Slightly off-topic: app for ripping dvd of film in public domain

Hi
I want to use a few snippets of a film in the public domain, The Green Promise, in a music video for this flick I'm working on.
Archive.org, where I can download it, only has what they call a 512kb.mpeg4 version (I take it an mpeg4 export of a 512kb version). Youtube's version must be from that too cause full screen it looks just as cruddy.
I see where I can get the dvd from Amazon. You'd think that would be superior quality, no? If so, any app you would recommend to use to 'rip' it? One where I can rip segments instead of the whole would be best.
best
elmer

If it's non-protected, MPEG Streamclip will do the job and will allow saving to your choice of codecs. Streamclip is free, but you will need to purchase the QuickTime MPEG2 Playback component from Apple ($20). Follow the instructions on the Squared 5 site for this.
Handbrake is an alternative, which I have not used in several years. As I recall, it outputs either an H.264 or X.264 file.
Russ

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