I have a DVD-R of a local school concert, from which I'd like to extract a 9-10 minute clip for my own use (*not* for profit or work). I believe the DVD-R was inadvertently recorded with copy protection (CSS?), though I could be wrong. I'm using a Mac laptop with Tiger on it.
Looking at the VOB files, the clip looks to be the middle portion of a 1 GB VOB. So, I'd need a way to trim the beginning and end of the file. I suspect I'll need to convert and/or demux the file, but don't know how to do this without losing any quality. I have iMovie, but don't have (and can't get) Premiere, Final Cut, or any non-free software. I've downloaded a52decX and mpeg2decX, but am not sure whether these will be helpful, or how.
And: if all else fails, just extracting the audio would be OK. I can, in that case, use Audacity to trim the ends of the file -- that I know how to do.
Any help will be hugely appreciated!
― lurker #2421, Friday, 13 January 2006 15:18 (twenty years ago)
Sorry, that should be "iDVD", not "iMovie".
― lurker #2421, Friday, 13 January 2006 15:19 (twenty years ago)
I've done this by simply plugging the DVD audio out into my mac with a radio shack garden-variety dual RCA -> 1/4" cable and recording in GarageBand, then saving it as whatever audio file.
― TOMBOT, Friday, 13 January 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)
Assuming of course that you have access to another DVD player and a Mac with an audio input.
― TOMBOT, Friday, 13 January 2006 15:38 (twenty years ago)
Actually, I do have a second Mac with a decent audio card, and could do analog out to AIFF, if it comes down to it. It turns out that the audio track is AC3, which is really annoying -- why not just use PCM, people? Grrr...
― lurker #2421, Friday, 13 January 2006 15:43 (twenty years ago)
MacTheRipper will get you the audio and video stripped of CSS, which iMovie should then be able to chop up for you.
― tissp! (the impossible shortest specia), Friday, 13 January 2006 15:45 (twenty years ago)
Ha, I just now (c. 5-10 minutes ago) downloaded MacTheRipper, actually! I tried extracting just the audio, but it crashed. I'll give it another shot. And I do have iMovie, which I've never used and know nothing about, but it sounds like I'm on the right track, then (assuming MacTheRipper can rip this disk without crashing). Thanks!
― lurker #2421, Friday, 13 January 2006 15:48 (twenty years ago)