Help with importing DVD

I am trying to create an imovie of some of my personal DVD's but when I put any of the DVD's in the drive, imovie says it can't find anything to import. What am I doing wrong? Do I need any special software to do this?

Do I need any special software to do this?
Use MPEG Streamclip and Apple's MPEG-2 playback component to convert the VOB files on the DVDs to DV.
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Help with importing DVD for edit

Hey guys, i need to re-edit a film that i made using final cut pro but i deleted the rough file with all the footage and things in it and exported the final product to a dvd. i know how to import the Video_Ts and audio_ts files back on to my computer and copy the dvd but i dont know how to make that information available to put back in to fc so that i can take out some scenes that im not too happy with so i can send it to colleges. If anyone know how to do this i would be most appreciative. thanks

One clumsy but effective way to do this is:
put the dvd disk into your stand alone player.
hook the video and audio outs from the player to the a/v ins to your camcorder.
set your camcorder to do Analog/DV conversion.
connect your camcorder to your computer through firewire
in fcp set your capture to NON-CONTROLABLE device with a capture limit of the length of the DVD.
Start capturing in FCP and hit play on the DVD player.
Hit stop when you have your material.
For what it's worth - throw the camera that records mpeg2 (aka DVDs) into the nearest large body of water (lake, ocean, whatever) and get something useful. This will be a continual pain.
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Can you please help with importing CDs and audio books?

I tried to search for this topic, but had no luck.
Have been happy with IPOD until today. On trying to import a new audio book to iTunes and then updating IPOD to install on it, I can see the title in both the iTunes Library and menu of IPOD. However, instead of seeing a normal 57:32 (or similar stop time), I am seeing 789:57:13.152. When I try to play it through iTunes or IPOD, it skips it as if it wasn't there and plays something else. I checked out importing a music CD, and find the same problem.
Appreciate any advice you can give.
Dell Windows XP Itunes 6.0

However, instead of seeing a normal 57:32 (or similar stop time), I am seeing 789:57:13.152. When I try to play it through iTunes or IPOD, it skips it as if it wasn't there and plays something else. I checked out importing a music CD, and find the same problem.
let's first see if you can get the CDs to import normally if you switch off "error correction" in the iTunes Advanced-Importing preferences subtab.
but if no joy there, try checking through the other suggestions from the following document:
You can't import or play music from an audio CD in iTunes for Windows
... and these resources might be helpful with that:
Using CD Diagnostics in iTunes for Windows to troubleshoot CD/DVD drive issues
iTunes for Windows: Updating the firmware on your CD or DVD drive
Updating the drivers on your Windows PC
Where to find firmware for your CD/DVD drive

Need HELP with importing high definition tape

I am using Imovie 6HD - and trying to import a high definition tape from a CanonHV20. After importing the first tape I had a screen saying LETTERBOXING which went on for ever. I noticed it made black border tp/botom on the frames. I don't want that. What should I do - I have more tapes to import.
What settings do I need? As mentioned I used High Definition Tapes so I would like to have a high definition movie/dvd. Also after burning the dvd I suppose I can play that on any tv?? Please help with detail explanation!!
Thanks.

teit wrote:
.. import a high definition tape from a CanonHV20. .. a screen saying LETTERBOXING ...
wrong setting on Import/New Project:
• select in New Project dialog 'HDV 1080i' or 'HDV720p' (=depends on your settings on your camcorder...)
... I would like to have a high definition .../dvd. ..
no such thing.. DVDs are allways 'Standard'-only.
• drag iM project file into iDVD = automatic conversion from HD>>SD ..

Help with importing PC photo files and then organizing it all in iPhoto

Hi everyone,
I'm relatively new to mac but I am just loving my purchase! I need some serious help with getting all of my photos organized though so I can easily find it for editing in iMovie.
I've accumulated over 10,000 photos stored on my PC which I've since transferred over to my LaCie external drive for my MacBook Pro via a wireless network connecting my PC & Mac. Some of these I've put onto my laptop internal hard drive and those I've imported into the iPhoto library. However, do I need to move the rest of the photos from my LaCie drive into my internal hard drive to import the photos into iPhoto, or can I tell iPhoto to look for the files in the external drive. If so, how do I do that? I know I'll then have to create albums in order to sort them, which I know how to do. Is there any fast way to do it by date? I had it sorted into different file folders by month & year so I could easily find them on my PC and would like to do the same using albums.
I am quickly running out of hard drive space on my laptop which is why I've put most of my photos on the external drive. Once I organize my existing collection, I would like to be able to import new pictures and have it stored on my external drive, not my internal drive. How do I do that?
Any other tips on organizing a massive photo library would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Karen

Karen,
Is there any fast way to do it by date? I had it sorted into different file folders by month & year so I could easily find them on my PC and would like to do the same using albums.
This is where you get to enjoy the power of iPhoto's database. You can change the Sort in the View menu. Check out View > Sort Photos > by Date.
Or, click the little calendar icon near the lower left corner of the iPhoto window. This allows you to filter the library by year, month, week, or date. You can Command-click to add another date to your filter. You can Option-click to choose a recurring date: you get that month or date for all years in your library. [Want to see your kid's birthday for every year? Just Option-Click that date. Cool.]
The keywords filter is similar. There is a preference setting where you choose to filter based on ALL keywords chosen (where by choosing more keywords you narrow your field) or ANY keyword (where the more keywords you choose, the larger your field will be). Click on a keyword to filter your library by all photos containing that keyword. Use Command-click to add more keywords to the filter. A difference is that Option-click will eliminate photos with that keyword from your filter. [You can find all pictures of your kids with your dog but NOT at Halloween.]
You can create Smart Albums to combine the use of dates, keywords, ratings, titles, comments and more. The more information you enter into the database, the more powerful the tools become.
When your task of importing is complete and you are ready to play with iPhoto's features it may help to look at the iPhoto multimedia tutorial. Better organized than trying to read through the Help files, it can help you get acquainted with many of iPhoto's features.
Have fun.

Need some URGENT help with 3 DVD mastering issues PLEASE! :

Hi there,
Firstly, I am running DVD SP 3.0.2 on Mac OS 10.4.7 on a G5 Dual 2 GHz 3Gb Ram plenty of HD space...
I am creating a DVD with: An intro sequence, a main menu, 4 sub menus, and 4 sections with around 12 chapters each.
I am having some big problems, and a pretty stuck. I will lest them separately below, numbered. If you are able to help, please refer clearly to which number you are helping with. Any help is MUCH appreciated! Many thanks!!
1. Each of the 5 menus (1 main, 4 sub) have a background video, and a separate audio track. I added the background videos by simply dragging them to the assests panel, then from there onto the menu editor window. They are created in FCP and are properly encoded. However, when I click the motion button, or use the simulator, the videos do not show up. The music plays, but all i see is plain black.
What is going on?!?!?!
2. I am really struggling with rollover buttons. I have custom created buttons, and I wand them to have a soft red glow around them when hovered over. HOW ON EARTH DO I ACTUALLY DO THIS??
The buttons are in photoshop so can be exported with/without background/glow in any format.
3. Is it possible, once I have got the above rollover working, to have an image to the right hand side of my buttons which changes with the the button rollover. i.e. hover over button 1, see image 1. hover over button 2, image changes to image 2.
PLEASE PLEASE give any help you can, I have a deadline coming up and am quite stumped. Thanks again!!

I am still having problems regarding issue Number 1. PLEASE ANYONE HELP?!
Sorry, I'm not sure about the motion menus. I avoid those whenever possible. But you might click on the menu in the storyline tab (whatever it's called -- the hierarchical view with the disc, tracks, slideshows, etc.) and look at the properties and see if there's anything you have to enable specifically for motion. And be sure the motion button is on on the main display/preview area, but it sounds like you already know how that works.
For your information, here is a screen grab of the menu I am trying to create:
http://www.redhavoc.co.uk/stuff/menu.jpg
I think it is obvious that when a button is hovered over, I want it to glow red, and the image to the right will change to match the respective button.
IS THIS GOING TO BE POSSIBLE????
Yes.
First, your menus have to be layered menus. Unfortunately, there's no way to convert non-layered menus to layered menus, so if you already have non-layered, you'll have to just delete them and create new layered menus. The button (and menu item) to create a layered menu should be right by the normal new-menu item.
Next, the graphical work is all in Photoshop.
Side tip: You may already know this, but I found it's best to use 640x480 for the Photoshop document. When I do text and leave it as a text object in the Photoshop file, it resizes poorly in DVDSP. So this ends up being another 720x480 vs. 640x480 square/rectangular pixel conversion thing. DVDSP plays in the 640x480 world, at least as far as the designer can see. So I keep my images at 640x480, and it doesn't have to resize, and everything looks right.
Moving on... Set up your basic background, the part that won't change (or will have other things covering it, like for your square image).
Then put in all the buttons and images you'll be using, each part in a separate layer. This could have fifteen buttons (you have five buttons, and there can be three versions for each -- inactive, selected, and activated versions) and five or six square images (you said one for each button, and you might want a blank default if, say, you want to add a "back" button on the menu and want some blank or default image for the square when they're on the "back" button).
Sometimes people don't bother with a separate "active" button state, but you usually want some visual feedback that they clicked the button. Also, I usually just build the default (unselected) button into the background; that's less hassle later on, and it will just draw the selected or activated buttons over that when the user is on that button.
Line up all your buttons and images. All the square images lined up perfectly on top of each other, all the buttons in the right places (so you'll have three buttons stacked on top of each other in each spot). Give each layer a short but quickly recognizable name, and line them up in a consistent order. (button1-default, button1-selected, button1-active, button1-squarepicture, then button2-default, ... etc.) Photoshop and DVDSP don't care, but it makes it easier for you later.
Note that earlier versions of DVDSP won't show Photoshop layer effects. (They handle layers, just not the effects, like inner glow, outer bezel, etc.) I don't remember when they changed this, but I think it was version 4.something. So if you're using that method to make your buttons glow, you may have to flatten each selected or active button layer, and you may even need to create a dummy blank layer underneath it first to give it something to flatten onto.
Save the file as a standard Photoshop file (.psd). Drag the file onto your DVDSP layered menu and set it as the background.
Now, in DVDSP, create all your buttons. Just drag boxes over/around the button pictures you have. Feel free to make them extra-big; users won't see the actual area you've selected, and bigger areas makes it easier for people to hit them if they're using a mouse on a computer to watch the DVD. You can point the buttons to their targets now if you want, and set the end jumps on the tracks if you want. (I tend to set the end jumps on the tracks so they automatically select the button for the next track.)
Now's the fun part, since it will actually hook everything up and should be easy if your naming layer order were consistent. Click on the layered menu (in that hierarchical view) and look at the properties window. (Sorry I can't remember the technical names for all these windows; I'm doing this all from memory. So feel free to ask more questions if you can't find what I'm talking about.) One of the properties tabs should have a grid of checkboxes with a list of your layers. Make sure the background is checked for all of the states. Then check the layers you want to show for each button state, as well as the corresponding square image to show for each.
Again, I'm doing this from memory, and I can't remember exactly how things are listed in that grid. But I remember it keeps your layers in the same order you put them in the Photoshop file and shows you those names, so it should make it easy to go down the list and check the right boxes.
And another side tip: You can update the Photoshop file, but once you've put it in DVDSP, if you change the layer order, it will screw up the check boxes you checked. It always shows you the layer names correctly, but it keeps the checkboxes in DVDSP simply assigned to the layer number, so the fifth layer will keep the same checkboxes even if you juggle them so some other layer is now the fifth layer. So if you do juggle the layers in Photoshop, go back and fix the checkbox list in DVDSP.
I put a sample Photoshop file based on yours in
http://dan.black.org/layered-menu-sample.psd
It's quick and dirty, but shows the layer layout, and you should be able to drop it on DVDSP to play with. (I also won't leave it there forever, maybe a few weeks, so anybody reading this in a month or more probably will get a 404 for that url.)
Again, doing this from memory, so feel free to ask if anything doesn't work or doesn't make sense.
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Help with importing files

Hello everyone,
FYI
[I'm running RoboHelp 5.0.2 - Flash Help. We have purchased
the Bronze help package and the support doesn't know why we are
having problems. We are using Visual Source Safe on a Windows
server]
I work for a small company that is planning to "roll-out" our
new roboHelp site within a few days. We are having trouble with
importing our .doc, pdf, and xls files. Here's what happens:
I have a topic and I go to create a text.
I highlight the text I want linked
go to "Insert hyperlink"
choose "Link to file"
Browse to my file.
When I click on Okay it ask if I want it brought inot my
project. I click yes.
I then notice that RoboHelp puts it in the baggage files (
well most of the time it does)
I save, check everything in.
When I go to v iew it in Primary layout it saids "file not
found"
Help I'm going crazy. My boss thinks I don't know what I'm
doing. :(
Thanks,
mj

Hi MJ,
Not sure exactly what the issue is with your help project,
but I have links to pdf and doc files in my project and they work.
When I click View Primary Layout, it brings up the output files
that are generated to a different location than where the working
files are. Is that how your project is set up? Because when I open
a file via a link within the output, it calls the file from the
same directory where the output files live (not from a baggage
file). Is this what you are doing as well? This process has been
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Help with my DVD drive?

hp pavilion dv9650us dvd player will read regular dvd's but won't read regular home made dvd windows vista is my OSH
Hi my Dvd player was working fine until I did some driver updates, then I noticed my DVD and audio wasn't working. I went back and reinstalled the old drivers for my audio and now it works and my DVD player will read and play regular DVD's you purchase but won't read my DVD's I make at home when I do my video progjects.   Is there a problem with my DVD driver reading the disc and is it something that can be fixed with a software update?

gjames3468 wrote:
hp pavilion dv9650us dvd player will read regular dvd's but won't read regular home made dvd windows vista is my OSH
Hi my Dvd player was working fine until I did some driver updates, then I noticed my DVD and audio wasn't working. I went back and reinstalled the old drivers for my audio and now it works and my DVD player will read and play regular DVD's you purchase but won't read my DVD's I make at home when I do my video progjects.   Is there a problem with my DVD driver reading the disc and is it something that can be fixed with a software update?
Most likely it is the driver since it was working.  Was the reinstall of the old drivers an install, or a Restore back to an earlier date? I would have done the Restore thereby getting the actual drivers and settings I had before the update. You can still try this if it hasn't be too long ago.
If I have been helpful, a Kudo is always appreciated.

HeLp - MAc versitility with importing DVD files?!

I bought a DVD player with a harddrive and recording facilities - DVD-RAM and DVD-R - a Panasonic SCHT1500.
I recorded some old home videos from VHS onto the harddrive - and then burned some DVDs.
The DVD-R does not play on my G4 Powerbook and is not recognised as having anything on it - it just comes up as Untitled CD
I then burned a DVD-RAM disc which also does not play - but is recognised as a DVD. When you click on the DVD icon on the desktop (named MEI_UDF) there is one folder - named DVD_RTAV. Within that folder are 3 files:
VR_MANGR.BUP
VR_MANGR.IFO
VR_MOVIE.VRO
all of which have 'exec' in the top left corner on thumbnail view.
What I really wanted to do was to edit these old home movies on my Mac and then dispose of them on the Panasonic. Is this going to be possible?
Can someone give me a hand?! Cheers

Hello Matt,
in any case i would stick with DVD-R for the moment.
SP should be the right option. did you actually
"finalize" your disc? it should say that on your
recorders little display at the end of your disc
burning process.
to come back to the question: your disc that shows up
as "untitled CD" - can you locate any files on that
one? if so what are they?
keep us posted
viva la mela
OK... so I forgot to finalise Now I have a number of files .BUP .IFO .VOB
And it plays on my Mac! Any ideas on how to proceed now?!
Matt

Please help with importing and using imovie and idvd

Hi,
Please forgive my lack of knowledge. I previously had a mini dv camcorder that was so easy to use with imovie hd. Now that I have switched to an HD Usb 2.0 camcorder that has built in 16gb memory and memory cards, I have had such a great deal of trouble. I really hope you can help and point me in the right directions.
Importing movies are fine, but they take so long! Currently, when I import a movie, I set the camcorder to PC mode and import through imovie. But the camcorder stays on, and I'm not sure if this is the best way or healthiest for the camcorder. Do you have a better/faster way to import movies? Is there a way to drag the video from the memory onto the computer, and then from there import the movie? I think at least I wouldn't have to leave the camcorder on.
Also, one major issue I have is that each movie is broken down into 100 or so clips. I coach basketball, and videotape the games. When there is stoppage, I pause the camcorder. I guess that creates so many clips, so that when the film is imported, there are over 100 clips for the entire movie. Is there a way of making that just 1 entire movie/clip?
Once I have imported the entire movie, which is 100+ clips, I want to simply create a dvd of the game. I know I have to share it, but do you have a better suggestion as to how I should handle this?
In the past, all I did was import the mini dv movie into imovie HD, share into idvd, and then that was it, dvd made. This process had become so time consuming.
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Yes, I recognized there would be a slight pause between clips - but after all - you paused the camera at those points.
Putting them all in sequence in iMovie and then encoding in iDVD will take a lot of time.
An old favorite saying of mine is "not every job worth doing, is worth doing well'. The meaning being sometimes 95% is good enough so you can go on to the next job.
How much work do you want to put into each DVD? Can you live with the slight pauses?
would you suggest using a memory card?
Yes, but 16GB cards aren't cheap (yet).

I need help with Importing songs into Creative organizer please help!

OK now i have a bunch of music files in my documents that all have MPEG4 with the itunes music symbol next to them. My problem is when i try to add them to my Windows media player nothing happens also when i search for the files in the Creative Import Wizard nothing shows up! Do i first need to put all the music i want on my ZVM im Windows Media Player first then add it's or is it something else? do i need to get rid of itunes entirely and just have the music files in my documents? Im really really confused please help!!!!!! Also No tracks show up when i try to add them to Windows Media Player or Creative MediaSource5 even though when i know i put them there
P.S. What do u guys do ( I mean people with Zen Vison M's) Any know of any guides too? that would be great!Message Edited by Chrismic3 on 03-9-200705:54 PM
Message Edited by Chrismic3 on 03-9-200706:00 PM

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Need help with importing into iPhoto.

I have a bit of an annoying problem when it comes to importing pictures into iPhoto (5.0.4). When I plug my camera into my computer, iPhoto launches and presents me with the import pictures option. However, it's not much of an option, as I can only choose to import all my pictures on the camera! More often than not, I only want to import some of the pictures, and rename them as well (instead of just "Image_0001.jpg", "Image_0002.jpg", etc.) To do this, I go through some really annoying steps:
1.) Plug in camera and start the Picture import app (not iPhoto).
2.) Choose what pictures I wish to import, and import.
3.) Start up Automator.
4.) Tell Automator to get the selected pictures of the ones I have imported, rename them (eg. "Iceland 1", "Iceland 2", etc.), import to iPhoto and finally delete the source pictures.
5.) Repeat with the other pictures (eg. "Sweden 1", "Sweden 2", etc.).
Done!
Now, my question is... is there an easier way? This method I just described is long, annoying and time consuming! So, is there a way to...
1.) Only import some pictures from my camera (not all), from within iPhoto?
2.) Is there any way to change the name of the actual file (not just the title of the picture in iPhoto) from within iPhoto?
3.) Does iPhoto have to copy all my pictures to a specific folder on my hard drive which I can't change?
4.) (Not relating to iPhoto...) Is there any way of changing the names of a number of files from within the Finder to sequential file names (eg. "File 1", "File 2", "File 3", etc.) without the use of Automator?
Thanks for any help. It's very much appreciated.
Mac mini PPC G4 @ 1.42 GHz, 512 MB DDR SDRAM Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi gurraJG,
1-no
2-no, you can change the file name if you export the image though
3-yes
4-Yes, there are many utilities that that rename files with your criteria.
here are some from VerdsionTracker
http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php?mode=basic&action=search&str=batch+ renaming&plt%5B%5D=macosx&x=0&y=0

Help with importing multiple folders

Hi,
I've just bought a new computer which has come with PE9 pre-installed. It looks like it could be a great program but ...
Two big problems. Firstly, I tried importing all my pictures from "My Pictures". All my pictures are neatly arranged into their various folders so I clicked on "My Pictures" and it imported all 2000+ photos straight away which was great. However, the big problem is that it has copied every picture individually i.e. it hasn't imported the 20 odd individual folders I had those files arranged in. So firstly, and most importantly, how do I import multiple folders at the same time or can't I? Do I need to remove everything and just copy each individual folder across one by one? Because that sounds like an awful lot of work! I'm assuming it should import multiple folders at the same time but, as usual, there's nothing I can find on the forums or the FAQs to answer the question.
Your help and advice would be gratefully received.
Many thanks.

Elements will simply mirror your hard drive making links to each image.
When using File >> Get Photos & Videos >> From Files & Folders
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Help with importing video; smaller F.O.V. than recorded.

I am importing clips that I shot on my Canon EOS 60D.
They are 1080p 24fps .MOV files. I may have trouble explaining my problem, so bear with me.
The image that is given to me in Premiere is considerably smaller than what I originally recorded on the camera. I am only given a portion of the image. For example, I have a shot where my parents were at the edges of the frame on my LCD. I imported the clip to Premiere and cannot see them at all, I can only see the very center of the shot.
I'm not sure if I'm shooting with the wrong settings on the camera, selecting the wrong sequence options, or importing the clips incorrectly or something.
If anyone can help me, it would help a lot! Thank you in advance.

Your sequence preset doesn't match your footage. Pick a sequence preset that does match from the New Sequence dialog, or drag a clip to the New Item button (looks like a dog-earred sheet of paper) at the bottom of the Project panel. A sequence will be create that matches your footage.
Also, make sure to set the Program Monitor zoom to "Fit."

Help with importing

I am attempting to import over a couple hundred GB of photos into Aperture. The current set-up is this, I have a terabyte RAID mirrored RAID (RAID 1) set up within my MacPro using disk utility. This is where I keep my images, neatly organized, in a directory structure that makes sense. I am wanting to use Aperture but I want to manage my own image library (masters) and utilize the referenced option in the software. I have attempted to import a sample test run of folders containing around 7K images in two different ways.
First: I selected File>Import>Folders as Projects and then in the Store Files option, I selected "In their current location" I would assume this would set up a referenced Aperture library that would not grow by leaps and bounds.
**It appears the files were added to the Aperture Library anyway, the library file in the Pictures directory grew to 10GB.
Second: Import Icon in tool bar. Created a new folder in Aperture and then selected the folder I wanted to import and used the following settings: Destination "The New Folder I just Created in Aperture"
Project Name: "Left as the name of the folder on the RAID"
Store Files: In their current location.
Please Help. I really want to use the software but I want to manage my own library and do not want to add hundreds of GB's to my Aperture library. In other words, I work off this master directory structure on the RAID, have the files backed up to a SAN, and dont want the computer to slow because of a huge library.
Thanks
Chad

Hi Chad,
Welcome to the user-supported Aperture discussion group.
I would assume this would set up a referenced Aperture library that would not grow by leaps and bounds.
This isn't relevant to your question, but I just want to make sure you know that the adjective "referenced" applies to individual photos, not to your library. You can, of course, choose to make every photo referenced, which is your goal.
**It appears the files were added to the Aperture Library anyway, the library file in the Pictures directory grew to 10GB.
If my math is correct, your 7000 pictures made your library grow by a little over 1 megabyte per picture. It does not sound like the photos were copied to your library. 1M per picture is pretty small these days for a photo. How large are your photos to begin with?
You are probably seeing growth in your library because of new database management, as well as thumbnail and preview pictures.
You can check to see if the photos are actually referenced by option-clicking on any photo and selecting "Show in Finder". That option is available only for referenced files. (Aperture will not open a Finder into the innards of your Aperture library for managed masters.)
nathan

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