Make A Short Clip From DVD

[PaulyT]

I am preparing a presentation and want to insert a video clip from a DVD. I know there are copyright issues, but this is a presentation to a very small group of people!

I have a Mac, and have MTR, also FFMpegX, iSquint, Handbrake & DVD2One. So I can extract a chapter & compress it, but all I want is a 20 second clip.

Can anyone recommend a process or software to produce a clip?

Ultimately it will probably have to go into Powerpoint, so clip will need to be windows playable.


Any help would be gratefully received.


Paul

[redwudz]

Since this appears to be a Mac specific question, it would be better off in the Mac Forum. Moving you.

And welcome to our forums.

[Frobozz]

After you rip the DVD you can select the 20 second clip with MPEG Streamclip using its Trim option and export it to QuickTime or whatever format you need.

[dcsos]

Another possibility is the CINEMATIZE software which above 2.0 and in concert with the
QuickTime 7.0 MPEG-2 component, will do what you require, without TRANSCODING the video if desired...
(i.e. you end up with a 20 second program or transport stream of the mpeg-2 that was processed ..also you can convert as with stramclip)
tCinematize is very user friendl-however, this solution isn't free like stremclip

[Frobozz]

I also like Cinematize 2. For clarification, it is MPEG Streamclip that requires purchasing the Quicktime MPEG 2 component from Apple. Cinematize does not need that to do the extraction. Both Cinematize and Streamclip can save as MPEG or convert to Quicktime.

[mjmchase]

I just did this the other day for a Keynote presentation, I used Handbrake and it worked great. You only need to rip the chapter you want, not the entire dvd. Set Handbrake to save as a mp4 and then open it in Quicktime Pro. I then edited it down to the specific scene I needed.