• Shepmaster's DVD Ripping Tutorial
• http://shep.thefridgeowl.com/tutorial/
• (complete application list) http://shep.thefridgeowl.com/tutorial/files/apps.html
• Simplified DVD ripping tutorial
• http://home.comcast.net/~appleguru/dvdrip.html
• even simpler DVD-DVD to MPEG-4 converter - all in one
• http://handbrake.m0k.org/
• Extracting a clip from a DVD - see below for exporting to DV variation (very minor)
• http://afu.com/apple/clips-dvd.html
• DVD → MPEG-4 (using xvid codec) application (all in one)
• http://handbrake.m0k.org/

In order to get footage from a DVD into an editable format in Final Cut or iMovie, you need to convert it into DV format that is then importable into the respective apps. The process is initially similar to the DVD ripping process documented above.

For this and several other parts of the video editing process, you will be well served to purchase quicktime Pro. It's import and export functionallity are key to the process. Also, for the following instructions to work, you'll need the MPEG2 plugin for quicktime. You can get it free with a SN from Final Cut Pro or DVD Studio Pro, but it's also available separately for $20. This is money well spent and it's highly recommended. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/mpeg2playback/

• After inserting the DVD into the drive and then quitting the DVD player app, the DVD will be authorized and ready for reading.
• Using 0SEx (http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gtg722g/dvdriptutorial/files/0SEx.html) rip the chapter you want.
• Set the saved file type to ES as noted in the tutorial.
• Select the audio track to rip, preferably the 2 channel one rather than the Dolby AC3 one (which can be converted later)
• For the “Seg” options, chapter seems to work the best unless you're working with the entire disk.
• You should end up with .m2v and .ac3 (unless the audio was analog 2 channel and then…?) files that are the video and audio tracks respectively.
• Open the .m2v file in quicktime Pro and export the movie to a DV stream. This will take a long time.
• Using bd4go (http://denisx.dyndns.org/bd4go/) convert your .ac3 audo to .aiff
• To get the audio and video back together again, do the following:
• Open your .aiff audio file in quicktime Pro
• Open your newly converted .dv video file in another window
• Make sure both players are paused at the begining of each file, select the entire video file, then copy it
• in the window with the audio, select Add Scaled to insert the video into the audio. Save your file and you're ready for editing.
• You will now have a .dv file that is importable into iMovie or Final Cut

There are other options to completing the above process with some other pieces of software. Refer to Shepmaster's tutorial above for another way to do it.

• http://www.omino.com/~poly/software/qt_tools/

•  qt_export --video=dvc <file.m2v> <file.dv> 

Final Cut (Express) has the ability to export video into any format and codec that is supported by your installation of quicktime. A good one is 3ivx (httpwww.3ivx.com) and is MPEG4, cross platform, etc. Exporting will take a long time. ======= Applications ======= *DVDPlayer.App * applescript to jump to the begining of the actual movie <code> tell application “DVD Player” to activate my quickstart() on quickstart() tell application “DVD Player” set time_left to the remaining time if (time_left < 1500) then set elapsed time to 1500 delay 1 press enter key my quickstart() end if end tell end quickstart </code> ======= Misc. Notes ======= <code> 0sEx + quicktime + 3ivx + diva + mAC3dec + bbDEMUX = everything you need. technically you don't need bbDemux or QT if you mux with Sync Hole. although QT still seems to save files about a MB smaller than my apps. I only mentioned bbDemux because he said he was working with VOBs. :) </code> Tutorials (including widescreen matting) *http://www.dvguys.com/fcptricks.shtml —- computer