[G4] Mac DVD Video Editing - not as simple as it sounds

[David DelMonte]

I agree with Maria. A program I prefer to "rip" the original, is  
Handbrake.

David

On Jan 14, 2007, at 8:27 PM, marla mitchnick wrote:

> This is less straightforward than you may imagine, as
> you would need to re-author a new DVD AFTER you have
> edited out the swear words.
>
> Other software for accessing video files from DVD's
> (both free downloads) are:
>
> MPEG Streamclip
> Mac the Ripper
>
> Once you have your files in your editing environment
> and your changes are made, you have to make sure you
> have the whole film back in sequence (the video TS
> files are broken up into parts when you get them off
> the DVD) and then you have to re-export them into iDVD
> or DVD studio Pro, you will not have the same menu
> that the movie had, and you may have significant
> artifacting from poor compression on your image -
> especially if you use consumer compression spftware.
>
> if you are that concerned about the language, why not
> just re-purchase the films from Walmart, the words
> will have been already  edited out and it will save
> you LOTS of time.
>
> -Marla, video editor
>
>
> --- JRHeald <jrheald at wans.net> wrote:
>
>> This is a generic Mac question regarding Video
>> editing.
>>
>> I have a few movie DVDs that were given to me as
>> gifts, and because of the
>> foul language they contain, I will not allow my
>> young children to view them.
>> Is there some way that I can take these movies into
>> my Mac, edit out the
>> foul language, and then burn them back to a blank
>> DVD for viewing?  I know
>> that movies are encrypted some how, so I assume
>> there is software required
>> to make this happen??  Any suggestions would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> John
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