIONS
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IF e1edka1-parvw = 'LF'.
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TABLES
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EXCEPTIONS
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EXPORTING
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EXCEPTIONS
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t_itab_edids40-tabnam = 'EDI_DS'.
t_itab_edids40-mandt = sy-mandt.
t_itab_edids40-stamqu = 'SAP'.
t_itab_edids40-stamid = 'B1'.
t_itab_edids40-stamno = '999'.
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t_itab_edids40-stapa2 = t_new_kunnr.
t_itab_edids40-logdat = sy-datum.
t_itab_edids40-logtim = sy-uzeit.
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EXPORTING
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    write_all_status = 'X'
TABLES
    status_records = t_itab_edids40
EXCEPTIONS
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Hope this will help.
Regards,
Ferry Lianto

Copying and burning dvds

hi
i am wondering how you copy dvds and then burn them.
i went on a forum and they suggested mac the ripper. It is all above board dvd's, they are training videos that i have to copy for my boss, nothing illegal.
when i used mac the ripper it put the dvd into a folder (a VIDEO_TS folder ) that i cannot open.
burning them i guess i would use idvd, as i have made dvds myself and burnt with that.
i am sorry if i sound a bit stupid but.....so be it!
so the how do i copy a dvd???
thank you

After you get the Video TS folder on your desktop, you simply drag it to Your choice of either DSK Utility , or Toast and put in a blank DVD-R and click burn.
If you are not familiar with DVD Burning it can get confusing in a hurry at first.
To help you out a little.
Standard DVD's are 4.7 gb in size.
Most Data, and Audio is not a problem.
Most people run into there problem when trying to copy a commercially made DVD that may have 6 or 7 GB on it. Thus it will not fit on a Standard 4.7GB DVD.
Here is where you need a top of the line software to accomplish this task.
Roxio's Toast 7, or Popcorn.
What it does is read the Video TS folders size and content and then it automatically compresses the content to fit on a 4.7 GB DVD.
All of this is done with a couple of clicks of the mouse.
Using Apple's software to copy is fine through the Disc Utility for Audio, and Data, and some Video, Take note that Apples furnished software is entry level and there are only certain things it is capable of.
Hope this helps. Don

Which version shall I buy, if I need just reading, copying and editing texts?

Hello, I would like to ask you about a right version which shall I buy in order to have readable version with possibility of copying but also editing texts?
Is the right version Acrobat XI? Or is there another type? How much does cost the most basic version which also allows to edit texts inside the pdf document?
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Barbora

For reading, you only need Reader. The editing (and typically copying) require Acrobat. However, you should download the trial version and try it first. Editing and such in Acrobat is a last resort operation, not an every day activity. Editing is often very difficult to get things right and they is why it should only be used for minor edits. Generally you do not have the features of an editor with word-wrap and such -- it is not really the goal of Acrobat. You can sometimes copy from Reader, but I don't know too much about Reader since this is the Acrobat forum. Acrobat may not meet your expectations and that is why I suggest trying the trial version.

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Hello,
In directory i have 19 file txt. i must copy the files to other directory and shorten all files name to 10 characters (without extension)
Files with the same name i should be added to the end character "_" and the next digit will starting at 0 .
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Hello,
Can anyone please tell me how or maybe advised me on a software/equipment that can convert data on data so I can edit in Final Cut Pro?

You can read my MPEG Streamclip tutorial here: http://www.secondchairvideo.com/?p=739 The free software is available here: http://www.squared5.com
MPEG Streamclip does not work with copy protected, commercial discs. That discussion is not permitted on this forum..

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