[P1] Capturing video clips from DVD

[Brian Olesky]

I have no idea if this would work, but I've hooked my 'book to a TV with the
Apple AV cable, run a slide show to the TV, while recording it to a VHS
tape. If I could transfer a slide show to VHS this way, is there some reason
you couldn't do the exact same thing with a DVD?

Brian

On 2/26/03 9:19 AM, "Mark Kippert" <maclists at kippert.com> wrote:

> Charles Martin on 2/26/03 3:22 AM wrote:
> 
>>> I have a 500MHz Dual USB iBook with combo drive, currently running
>>> Jaguar. I
>>> was wondering if there is a way to capture small video clips from a
>>> DVD? I
>>> just want to send a couple small QuickTimes to a friend, nothing high
>>> end.
>> 
>> Yes, there are several. I believe ffmpeg X will do this for you,
>> converting it into an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file. There's another one called
>> Forty-Two (a Doug Adams reference perhaps?) that's supposedly great as
>> well. Both are freeware. This will of course not work on copy-protected
>> (ie commercial) DVDs, but works great for personal ones.
>> 
> 
> Well, these are commercial DVDs. I just got the new release of an old
> Saturday morning kids show that was my all time favorite. Even 40 years
> later I still have fond memories of the show (I was 6 at the time) but
> anybody I mention it to stares at me like I'm a nut.
> 
> Anyhow, I just got all 39 episodes of Fireball XL5 on DVDs and I wanted to
> capture a clip to show to a few friends out of state that it really did
> exist. Of course after they see those old marionettes wandering around in
> space, maybe they'll think I'm even more nuts...
> 
> <http://my-scifi-stuff.com/fireballxl5/>
> 
> Well, I'm straying off-topic here. I don't have any other digital capture
> capabilities and I'm sure not going to invest in anything just to get a
> small QuickTime to show my cousin. Thanks for the input any way!
> 
> Ya know though, I could plug my iBook output (via AV cable) into the AV
> inputs of an old PowerMac 8500 I have collecting dust on the attic steps.
> Doesn't the Apple Video Player do some limited video capture?
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
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