Extracting Video from an iDVD burned DVD

I have DVDs for projects I burned from iMovie projects to iDVD, but I no longer have the iMovie projects. I'd like to extract the video from the DVD into DV or MPG 4. I'm looking at maybe buying Roxio Popcorn 4 to do this as they claim it will convert to both DV and MPG 4. Has anyone used Popcorn and/or is there another way to do it.

Did the message say the plugin does not work with Mavericks or was it the installer that would not work? If it was the latter use the demo version if Pacifist to install the component. There should be to locations where the component is installed:
Users/Home/Library/Quicktime folder
System/Library/Quicktime folder
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DVDs are in a socalled delivery format (mpeg2), which isn't meant and made for any processing as editing...
for using the iLife apps, you have to convert'em first, in recommended order, choose one of the following tools/workarounds:
DVDxDV (free trial, 25$, Pro: 90$)
Apple mpeg2 plugin (19$) + Streamclip (free)
VisualHub (23.32$)
Drop2DV (free)
Cinematize >60$
Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
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connect a miniDV Camcorder with analogue input to a DVD-player and transfer disk to tape/use as converter
none of these apps override copyprotection mechanisms as on commercial dvds...
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
be nice to copy rights
... and, next time, try the forum's search-feature...

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Copied from this link.
http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
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Hi,
I have a project where according to the camera person it was shot in 16:9 with the camera (assuming a DV camcorder of some sort). It was captured from the camera and converted to a DVD (VIDEO_TS folder and everything) and sent to me for editing.
What I need help with is a workflow (and settings) to edit and output this properly.
1) My first hiccup comes in the extract. When I view the DVD that was sent to me, the video looks squished as it squeezes the video into the 4:3 aspect ratio. I was using MPEG Streamclip to extract it. I've extracted it in a 16:9 QT format and it looks fine in FCE HD. However, once I started reading more about editing 16:9 video in the FCE PDF manual, I'm wondering if I should have kept it as 4:3 and then toggled the Anamorphic setting for the sequence.
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Chandan
First, with regard to your chipset - graphics/video card:
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is this resolved, Mike?
'Cos the one word answer to your question : "I no longer have the source video, but I wanted to extract some of the video from this DVD to make it into a Quicktime. Is that tough to do?
Is 'No'.
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I have produced a 30 minute video for my son's football team using Imovie on my ipad. I do not have an apple computer and need to convert the imovie to my PC in order to burn DVD's. This process seems impossible. I have read many forums and am trying to export the project to my camera roll, however the process never completes itself. It will export for literally hours without completing the process. This project have taken me weeks to complete, mainly because the process is very slow with imovie and extremely frustating. Now, I'm ready to finish up and am so worried I will never get it off my ipad. What do I do??

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It incorrectly state this:
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Apple here is the reality. At this point, regarding computers, PC is King...get it? We do not all have apple computers to go along with our ipads. ... So incase i need to break it down for you....YOU NEED TO HAVE A EASY WAY TO REMOVE VIDEOS FROM AN IPAD TO A FREAKIN PC...
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-ignorant people responding to several other people with my same simple problem with stupid response like "so you want to put a video on your ipad, you do that thru itunes" or "gosh it's been a while since i did this but its real easy, i think..."
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I suggest to different methods. A cheap method is to download handbrake and rip the dvd using h.264 to get maximum quality. You can find handbrake by google.
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Hi,
I've created an iDVD project with two movies and a slide show. Everything is perfect in preview - all sound and images are there.
After burning to a DVD, some of the audio from the main movie drops out/doesn't play. This movie includes mp3 audio, which plays fine. It's the audio from the video that doesn't play.
Weird thing is - the audio from the video does plays where I have it accompanied by the mp3 audio.
The audio for the slideshow plays fine - it's also an mp3. And, the audio for the second movie plays fine - it has audio from the video only and there is no mp3 'soundtrack.'
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I have iDVD 4.01.
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Hi c
First thought. If the audio is downloaded from iTunes then this happens due
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Yours Bengt W

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Hi Doc,
best practise... ahh, you're a Doc, lege artis is to reimport from tape.. but that wasn't your question...
yes, it is possible, with a loss of quality, due to the nature of dvds...:
get for 20$ the Apple mpeg2 plugin
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Hi. i have a reel of my cinematography work that i
edited on iMovie and burned to a dvd. now i want to
extract that footage from the dvd and post it as a
QuickTime file on my website via iWeb. how can i do
this? i have toast titanium - is that any use? do i
need to download some kind of converter? any freeware
recommendations? looking for the EASIEST solution.
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Check Streaming/Transcoding wizard menu.
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