Import of MPEG2 video

Quicktime has problems reading a DVD with MPEG2 videos. I managed to import only one out of three files from the DVD. It took ages. Import of the film in imovie impossible. system- freeze.OS X 7. 2  is said to be able to read MPEG2 without the Quicktime viewer. It looks as if this is not the case. A test of the DVD in Windows works well. Viewing and cutting (moviemaker) works, why not with the mac and OS X 7.2?

I've read the same information that MPEG2 playback is supposed to built-in to QuickTime X on the new Lion OS X 10.7. As for importing it however, I think you still need to convert the video to Apple Intermediate Codec before iMovie can do anything with it. iMovie doesn't import MPEG2 directly off of the DVD disks. Most often you're forced to rip the DVD using either HandBrake or purchase the MPEG2 QuickTime playback component (it's a plu-in for QuickTime) and use MPEG Streamclip to convert to .mov file encoded internally as Apple Intermediate Codec (aka AIC). AIC format is the native editing format for iMovie, and encoding directly to that format bypasses iMovie doing any extra steps to import the video.

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