Downloading a DVD into iMovie or iphoto

A friend shot a video and burned a copy in iMovie for me, is there anyway to download the DVD into iMovie on my Mac?
Thanks!

I've been looking into the same thing.
I have Ripit, but the settings I've tried don't seem to work well with iMovie, as I can see iMovie is re-encoding the movies on import.
I've messed with iSkysoft's dvd ripper and it has a setting to export to iMovie, which I tried in the demo and it seemed to import much faster (only the thumbnails needed to be built)
It's a bit more expensive than the other suggestion, but possibly a bit easier too.

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Hi,
I'm in the process of making my website, I have scored the music for a feature film and want to put some clips on my website. But first I must download the DVD of the film in question and put it in imovie. How do I do that?
Thanks

Google Mpeg Streamclip.

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How do I import the DVD files into iMovie?

This tip will show you how to import your home movie on DVD into iMovie 11 for editing. It will not work on commercial, copy-protected DVDs. (Ripping commercial DVDs is against the Terms of Use of the Apple Discussions).
DVDs are encoded by iDVD into MPEG2, which iMovie cannot edit. So you need to convert the DVD into a codec that iMovie can edit. For highest quality, I recommend that you convert the DVD to Apple Intermediate Codec. There is a free tool called MPEG Streamclip that will do this. You will also need to install the Apple QuickTIme MPEG2 Playback Component.
Here are the details.
1) Download and install the Apple MPEG2 QuickTime Component ($20) - available online from Apple.
2) Download and install MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 (free).
3) Start MPEG Streamclip
4) Insert your DVD into your Mac. If DVD Player or Front Row starts automatically, quit those.
5) Open a Finder window. Navigate to the DVD.
6) Drag the Video_TS folder from your DVD and drop it into MPEG Streamclip.
7) If MPEG Streamclip offers to fix timecode breaks, say yes.
8) Use FILE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME to convert the files to Apple Intermediate Codec (or h.264 if you prefer)
9) Optional steps.
9a) Optional: You can deinterlace your footage in this step, if you like. If you don't know which is best, try a short clip both ways. I usually do not deinterlace.
9b) Optional: If you know the date and or time of the footage, name your file
clip-yyyy-mm-dd hh;mm;ss
(let mpeg streamclip provide the extension). This will provide metadata that iMovie will use to put the event in the right year and month.
9c) Optional: If you don't want to make one huge clip out of your DVD, you can make smaller clips by using MPEG Streamclip. Move the cursor to the "in" point of the clip, and press i. Move the cursor to the "Out" point of the clip, and press o. Then do steps 8 through 10 and repeat until you have done this for all clips you want.
10) Save the resulting file in a place where you can find it, like your Desktop.
11) Open iMovie.
12) In iMovie, choose FILE/IMPORT/Movies... and choose the file you saved in steps 8, 9, 10.
13) iMovie will generate thumbnails and you can edit.

Ripping off a DVD into iMovie

My boss gave me a DVD of some older footage he wants me to put into some advertisement trailers for him. I am using iMovie to do all the organizing and editing and want to know how I can get the video into iMovie. I assume I have to rip it off the DVD, but don't know how to do it or what programs to use. Thanks for any and all help,
Eric

This tip will show you how to import your home movie on DVD into iMovie 11 for editing. It will not work on commercial, copy-protected DVDs. (Ripping commercial DVDs is against the Terms of Use of the Apple Discussions).
DVDs are encoded by iDVD into MPEG2, which iMovie cannot edit. So you need to convert the DVD into a codec that iMovie can edit. For highest quality, I recommend that you convert the DVD to Apple Intermediate Codec. There is a free tool called MPEG Streamclip that will do this. You will also need to install the Apple QuickTIme MPEG2 Playback Component.
Here are the details.
1) Download and install the Apple MPEG2 QuickTime Component ($20) - available online from Apple.
2) Download and install MPEG Streamclip from Squared 5 (free).
3) Start MPEG Streamclip
4) Insert your DVD into your Mac. If DVD Player or Front Row starts automatically, quit those.
5) Open a Finder window. Navigate to the DVD.
6) Drag the Video_TS folder from your DVD and drop it into MPEG Streamclip.
7) If MPEG Streamclip offers to fix timecode breaks, say yes.
8) Use FILE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME to convert the files to Apple Intermediate Codec (or h.264 if you prefer)
9) Optional steps.
9a) Optional: You can deinterlace your footage in this step, if you like. If you don't know which is best, try a short clip both ways. I usually do not deinterlace.
9b) Optional: If you know the date and or time of the footage, name your file
clip-yyyy-mm-dd hh;mm;ss
(let mpeg streamclip provide the extension). This will provide metadata that iMovie will use to put the event in the right year and month.
9c) Optional: If you don't want to make one huge clip out of your DVD, you can make smaller clips by using MPEG Streamclip. Move the cursor to the "in" point of the clip, and press i. Move the cursor to the "Out" point of the clip, and press o. Then do steps 8 through 10 and repeat until you have done this for all clips you want.
10) Save the resulting file in a place where you can find it, like your Desktop.
11) Open iMovie.
12) In iMovie, choose FILE/IMPORT/Movies... and choose the file you saved in steps 8, 9, 10.
13) iMovie will generate thumbnails and you can edit.

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It needs to be converted to which format?
Suggestions how to do that?
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The Netherlands

http://perian.org (free).
QuickTime Player Pro ($30).

Re user tip: How can I import a homemade DVD into iMovie for editing? - I've followed instructions so far so good, until I get to "You can then FILE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME and choose Apple Intermediate Codec as your video codec. " How do I do that?

Re AppleMan 1958 excellent user tip: How can I import a homemade DVD into iMovie for editing? -
I've followed instructions with success until "You can then FILE/EXPORT USING QUICKTIME and choose Apple Intermediate Codec as your video codec. " How do I do that?
I installed MGEG Streamclip 193b8 and used their utility to install quicktimempeg2 and got a message stating it was successfully installed. (I'm on latest Maverick 10.9.2 on iMac) Then I dragged the VIDEO_TS file from my home DVD into the streamclip app. It asked which of 4 files to use, and I selected the first one. Streamclip played the video with the sound. so far so good. but now I cannot figure how to use quicktime player 10.3 to export this vob file out of streamclip.

Thank you for your quick reply and for clearing up my confusion. I'm exporting the first section now. I choose the smallest size, 3x4 but I'd prefer to go higher as this DVD was originally a VHS home movie. I'm wondering if after three conversions (VHS,->DVD->MPEG) the resolution will be so poor as to not support a larger size frame? If it can, what size should I select when I export?

Loading family DVD into iMovie

Ok, I know this has probably been answered 1,000 times here, but I can't quite find what I need.
I am a HS football coach and do the video editing for the team. One of the parents just handed me several DVD's of his video recordings. Is it possible to get the clips/contents of the DVD into iMovie so I can include them in my game cutups? I have never worked with these and have tried to avoid them just for this reason.
When I open the disk icon I see a single folder VIDEO_TS, and several folders within that one.
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Well, maybe not that many but enough to make it easy to find what you need.
As long as the material is not copy protected, you can open and convert the TS files with a free application called MPEGSTREAMCLIP. You can find it online. The application comes with a guide that explains how to use it.
Keep in mind that the files on the DVDs are highly compressed. To bring them into iMovie, they will be converted by MPEGSTREAMCLIP, but there will be some loss in quality.
iMovie uses its own .dv format and can handle Quicktime, both of which are available options within MPEGSTREAMCLIP.

Any thoughts on how to import a DVD into iMovie?

Just checking if there is any possiblity of importing a prerecorded DVD into iMovie to make some adjustments.
Let me know if you have any suggestions.
iMac Mac OS X (10.4)

try the search field....
* DVDxDV (free trial, 25$)
* Apple mpeg2 plugin (20$) + Streamclip (free)
* Cinematize >60$
* Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
* Toast6/7 allows converting to dv/import dvd, hit apple-k
* connect your Camera to a DVD-player and copy to tape/use as converter
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml

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Can I place a normal dvd into the built in drive in the side of my iMac and input all (or even better - part) of the DVD into iMovie. I am wanting to take a small 'grab' of a standard commercial DVD.

A commercial DVD is copy protected, which makes ripping it hard. Depending on the copyright laws in YOUR country, it may or may not be legal to do. That's even if you own the DVD.
Assuming the laws in your country allows you to do it:
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG

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I tried twice saving dvd into dmg file (read only setting) both failed without audio.
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When you start up Handbrake, you will need to identify the source that you are copying. I assume you have an Optical drive by which you can read the DVD. Then it is a matter of clicking on the various options for the copying process, especially insuring you know where the copied file will be. It wil be in an MP4 format, which can then be viewed by Quickplay or QuickTime.. It can be also be imported into iMovie, using the import function under the File menu.

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Hey there guys
i just did brought some video into imovie. This is what U do (ilife 09):
I had video on my iphone. I had all video go straight to iphoto. Click on this video you want (More then two and it will take over 30min to download to imovie, I take ten).
Go to file then Export. Another box will come "Export photo" Look down for the word "Kind" make sure "Original" is selected. Hit Export at the bottom. Now your finder Window will come up, now name the movie and make sure to keep the file ext. name "mov". save it to your desk top or file.
Right click and open it in imovie. (I would first have imovie already open) After that imovie will open it up.
I've edited ten mimi movies from a b-day party from saturday. Hit me back if u have any problems, because I did down load the latest download and I didn't have any problem getting my iphone video into imovie. You would think there would be a download button in i movie right along with flicker and facebook, to go directly yo imovie.
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My friends have uploaded movies and pics into my MMe account. Now I want to download into iMovie. I tried importing them all to iPhoto, but out of the 499 items, only 32 import. When I try again, it says that they are already imported. How do I get these items into iMovie so I can start a project? Can I download multiple items from my MobileMe at once?

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* DVDxDV (free trial, 25$, Pro: 90$)
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* Cinematize >60$
* Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
* Toast6/7 allows converting to dv/insert dvd, hit apple-k
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