DVD Video Extraction
April 19, 2004 3:23 PM Subscribe
Extracting clips from a dvd. [More inside]
I'm doing a presentation in class tomorrow and need to show some clips from several dvds. Since dvds need to load, then you have to go through menus, etc. it would take too long to find them one at a time. About the classroom: it has a vcr and an old blue and white G3 computer with cd/dvd player and some version of OS X, both of which are hooked up to a projector. About me: I've got a G3 iBook with dvd/cd-r drive and OS 10.3. I'm also pretty sure my library has vcrs/dvd players connected to each other so i could just record to video. I've heard that using this method leads to some graphical problems (the contrast goes up and down), as either the dvd player or vcr employs some sort of anti-copying annoyance tactic. I think it would still be alright for a classroom setting, but not ideal. My second thought (which i'm favoring if it's relatively easy), is to rip the clips into MPEGs which i could either play individually just with quicktime, or maybe integrate into a keynote/powerpoint presentation. Preferably I'd like to be able to just rip the clips, and not have to take the whole movie, but I can always edit in imovie, right?
I'm doing a presentation in class tomorrow and need to show some clips from several dvds. Since dvds need to load, then you have to go through menus, etc. it would take too long to find them one at a time. About the classroom: it has a vcr and an old blue and white G3 computer with cd/dvd player and some version of OS X, both of which are hooked up to a projector. About me: I've got a G3 iBook with dvd/cd-r drive and OS 10.3. I'm also pretty sure my library has vcrs/dvd players connected to each other so i could just record to video. I've heard that using this method leads to some graphical problems (the contrast goes up and down), as either the dvd player or vcr employs some sort of anti-copying annoyance tactic. I think it would still be alright for a classroom setting, but not ideal. My second thought (which i'm favoring if it's relatively easy), is to rip the clips into MPEGs which i could either play individually just with quicktime, or maybe integrate into a keynote/powerpoint presentation. Preferably I'd like to be able to just rip the clips, and not have to take the whole movie, but I can always edit in imovie, right?
Response by poster: That's really not an option...we have pretty strict time limits. If I must go from dvd it will drastically affect my choice of clips, as I would have to show much less than I originally wanted to. Moreover, the room isn't set up for the speaker to control the computer, the student must instruct the professor to do things (advance slides, etc.), so I can't really fast forward to the spots I want.
posted by rorycberger at 4:07 PM on April 19, 2004
posted by rorycberger at 4:07 PM on April 19, 2004
Response by poster: I also should add that this is for a presentation on the television show Sports Night which has a separate chapter for each episode, but no chapter breaks within episodes, so for any clip i'd need to fast forward through up to 22 minutes before i got what i wanted.
posted by rorycberger at 4:09 PM on April 19, 2004
posted by rorycberger at 4:09 PM on April 19, 2004
camera, tripod, lcd screen or laptop. Dark room. Cover any little red lights on the camera, but not any of the sensors.
you won't get the scan lines if you do it from lcd, put the sound directly into the camera.
had to do that once years ago when everyone who knew how to get the presentation I had made to tape was out of town....and the client companies name was misspelled.
posted by th3ph17 at 4:20 PM on April 19, 2004
you won't get the scan lines if you do it from lcd, put the sound directly into the camera.
had to do that once years ago when everyone who knew how to get the presentation I had made to tape was out of town....and the client companies name was misspelled.
posted by th3ph17 at 4:20 PM on April 19, 2004
Is it possible to download episodes of Sports Night online, and then put your clips together beforehand?
posted by Jairus at 4:29 PM on April 19, 2004
posted by Jairus at 4:29 PM on April 19, 2004
BitTorrents for Sports Night are available (all those are Season 1 -- I didn't look for Season 2)
posted by gleuschk at 4:42 PM on April 19, 2004
posted by gleuschk at 4:42 PM on April 19, 2004
Response by poster: So I just noticed that in Apple's dvd player you can bookmark certain points. This would be perfect, since I could quickly jump to my bookmarked clips. The problem is, I won't be able to go in the class and bookmark the clips beforehand. Anyone know if there's some way to export these bookmarks to another computer. Thus I'd set it up on my computer, then send the bookmark file to another mac. Would that work?
That torrentz link isn't working. Is it down, or does my university block it? I never know with sites like that, because they do block a lot of P2P clients.
posted by rorycberger at 5:09 PM on April 19, 2004
That torrentz link isn't working. Is it down, or does my university block it? I never know with sites like that, because they do block a lot of P2P clients.
posted by rorycberger at 5:09 PM on April 19, 2004
Response by poster: Thanks for all of the suggestions, I've decided to go with the bookmarking solution. Just talked to my professor and he said that I will be able to plug my ibook into the projector, so I don't need to worry about exporting.
posted by rorycberger at 5:19 PM on April 19, 2004
posted by rorycberger at 5:19 PM on April 19, 2004
If anyone else runs into this problem, Cinematize is a program specifically made for this purpose. Depending on the length of each clip you want to capture, you might be able to use their demo. Otherwise it costs about $50.
I have yet to use Cinematize, but here are some user comments.
posted by the biscuit man at 6:51 PM on April 19, 2004
I have yet to use Cinematize, but here are some user comments.
posted by the biscuit man at 6:51 PM on April 19, 2004
Glad you got it worked out. The torrentz.com link works fine for me -- sorry I didn't think about your school blocking it.
posted by gleuschk at 7:06 PM on April 19, 2004
posted by gleuschk at 7:06 PM on April 19, 2004
Rory, now that I think about it: The version of Apple's DVD Player that comes with Panther recognizes when you play a disc you've previously played and asks you if you want to go to the last-played scene in the film. If you have the opportunity to queue up the scenes ahead of time, it could be even easier than bookmarking.
posted by blueshammer at 7:31 PM on April 19, 2004
posted by blueshammer at 7:31 PM on April 19, 2004
If you have access to a PC, you can go to www.doom9.org and read how to copy DVD's to macrovision free video, such as AVI, Divx, Xvid, Asf, Vcd, Svcd, etc.
Yeah its illegal, but your not profiting from it in a monetary sense so go for it.
posted by Keyser Soze at 11:25 PM on April 19, 2004
Yeah its illegal, but your not profiting from it in a monetary sense so go for it.
posted by Keyser Soze at 11:25 PM on April 19, 2004
May be too late to help, but this might be of some use in the future.
posted by adamrice at 9:20 AM on April 20, 2004
posted by adamrice at 9:20 AM on April 20, 2004
crap...i hope you read this.
check out beforehand if your DVD player will play out the output port on your laptop. i had to do a lot of messing around to get my thinkpad to play on the projector here at work for a HIPAA presentation. sure, most video formats did, but my DVD player software was being a pain about it. i had to find some switch or something...i forget. just make sure you either figure out if you're in the clear beforehand, or make sure you know how to export the bookmarks as a fallback measure.
posted by taumeson at 12:14 PM on April 20, 2004
check out beforehand if your DVD player will play out the output port on your laptop. i had to do a lot of messing around to get my thinkpad to play on the projector here at work for a HIPAA presentation. sure, most video formats did, but my DVD player software was being a pain about it. i had to find some switch or something...i forget. just make sure you either figure out if you're in the clear beforehand, or make sure you know how to export the bookmarks as a fallback measure.
posted by taumeson at 12:14 PM on April 20, 2004
Response by poster: The presentation went pretty well, although I ended up just staying within one dvd but using bookmarks across multiple episodes. Since you can name your bookmarks, it was quite handy to be able to simply instruct the professor to play "Sam has Dana Psyched out." The only difficulties I had were getting the projector unplugged from the computer, which was a bit tricky under/behind the tiny desk it was in, and some difficulty speaking due to a cold. Thanks again for all of the help!
posted by rorycberger at 6:11 PM on April 20, 2004
posted by rorycberger at 6:11 PM on April 20, 2004
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Just take the time to jump to the scenes and apologize to the class. Otherwise you're in for hours and hours and hours of work.
posted by argybarg at 3:54 PM on April 19, 2004