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I'm new to Macs (2 weeks) after 13 years in Windows. I have a DVD a professional made for me for our 25th Wedding anniversary. I have been able to play it on my Windows notebook but it freezes after about 40 seconds on the Mac.
It starts with a still photo in which there is a small frame with script running. You click on it and the main series of photos and music start.
I copied the folders and files from the DVD to a folder on the Mac. There are two folders: AUDIO_TS (which is empty) and VIDEO_TS.
VIDEO_TS contains the following files: VIDEO_TS.BUP, VIDEO_TS.IFO, VIDEO_TS.VOB, VTS010.BUP, VTS010.IFO, VTS011.VOB, VTS020.BUP, VTS020.IFO, and VTS021.VOB.
I purchased and installed QuickTime MPEG2. I can view the .VOB files, but there is no music and I can't make it run as a complete video.
I have absolutely no experience with any video editing and know nothing about handling these types of files.
I have a DVD that I can view on my Windows laptop and in a standard DVD/TV player. I was just hoping to be able to have it stored on my Mac and be able to view it.
Is there a simple way to accomplish this?

I'm new to Macs (2 weeks) after 13 years in Windows. I have a DVD a professional made for me for our 25th Wedding anniversary. I have been able to play it on my Windows notebook but it freezes after about 40 seconds on the Mac.This may be normal. It could be your Mac DVD Player simply doesn't like the disc brand or a dirty lens interrupting the continuous throughput.
I copied the folders and files from the DVD to a folder on the Mac. There are two folders: AUDIO_TS (which is empty) and VIDEO_TS.This is normal. The AUDIO_TS folder is just there for compatibility with earliest models of DVD players.
I purchased and installed QuickTime MPEG2. I can view the .VOB files, but there is no music and I can't make it run as a complete video.This is normal also. The QT MPEG-2 Component only supports the video portion of the VOB's MPEG-2 audio/video stream. While your Mac will now support MPEG2/MP2 (.mpeg) playback, your DVD likely contains an AC3 audio data which is not QT supported at all in "muxed" compression formats and only partially supported in "frame-to-frame" compression formats when a third-party component is installed.
I was just hoping to be able to have it stored on my Mac and be able to view it. Is there a simple way to accomplish this?You have three basic options here:
1) Since you have already copied the VIDEO_TS folder to your hard drive, you could try opening the Apple DVD Player, use the "Open DVD Media" File command to navigate to/select the VIDEO_TS folder. Then press the controller "Play" button to see if the content plays normally. (Since files are copied using handshaking error correction and data rereads, you may have a good playable copy of you disc saved already.
2) Since you can view the video in QT, I assume all you need to do is use an MPEG based third-party application to regain the audio. As you already have the QT MPEG-2 component installed, my preference would be MPEG Streamclip (free) here. You can use the "Convert to MPEG" File menu option to change your MPEG2/AC3 main title file to MPEG/MP2 (.mpeg) file which is playable on your Mac. This conversion is very fast since the video is not re-compressed. Alternatively, you can convert the main title to a more efficient codec which is compatible with your Mac and takes up less space. Unfortunately, this requires re-compression which may take much longer to accomplish. In either case, be sure to use the "Fix Timecode Breaks" option before performing either type of conversion.
3) Lastly, you can use an alternate media player like MPEG Streamclip or VLC for playback. Both will play the VOB AC3 audio, but only VLC has "device encoded" output support to an external decoder/powered speakers if your computer is equipped with such hardware.

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The Image is not a file.
Because the Image is not a file, it cannot be shared with other programs. It exists only inside of Aperture.
In order to share an Image with another program, you must first create a file of the Image.
You do this by exporting Images ("File ▹ Export ▹ Version" is the command in Aperture; should be, imho, "File ▹ Export ▹ Image").
You may ask, "Why all the complexity? Why doesn't Aperture save Images as files?" The answer is simple: Images can require less — and in many cases very very much less — storage space than files of Images. Rather than save a full-size file for every Image, Aperture saves only instructions on how to make that full-size file. The gain in storage efficiency is huge. The trade-off is that although your Images are always available to be made into share-able files, you must create those files when needed (which you do by exporting selected Images).
Here is your question reworded with more precise terms:
SamanthaR22 might have written:
How do I access Images in my Aperture Library in the Finder? I would like I be able to select files in the Finder when I am making photo books online without having to create them by exporting Images from Aperture into a new Finder folder. Is there any way to view and download my Images directly from the Finder?
No, there is not. Images exist only in Aperture, and are not accessible for use in other programs. You must create, for each Image in your Aperture Library, a new file outside of your Aperture Library in order to use it with another program.
Aperture does allow you to create and save within your Library share-able files of your Images. These files are called Previews. You specify the file parameters in Aperture Preferences on the Previews tab. These files are available to other programs via the OS X Media Browser. These files are what you get when you drag selected Images out of the Aperture program and drop them on another program or on your desktop (which is part of the Finder).
HTH.
—Kirby.

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