[MacDV] Re-Editing DVD video

[Tim Selander]

I know very little about DVDs, as they are a distribution format and my 
work is in broadcast production. But I can open mpeg encoded files in 
both QT and FCP. Don't you need to 'rip' or 'demux' or do something to a 
DVD to get at its mpeg file?

Tim Selander
Tokyo, Japan

Neil Poese wrote:
> DropDV is very interesting. At their site they say that their codec is 
> better than QT or FCP for opening MPEG files, but I've tried, but I 
> can't even find a way to open DVDs in QT at all, not to mention FCP. Am 
> I missing something?
> 
> Neil Poese
> 
> Tim Selander wrote:
> 
>> Something like this?
>>
>> http://www.dropdv.com/
>>
>> Tim Selander
>> Tokyo, Japan
>>
>>
>> CFlatow wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a utility to convert the video on a DVD to an editable format?
>>> I'm not talking about unprotecting protected data.
>>> I have found a program called DVDx on Windows. Is there similar 
>>> freeware for the Mac?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Carl