Importing a DVD to iMovie

[Jbo]

Hey CP,

Went for the skyjump in Vegas this last week and got the DVD that comes with it. I'm trying to import it to iMovie with no luck.

I have read a bit on-line and a few suggestions to use third-party software like handbrake...but never used anything like that. Was hoping some people with Mac's would be able to make some suggestions on how to get it in so I can edit it up.

Thx!

[DownhillGoat]

NM. I read iDVD not iMovie. You'll need to get it into an mp4 or mov format, IIRC. Handbrake should be able to do this. I like Ripit, but it's not free.

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

NM. I read iDVD not iMovie. You'll need to get it into an mp4 or mov format, IIRC. Handbrake should be able to do this. I like Ripit, but it's not free.

You shouldn't need RipIt since a custom burned DVD of a skydiving trip won't have any CSS encryption like a commercial DVD.

Just use Handbrake to rip to MP4 and from there import to iMovie. You probably want to check that the decomb filter is set to auto, and rip to a nice large, high bandwidth preset like AppleTV2 or iPad, both of which will result in the best quality you can reasonably expect from a DVD source.

[JBR]

Handbrake works great. I use it to import all DVDs, encrypted or not, to iMovie.