DVD trimming w/ Quicktime X ?
Hi, I have a quick question regarding quicktime & dvds
I am aware that w/ Quicktime X you can view & trim videos from a camcorder & also files saved on your computer (mpeg,avi) , but I am curious can this be done w/ a DVD?
What I mean is, say you put a DVD into you iMac and you want to save a 10 second clip of the movie to you computer, can it be done? I am into video editing & curious. I read were the new 27" iMac has video input, so maybe it can be done through that.
Thanks to anyone who can help me
RAMiv
I am aware that w/ Quicktime X you can view & trim videos from a camcorder & also files saved on your computer (mpeg,avi) , but I am curious can this be done w/ a DVD?
What I mean is, say you put a DVD into you iMac and you want to save a 10 second clip of the movie to you computer, can it be done? I am into video editing & curious. I read were the new 27" iMac has video input, so maybe it can be done through that.
Thanks to anyone who can help me
RAMiv
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I am aware that w/ Quicktime X you can view & trim videos from a camcorder & also files saved on your computer (mpeg,avi) , but I am curious can this be done w/ a DVD?
No, not directly. QuickTime isn't used to play DVDs on OS X, DVD player is.
To get a video trimming from a DVD, you'd need to rip the DVD to a format that either QuickTime X understands, or to a format that other tools such as MPEG streamclip understands.
If you use something like Handbrake, you can rip DVD straight to MPEG4 (if you read the read me that comes with HandBrake and install VLC in the right place). You can rip just the chapter you'd like to take the clip from to reduce the total time required. Once the rip is complete, you could open the MPEG4 in QT X and make the clipping you want.