Tivo disc to iMovie???

A friend of mine recorded a show from TIVO onto a DVD. I would like to be able to edit part of that show in imovie. Does anyone know how I can convert the TIVO file into something compatible for editing in imovie?
Thanks!

Look at the Canopus ADVC300. Audio and Video (or S-Video) go in, FireWire comes out. It also comes with a nice Macintosh application that works flawlessly with iMovie 06 and iDVD 08 (not sure about iMovie 08).
The program that comes with the ADVC300 has some nice filters that can improve video and audio of the source material. The ADVC300 will take Audio and Video from any source and convert it to FireWire (iMovie will treat it like a camera).
http://www.canopus.com/products/ADVC300/index.php
I think iMovie 06 and iDVD 08 is the best combination.
iMovie 06 is a free download to iLife 08 owners. (THEY WANT YOU TO HAVE IT!)
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/imovieHD6.html

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as I see, we have two problems to solve:
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* using the data
as you wrote, and that is correct, please don't slip any miniDVD into your drive.. some say, no prob, many broke their drives doing so...
so, you wrote, you email the folder... 1.4Gb of data... mailing? how did you accomplish that? what is the size of that data/folder/whatever which is on your Mac?
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Step 2)
welcome to step 2! <<note to myself: don't watch too much Python!>>
now, we need conversion...
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try it, use it - when ok, buy it!
come back for further questions...
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How to burn DVD disc of iMovie playable on Blueray

For years I have been easily creating movies with my vacation photos, adding effects, music, transitions and titles, etc. on my PC using Windows software and then burning the movie to a blank DVD+R disc which has always been playable on every DVD and Blue Ray player that I have tried (mine is a Panasonic model BD35). I have recently made a transition to a Mac (the one with 27" screen and Yosemite system) and have learned how to use iMovie and, after much trial and error, have used free software, called "burn" to make a DVD that only plays on an older LG DVD player (model LDA 830) - however, the disc is "unsupportable " on my Blue Ray player (I also used a trial version of "Aimer", with the same result). After spending several hours with an Apple support expert in their iMovie Department, I tried a slightly different method (that he had discovered from a customer with the same issue) using only the Apple DVD/CD external burner and whatever system it has for burning discs. For me, this effort resulted in a disc that is "unsupported" on my BlueRay player and "error" on my DVD player. The Apple expert suggested getting Apple TV - yeah, buy more Apple stuff and that solves everything! This issue has been a popular one with Apple computers and so I am amazed that it has not found an elegant solution by now. This should not require an Einstein to achieve the result desired by many customers (as opposed to whatever result Apple is aiming at), but maybe there is one out there who can also communicate the solution in easy to understand steps? Help, please?!?

I am beginning to think that I should have stuck to user-friendly Windows.
As Barney-15E noted, you can still purchase and use the boxed versions of iLife with Yosemite. Pretty cheap at only $30 - $35. It has iMovie to create your video sequence, and iDVD to author the disks from what you build in iMovie.
Ruthless people with cold blood coursing through their veins run Apple - probably descendants of the fictional Mr. Potter from "It's a Wonderful Life"! Ahhhh.. There, that feels better.
I like it!
Unfortunately, the reality is DVD and Blu-ray is heading the way of floppy disks. Here's an interesting headline I ran across today. No Surprise: DVD Sales Plunged Over 40 Percent Last Year. Thing is, that statement was from 2011, marking a 40% drop from 2010 with sales of 47 billion. Sound like a lot? Not compared to how far the medium has fallen in just three more years. Only 12.2 billion in 2014.
Apple completely dropped DVD Studio Pro, and Apple isn't the only one to blame. Adobe also dropped all further development of Encore, it's DVD and Blu-ray authoring app. CS6 was the last version of that we'll ever see. You can still get it if you have the CC subscription. You choose to install an older version of Premiere Pro. It then installs Premiere Pro CS6 and Encore CS6. You then uninstall Premiere Pro CS6 since you don't need it; you already have Premiere Pro CC.
The mistake the industry is making is that not everyone in the world has access to high speed Internet. Sure, I can "purchase" my movies from Amazon and other online sources, but I can only watch my purchased movies or shows if a) I have Internet access, and b) it's fast enough where I am at the time to stream it. There is no such problem with disks. Take them with you and watch them anywhere. The only fault they have is either losing the disk, or damaging it.

Burning disc in iMovie- sometimes yes, mostly no.

OK, here's my situation.
I recently finished editing footage from a 2 camera shoot of a friend's band in iMovieHD. It came out pretty cool. I want to burn a few DVDs. I'm meeting with some difficulties. So far I HAVE been able to burn 2 DVDs successfully- I gave one to a friend and the band is taking the other to be professionally reproduced, but I'm having a mother of a time making any more, and have had like five attempts to burn DVDs fail.
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2 - open the original iMovie project and make sure it's as you want it. Then close.
3 - Open iDVD, select your theme, etc. and save. Leave open.
4 - open your iMovie project package in the Finder by Option-clicking on it and selecting "Show Package Contents" in the menu.
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7 - now try a Save as Disk Image.
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Hi jay4,
welcome to the  board
1) iMovie is a video edit app meant to work with firewire connected miniDV camcorders
2) slot-in drives can get damaged by inserting non-standard-size DVDs…
3) disks have to be finalized first, read your camera's manual…
4) DVD uses a delivery format, not meant for any further processing as editing…
5) many options, to import DVDs:
* DVDxDV (free trial, 25$)
* Apple mpeg2 plugin (20$) + Streamclip (free)
* Cinematize >60$
* Mpeg2Works >25$ + Apple plug-in
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using a DVDcamcoder you stumble into the following hurdles to go:
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* your disks have to be finalized in your camera - read camera's manual how to accomplish that...
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When I import my Sony video, which is in m2ts format, the file size is a few times larger. This affects the volume of clips for creating the blu-ray or DVD discs. How can I squeeze the file size without sacrificing the quality of output? Is there any other ways of achieving this?

wongrayd wrote:
Thanks. I do not have the experience on burning discs from iMovie for the movie after editing (ie for video discs players). It seems that i cannot find the relevant command in the tool bar for this purpsoe. Would you please show me the way?
The command is gone because iDVD has been discontinued by Apple. After Apple discontinued iDVD they removed the iDVD burning link from iMovie. I still use iDVD sometimes, only because I have an old copy.
wongrayd wrote:
You have mentioned about Handbrake as a converter. What is the RF no. (under Constant Quality) meant? It seems that the smaller the no. is, the better quality will be. What is the optimal no.? or should we use the Average Bitrate? Again, what is the best rate? Furthermore, which format is more suitable or the best: H264 or mpeg 2/4?
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https://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/HandBrakeGuide
wongrayd wrote:
For iMac, except iMovie, what other software is the best for the amateur? I have read Photoshop. Can this support m2ts files and user friendly?
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I'm still trying to make my titles go wrong ..haven't succeeded yet, but I'll post back again if I do ..or even if I don't!
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Do you edit your material on an external disc, or the Mac's internal disc? ..If external, is it formatted as 'MAC OS Extended'..?
(..I'll keep trying to make my project go wrong; I'll post back later..)
(..By the way: why "Hamish MacNasty"..?

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