Edit DVD Mpeg2

I want to remove 1 scene in the middle of a DVD video. I have a DVD .img file and was wondering what Mac software I could use to accomplish this? I've used Mpeg Streamclip before to extract scenes from DVD's but am not sure how to rebuild a DVD once extracted. Any advice would be most appreciated!
Thanks,
HL

I too would rather avoid further compression, but at the current time I don't have access to the original footage.
I just learned that I can do the edit in DVDSP which will be the easiest solution. I don't really care that I can only cut on the I-frame, as long as the overall Mpeg2 video quality is retained with no additional compression. Hopefully the I frame factor doesn't interfere with the fact that my footage is 23.98 progressive.

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Created a DVD using iMovie then iDVD and burned. Didn't save original setup in iDVD. Would like to edit DVD and re-save as new DVD. Is this possible?

As Bengt says, you need to rip the content from the DVD disk to a new iMovie and then create a new iDVD project and burn a new disk from that. You can use Handbrake, MPEG Streamclip or Ripit to extract the video file from your DVD disk. Here are directions for doing so that I took from a post by AppleMan(Thanks, AM):
+I have found I get the best results when I use MPEG Streamclip (which is free). You also have to install the Apple QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component which costs about $20. Once you install the QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component, you don't have to interact with it, but MPEG Streamclip needs it.+
+Insert your DVD in your drive. If DVD player runs automatically, shut it down. You should see your DVD as an icon on the desktop. Open it in a finder winder. You should see a folder which has VOB files.+
+Open MPEG Streamclip and drag these VOB files into Streamclip. If it offers to fix timecode breaks, say yes. You can do the VOB files one by one if you want to deal with shorter clips. Or, you can drag all the VOB files at once and create one long clip, or use streamclip to separate them into smaller clips.+
+In Streamclip, select File/Export using Quicktime and choose Apple Intermediate Codec. You may want to check "Deinterlace" in this step. Try deinterlacing and see if you like it. It depends on your final target media as to whether this will help.+
+Now you should have MOV files in Apple Intermediate Codec which can be imported into iMovie.+

Editing DVD, NEED HELP!

Hey everyone! I just got a NON-COPYRIGHTED DVD which I need
to delete and add a new first scene on. I saved the Video_TS folder
to me PC, but it wont let me add the files (VOBs ETC)
How can I edit this DVD with Director? Or can I not edit
DVDs

oates151 wrote:
> But I thought it said you can edit DVD in director?
Thats why I bought it....... Like cant u save it to ur PC and edit
the VOBs?
Hi,
As was said before, Director cannot edit DVD video. You will
need a video editing program like Premiere. Director can read
chapers
from a DVD or allow you to play sections of a DVD. Director
does not allow DVD authoring. Any application you create will have
to
run off a computer (Mac or PC). It does not allow output to a
TV DVD player.
regards
Dean
Director Lecturer / Consultant
http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/learning/director
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au

Editing DVDs?

is it possible to edit the files from the VIDEO_TS folder in the dvd that is not copy protected?

You can download it free from Squared5.
In order to convert the DVD files for use in FCE you may also need the Apple QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component if you don't already have it on your Mac. ($19.99 from the Apple online store).

Question re: Editing DVDs made from old VCR tapes

We recently had a relative take some old family VCR tapes and install them on DVDs. Now we want to edit the DVDs. What will we need to edit these. When we open the DVDs there are 2 folders labeled audio TS and Video TS.

Alternatively:
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, as well as the 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 and editing DVDs

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.

Editing DVD files

I really don't know which program I can use to edit my wedding DVD. It's a Video_TS after all. The DVD begins with a poem, but the photographer made it rolls fast, so a viewer can't read it, unless he/she pauses it a few times.
So if iMovie does it, which file do I need to open, or I shall convert, so I can edit those 60 seconds of less, in other words slow down the screen play and then bring it back to normal and burn the improved version.

iDVD is an authoring program, not an editing program. To do edits on your videos, you will need to extract the video files from the DVD, put them into iMovie, edit and then create an iDVD project, put the edited iMovie into it and burn a new DVD disk from that new project.
You cannot just drag out the Video_TS file, you need to use some application to accomplish this, such as Handbrake http://handbrake.fr/
Ripit http://ripitapp.com/
or the free MPEG Streamclip http://www.squared5.com/ You may need to get the $20 mpeg2 component to have Streamclip work properly: http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A
Ripit claims to be easy to capture right into iMovie. You can look at the free demo.
Here is a method from AppleMan to get DVD video into iMovie using Streamclip:
+I have found I get the best results when I use MPEG Streamclip (which is free). You also have to install the Apple QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component which costs about $20. Once you install the QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component, you don't have to interact with it, but MPEG Streamclip needs it.+
+Insert your DVD in your drive. If DVD player runs automatically, shut it down. You should see your DVD as an icon on the desktop. Open it is a finder winder. You should see a folder which has VOB files.+
+Open MPEG Streamclip and drag these VOB files into Streamclip. If it offers to fix timecode breaks, say yes. You can do the VOB files one by one if you want to deal with shorter clips. Or, you can drag all the VOB files at once and create one long clip, or use streamclip to separate them into smaller clips.+
+In Streamclip, select File/Export using Quicktime and choose Apple Intermediate Codec. You may want to check "Deinterlace" in this step. Try deinterlacing and see if you like it. It depends on your final target media as to whether this will help.+
+Now you should have MOV files in Apple Intermediate Codec which can be imported into iMovie.+
Post back if you have further questions.

Seeking Software to Capture/Edit DVD Clips

(Apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum for this question. If so, a gentle nudge to the correct one would be appreciated.)
I teach film/literature, and I'd like to be able to put together presentations of film clips from DVDs, with my voiceover, for teaching purposes.
For example: I'd like to be able to show clips continuously of three different Hamlets (Gibson, Branagh, Tennant) doing the same monologue. I'd then like to add my voiceover to that montage.
So my question: *What software allows me to do this?*

Step 1 - convert your DVD video to a format that can be edited. To do this you should download MPEG Streamclip (free) and purchase the Apple QuickTime MPEG2 Playback Component. Then you can use MPEG Streamclip to convert DVD videos to formats that iMovie and Final Cut Express (or Pro) can edit. (Note: if the DVD's are copy protected you may not be able to convert them.)
Step 2 - import the converted video clips into iMovie or Final Cut. Assemble them however you wish them to display. Add your voiceover.
Step 3 - export your completed video from iMovie or FCE. Probably to QuickTime if you want to show from your Mac; or burn a DVD if you want a playable DVD.

What is Ideal settings on camera, video editing & DVD authoring?

What is ideal setting to capture video on DSLR, then edit & author; using adobe elements 12? I did previous projects with1280 x 720 and above; then had a challenge with video taking foever when authoring; using same settings; i then adjusted output to 720 x 576; concern now is slightly impared quiality on final product. Please advise!

It depends on what format and resolution your DSLR is shooting. Most DSLRs have several options.
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Editing DVD video

I have a client who is providing to me DVDs of various videos he has had produced, and wishes me to include them in a website. Since I got Premiere Pro as part of my CS4 package, I thought, no problem - I can just import the DVD video and edit out the first bit (the color bars and a blue screen with the production notes/title for the TV stations), and reencode it as an FLV to put on my media server and play via a streaming player.
I got it loaded into premeir (after I found I couldn't just open a video, but rather have to start a new project - very annoying!), I figured out how to place the .vob file onto the timeline after I imported it into the project... but now I cannot figure out how to select the first 24 seconds and delete it.
I tried searching the local and online help files, but nothing came up. This can't be that rare, can it?
Thanks!

I cannot figure out how to select the first 24 seconds and delete it.
You've gotten links to some tutorials, that will tell you how to do this and more, but for those following along at home, there are two quick ways to do just this:
1.) Click on the Head of your Video Clip, and drag it to the right. I'd do this with the Info Panel visible, just to make sure that my "click-drag" was perfectly 00;00;24;00 (there are other monitors for the TimeCode, but I like Info Panel). If you wish to leave that 24 sec. gap, just click-drag. If you wish the new Head to move to 00;00;000;00, add the Ctrl key, and when you Trim that 24 sec., the new In Point (Head) will move to the beginning of the Timeline.
2.) Move the CTI (Current Timeline Indicator) to 00;00;24;00, and hit Ctrl+k to Razor your targeted Tracks' Clips at that point. Rt-click and choose Ripple Delete to close that gap, or Clear to leave it.
As for starting a Project first, that is the basis for all work to be done, and its settings should reflect your source Assets. Trust me, you really do not want to even try to imagine Video editing without a Project. I know it sounds like unnecessary work, when all you want to do is just edit, but it is the entire foundation of any editing session. You cannot build a skyscraper without a foundation - you would not want to try it here either.
Good luck,
Hunt

Can I edit DVDs On emac superdrive?

A friend filmed my horseride on her video camera then downloaded that onto a DVD. I thought I could bring that home to my emac and edit it down to the few moments the horse and I look good and make a new DVD from that. So far I can't seem to find anything that allows me to do that. All I can get the dvd to do is play the entire 21 minutes.
I know that I took video footage and edited it on my computer about a year ago but I can't remember the details. I know it did not involve a DVD.
Can anyone jumpstart my brain? I have read every "help" possibility on my computer with no luck so far.
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Laura
emac superdrive Mac OS X (10.3.9)

My emac has IDVD and IPhoto and PhotoStudio and I just found imovie. I don't have an icon in the dock for iMovie so I forgot it was there. I can tell this is what I used a year ago to edit some film footage. I just tried to use it to import the dvd material but had no luck.
I know my emac has the capacity to read and burn CDs and read and burn DVDs but - obviously- I barely know what that means.
I appreciate your attention to this question!
Laura
emac superdrive Mac OS X (10.3.9)
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DVD Mpeg2 codec missing

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Having tried one device unsuccessfully, we're looking for a device that we can use to convert old VHS tapes so we can edit in iPhoto/ Movie and store on DVDs. The one we tried came from the Apple retail store, but the Genius Bar was not able to get it to work. Thanks.

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Hi,
I am trying to transfer old home films to dvd.
I first have to have them transfered to a mini dv, then they will put it onto a dvd.
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