If you want to edit a DVD movie with Windows Movie Maker or import several DVD clips into Mac iMovie to build a new DVD, but you get frustrated with the DVD format, this guide may help you solve the problem.
Before you get started, it will be helpful if you learn something about the DVD, WMM and iMovie.
General DVDs have CSS copy protection in MPEG-2 or VOB format.
(Windows) Windows Movie Maker supports WMV, AVI and MPG video files.
(Mac) iMovie accepts MOV and MPEG4 video files.
This guide includes two parts:
1. How to put DVD movie into Windows Movie Maker.
2. How to add DVD clips to Apple Mac iMovie .
Part1. How to put DVD movie into Windows Movie Maker
Step1. To put a DVD movie into Windows Movie Maker, you have to rip your DVD to WMV or AVI video first, and then you can load it into Windows Movie Maker. I’d prefer using Best DVD Ripper to do this. Install and run it, put your DVD disc into your DVD drive, click “Load DVD” to locate your DVD file and import it, or load it by clicking “Load IFO File” to add DVD IFO file. (This DVD Ripper can rip copyright protected DVD movies, but you should remember that it’s illegal rip DVD for any business purposes)
Step2. Select output format and subtitle
After you load the DVD files, click the format drop-down list to select “WMV – Windows Media Video (*.wmv)” or “AVI – Audio Video Interleaved (*.avi)” as the output format. A regular DVD movie has multiple subtitles and audio tracks, and you can select the right one for you. If you just want a certain part of the DVD movie, you can click “trim” to cut the DVD movie. Just drag the timeline bar to set the start and end time, and then blue line will be the captured parts.
For advanced user, if you want to output higher quality video, click the “Settings” button to open the panel, here you can customize video bitrate, audio bitrate, resolution, framerate, etc. Higher bitrate will result in bigger file size.
Step 3. Start to convert
After the above steps, you just need to click “Start” and wait for the conversion to be finished. It provides the fastest conversion speed (>300%), completely support dual core CPU.
Step 4. Edit DVD with Windows Movie Maker (optional)
Run Windows Movie Maker, in the “Movie Task” bar, click “Add Video” to browse your computer and located the converted files, and then you can start to make personal movies.
Tips: Many users may wonder how they can convert Windows Movie Maker file (*.MSWMM) to other video format.
Actually, A *.MSWMM file is not a video file. It is a project file of Movie Maker (more like a record file). You have to open this file in Windows Movie Maker and save the movie to your computer: Go to Movie Tasks bar > Finish Movie > Save to my computer. After that you will have a WMV file which can be converted to another video format or burned to DVD.
Part2. How to add DVD clips into Apple iMovie.
iMovie is similar to Windows Movie Maker, it supports MOV and MP4 video, so you just need to convert your DVD movie to the right format. Aiseesoft DVD Ripper has a Mac Version which supports both Mac OS Tiger and Leopard; you can download it for free from here:
http://www.aiseesoft.com/dvd-ripper-for-mac.html
It is easy to use for the operation steps being similar to the windows version.
When the conversion is finished, you can run the iMovie, build a new project, and then drag the converted files to the work space to make personal files.
When the task is finished, In the Menu bar, Click "File" -> "Export" and save it as QuickTime video.
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they are not in the folders.
hi,
when im in wmm i click on the " add a video" tab and look for the videos in the folder and they are not there. please help me with this becuase i think im doing everything right.
regards
luke
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Than to the converter dude.
Than to the converter dude. I can now convert some of my favorite videos to iPod. Last week I was trying to search for a converter for my iPod, but I can't find it. Thank you guys you made that possible to me.
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Apple iPod accepts MP4
Apple iPod accepts MP4 format, so you just need a converter that will go from DVD to MP4 if you want to watch DVD movies on your iPod. After you get the output iPod compatible MPEG-4 videos converted from DVD's, drag them to your iPod with the sync of iTunes. Below is the step by step tutorial showing how to convert DVD to iPod touch, iPod nano and iPod classic.
The software you will need is Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter. ( free download ) Let's take a look at how it performs:
1. Download Clone2Go DVD to iPod Converter. Install and run it.
2. Click the "Open DVD" button to load the DVD movie. Alternatively, you can click "File -> Open DVD..." to import the DVD disc. After the DVD is imported, there will be a list of DVD titles showing in the program. Note: If your DVD movie is saved as a folder in your computer hard drive, you need to click the "Add Video" button to locate and import the movie.
3. Tick the longest DVD title from the list. Double click this title and you will preview the movie in the program.
Note: If you want to merge all the DVD chapters/titles into one single file, you need to click the "Options" tab in the Clone2Go interface and make the settings as shown below:
4. Choose the most appropriate profile from the "Profile" drop-down list according to the brand of your iPod (iPod touch, iPod nano or iPod classic). Note: You can also customize a specific profile to meet your needs.
5. Click "Start Encode" to start to convert DVD movie to iPod video.
6. Add the output files to iTunes and sync them to your iPod.
Done.
Extracted from http://www.clone2go.com/tutorials/convert-dvd-to-ipod.php
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