Import from Sony VRD-VC10

HELP! All my family videos have now been copied onto DVD using the Sony VRD-VC10 DVD Direct gadget. I want to print a frame from the disc. It plays properly on the IMAC. Apple told me to buy Toaster 10 to "rip" the disc on to the computer and put it into Quicktime or MpEG format. Roxio has been unable to get it to work with these discs. ANY SUGGESTION????????

SpongeBob2 wrote:
.. I want to print a frame from the disc. ..
you mean, you like to take a screenshot from a scenery on this DVD?
no 'ripping'/conversion needed..
download the free player app VLC (videolan.org)
playback your DVD
hit pause, when you reached your wanted 'frame'
use the usual key-short-cuts of MacOs (Apple-shift-4 and hit the spacekey.. click with 'camera' into player window)
process resulting pic in any other software..
=> Apples own DVDplayer app doesn't allow screengrabs, therefore the usage of a 3rd party app.
don't expect wonders in pic-quality.. a DVD has small res and is highly compressed.. good for watching on TV, less good when whatched on Computers..
+be nice to copyrights+ ..

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