[DigiCam] Moving DVD files into iMovie

[ShirleyK]

It's too bad you didn't tell the service that you wanted to edit the 
movies. They might have been able to give them to you in DV format. I 
once searched for services like this and some offered to provide an 
editable format, usually on miniDV tape.

While you can still get to the movies for editing, the quality has been 
reduced by compressing them for DVD. I don't suppose the service might 
have kept a backup copy in DV format?

This is the kind of topic discussed on the MacDV list, also at 
themacintoshguy.com. If you subscribe to that list and search the 
archives, you will find help on this topic. It's not a simple drag and 
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you receive from the list.

Shirley


On Saturday, June 21, 2003, at 11:19  AM, Fred Keene wrote:

> I've had a service copy our old 8mm movies to a DVD.  How can I move 
> the resulting DVD movie into iMovie to edit the movies?
>
> The files on the DVD are as follows.  I have tried dragging them into 
> iMovie without success.  How can it be done?
>
> Folder:  VIDEO_TS
> The above folder contains the following files:
> VTS_01_1.VOB
> VIDEO_TS.BUP
> VTS_01_0.BUP
> VTS_01_0.IFO
> VIDEO_TS.VOB
> VIDEO_TS.IFO
> VTS_01_2.VOB
>
> ...Fred
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