Importing dvd's/music dvd's

Does anyone know if music dvd's and movie dvd's can be imported to iTunes and then to the iPod? I have several I want to put in but I can't get it to work. Is there a program or a back door?

Sorry, per the terms of usage , we cannot discuss tops along the lines of ripping DVD's since doing so would require breaking the encryption on said discs - a violations of the DMCA. In other words - illegal.

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I can import (RIP) my music CD's but not my DVD movies. Huh?

All I want is to be able to watch my DVD movies through iTunes/Apple TV on my HDTV. Is that so much to ask for? Apparently so. At least with iTunes (although from a quick Google there are "those we do not speak of" third-party apps that'll do the job). And yet oddly enough it's no problem importing my CD music collection. So what's the difference between the music industry and movie studios copy-right protection in this case and Apple's position?
I've wanted to import my DVD movies for a while but haven't gotten around to it. I thought it would be a simple process. Little did I know, and should have realized after an early try to play a DVD movie in iTunes and the fact that Apple TV would not allow it either (main reason I didn't purchase it when first released). But isn't that the point of it, to play movies? Before the advent of Apple TV and other movie download sites there were DVD's. Or have they forgotten this? It didn't make any sense except greed. That Apple and the movie studios want us to have to repurchase all of our DVD movie collections. But not music CD's?
It's my DVD movie. I paid for it. I own it. I should be able to copy it to my Mac for playback either from iTunes or Apple TV, more so since I no longer have a DVD player. That's the whole point of all this digital technology. All my music and movies,..etc in one place, transportable, streamable. Which brings me back full circle to my question; "Why can I import (rip) my CD music collection into iTunes but not my DVD movies? This is a contradiction.
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I've wanted to import my DVD movies for a while but haven't gotten around to it. I thought it would be a simple process
It would be if the law didn't make it difficult and/or illegal.
So what's the difference between the music industry and movie studios copy-right protection in this case
CDs generally aren't copy protected. Commercial video DVDs are almost all copy protected.
and Apple's position?
Apple's position is that since breaking the copy protection is illegal, there's nothing they can to vis-a-vis iTunes and the Apple TV. If you want to read up on one company's attempts to come up with software that can import a DVD and the movie industry's reaction, read this:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2345931,00.asp
It's my DVD movie.
No, it's not. It's your physical DVD. It's not your movie.
I paid for it. I own it.
No, you don't. You own the physical DVD. You've purchased certain rights to use the content on the DVD.
I should be able to copy it to my Mac for playback either from iTunes or Apple TV, more so since I no longer have a DVD player.
Yes, you should. But the movie industry doesn't want you to do it and as such has gotten legislation written in the US and some other countries that prevent you from legally copying the DVD to any other medium. The answer the movie industry has come up with, though with only limited adoption thus far, is the "digital copy" included with some DVDs.
Bottom line, as has been said many times: US law makes it illegal to break the copy protection on any medium, be it CD, DVD or anything else.
Enough said. There's absolutely nothing Apple can do about this unless and until such time as the law is changed.
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Can't import DVD movies to iTunes

I am unable to import DVD's I have purchased into itunes. I can import music CDs. Is there a way to do this?
Thank you

there is a way to do this.
there is a third party program called Total Video Converter available on Download.com
it gives you a two-week free trial but you can convert any video and rip any part(s) of DVDs you want. Even the whole film
it costs around $25.00 i believe, but i don't know what that is in £s.
foggy

Importing dvd's

Why will it not let you import dvd's to Itunes?

Because they are entirely different things.
The music industry does NOT encrypt the data and do allow you to copy cd's for your own personal use and the movie industry does encrypt dvds and does NOT allow you to copy them.
AND because our court system has ruled this to be the law.

Hi, Can anyone recommended software to import dvd to iMovies. I need to import about a dozen homemade DVD's and edit them into a single DVD comprising the 'best bits'. How best can I do this. I have an external hard drive available for the job

Hi, Can anyone recommended software to import dvd to iMovies. I need to import about a dozen homemade DVD's and edit them into a single DVD comprising the 'best bits'. How best can I do this. I have an external hard drive available for the job

You need to convert the VOB files in the TS-Folder of the DVD back to DV which iMovie is designed to handle. For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
which is free, but you must also have the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://store.apple.com/us/product/D2187Z/A/quicktime-mpeg-2-playback-component-f or-mac-os-x
(unless you are running Lion in which case see below))
which is a mere $20.
Another possibility is to use DVDxDV:
http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
which costs $25.
For the benefit of others who may read this thread:
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.
And from the TOU of these forums:
Keep within the Law
No material may be submitted that is intended to promote or commit an illegal act.
Do not submit software or descriptions of processes that break or otherwise ‘work around’ digital rights management software or hardware. This includes conversations about ‘ripping’ DVDs or working around FairPlay software used on the iTunes Store.
If you are running Lion or later:
From the MPEG Streamclip homepage
The installer of the MPEG-2 Playback Component may refuse to install the component in Lion. Apple states the component is unnecessary in Lion onwards, however MPEG Streamclip still needs it. See this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3381
To install the component in Lion, please download MPEG Streamclip 1.9.3b7 beta above; inside the disk image you will find the Utility MPEG2 Component Lion: use it to install the MPEG-2 Playback Component in Lion. The original installer's disk image (QuickTimeMPEG2.dmg) is required.
The current versions of MPEG Streamclip cannot take advantage of the built-in MPEG-2 functionality of Lion. For MPEG-2 files you still need to install the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component, which is not preinstalled in Lion. (The same applies to Mountain Lion even though that has it preinstalled.) You don't have to install QuickTime 7.

Import dvd to imovie

I converted home viedos from a vhs to dvd. what do i need to import dvd to imovie so i can edit and combine?

DVD is a finish format. Its primary purpose is for viewing. It doesn't lend itself well to further digital editing.
You'll have better results inporting the original VHS into iMovie through an analog-digital converter. Do you still have the VHS tapes?

Problem importing DVD

I'm new to this. I've imported dvd into Premier without difficulty before but I now have one which seems to import ok but only shows about a quarter (the top left part) of the image in the preview screen even when I select 'fit to screen'. The dvd plays fine in ms media player etc. I've search for some setting to change but not found what to do. Anybody know the answer please???

Chris,
Welcome to the forum.
Now, please tell us more about this DVD. Is is a DVD-Video (meant to be played via a software DVD player, or set-top player hooked up to a TV), or is it a DVD-Data, with AV files stored on it?
If the former, is it a commercial DVD-Video, or was it created in an authoring program, like PrE's, Encore, Roxio, etc., or was it created by a camera, or a DVR (DVD Recorder)?
All of these things can matter. This ARTICLE will also give you some background on DVD-Videos and their main building blocks, the .VOB files.
Also, what version of PrE are you using?
Good luck,
Hunt

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Can anyone suggest an easy to use download program that imports DVDs to my hard drive - or one that simply works well.

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how do you import dvd videos to itumes?

GUIDES TO: Converting Video for iPod - Mac & Window
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Patrick

Importing DVDs

What program can be used to import a commercial dvd into my computer library? I have no problems with importing commercial cds. If it can't be done or if it is illegal I understand.
Eric
MacBook Pro 15" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

There's no law against importing DVDs or viewing them. In fact, there's a treaty called the International Copyright Treaty that the US is part of that affirms your right to buy works in one country and use/view them in another.
HOWEVER, there's a problem. When the DVD spec was created, the motion picture industry asked that they include something called "region codes" in the spec that identify where the disk came from, and that the DVD-CCA, which licenses the technology and hands out keys, required licensees to restrict players to playing only a certain region. So, players at that time were sold "region-locked", meaning they could play only DVDs from a particular region. The idea was that this would permit media companies to segment markets so they could institute price-controls and maximize profits and control releases.
In practice, region-coding was identified as a violation of fair-use rights of consumers or an anti-competitive practice in many places outside the USA. So, two things happened: outside the US many players started to get sold "region free" meaning they disregard region codes, and pirates seized on the problem and started making region-free copies of movies that were not available in certain regions. It's in-part because the region-coding system was such a failure that the industry more or less shrugged when in 1996 we entered a WIPO agreement that basically stated that the government couldn't have any part in defending the approach (i.e., we can't make it illegal to circumvent the region code).
However, just because consumers don't want them doesn't mean they have ceased to exist. The US doesn't forbid the practice, and many companies that sell to the US still distribute region-locked players for contractual reasons.
I'm not really sure why Apple still ships their products with region-locked models unless they have some sort of contractual obligation to uphold. Clearly they get lots of complaints.
The Apple superdrives will permit you to set the region code 5 times, after which the hardware is irreversibly locked to that region. You can simply get and external region-free firewire unit.
Hopefully newer models of Macs will have region-free drives. Macs, after all, are marketed a media machines and it's frustrating to those of us that travel or have family in multiple regions that we need to purchase multiple drives simply to access media that we legally have rights to view.
Incidentally, the other poster mentioned MacTheRipper. Ripping DVDs with it (even possessing the program) is indeed a felony in the US, not that you're likely to get caught. However, it won't help getting around the region code problem since newer Mac drives deny low-level access to the disk data if a region-code mismatch is detected.

How can i import dvd to ipod?

import dvd to ipod

Sorry, but if you're referring to commercial and hence copy-protected DVDs, breaking the copy protection, which would be necessary to copy the videos from the DVD and convert them, is illegal in the US (and other countries), so we're not allowed to discuss it here.
If these are home movies that you or someone has burned to DVD and hence are not copy-protected, Handbrake (freeware) is one of the more popular converters. Once converted, you just drag the movie into the iTunes window on your computer and you can then sync it to your iPod.
If you're not referring to a video DVD, let us know what these disks are and what's on them and we can probably offer suggestions.
Regards.

Importing DVD's into Itunes with Windows

Hi I was wondering if anyone knows how to import DVDs into Itunes so that there is a way for Canadians to have movies on their ipods. I was also wondering does anyone know when Canada will get Tv Shows and Movies in the Itunes Store?
Thanks.

Hi,
You might want to post this question in the Windows Forum rather than the Mac Forum. If you had a Mac I would suggest Handbrake (http://handbrake.m0k.org/) = they are working on a Windows version.
As to getting TV and Movies you're in the same boat as those of us in the UK
Regards,
COlin R.

How to import DVDs?

Is it possible to import DVDs into my Itunes? For example I have a DVD of Peter Pan (my DVD player is playing up) so I wanted to import that into Itunes so I can play it on my Apple TV.
Is this possibl? If so, how?
thanks!

Commercial DVDs are encrypted. Breaking that encryption, a necessary first step in copying the DVD, is illegal in the U.S., therefore, the terms of use of these forums prohibit us from discussing software or methods. Sorry.

I need help importing dvds

i am using dvd decryptor to import dvds onto my computer. right now i am trying to import a season of seinfeld. when i import it i only get one episode. i want all of the episodes on the disc to go onto my computer. please tell me how to put all the episodes on the disc on the computer.
Thanks

No, there are no instructions by Apple for how to get the library off your iPod and onto the computer.
You can select the iPod in iTunes then iTunes menu File -> Transfer purcahses. This will copy only iTuns purchssed items in to iTunes.
It will not transfer other items on your iPod, playlists, ratings, etc.

I need import dvd content to compressor or FCP to re encode for web

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Import DVD (ts) files into PPCS4 for editing

How can I import DVD (TS) files into PPCS4 so I can edit them. This is not a commercial movie, but a series of clips with video and audio that I had burned to a DVD. Here's what the files are called:
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Can you telll me which files to convert and how to convert them to a format that PPCS4 supports.
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.VOB are the ones you need.

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