dvd into imovies

[mique]

hi,

im using osx 10.3.9 with imovies and idvd from `06. i made a dvd from som dv footage and then deleted the original footage plus the mpeg - so all i have now is the dvd (video_ts file)

now i want to make a compilation of several clips into a new dvd and want to access only one scene from the dvd i made and include it in the new compilation dvd.

my question is how do i extract the dvd footage back into imovies so that i can edit it. i tried to convert the dvd into an avi with ffmpex 0.0.9s - however it wont allow it saying it is illegal!
can anyone suggest another way?

thanks

[Case]

my question is how do i extract the dvd footage back into imovies so that i can edit it. i tried to convert the dvd into an avi with ffmpex 0.0.9s - however it wont allow it saying it is illegal!

Afaik, ffmpegX won't take input directly from the disc, copy/rip it to your hard disk drive first.
2nd, iMovie works in DV format, so going to AVI first will result in 2 conversions; more than needed.
Alternatively, MPEG Streamclip (+QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component) can transcode MPEG-2 from DVD to DV.
I'm sure some other users have other favorite tools for this.

[Frobozz]

MPEG Streamclip or Cinematize 2 are your best bets for selecting a scene from a video DVD and extracting that as a .mov file for use in iMovie. You can do the extraction straight from the disc since it is not copy protected.

[mique]

thanks, will give it a shot!