ripping homemade VCDs

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paulpaul
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I finally burned a VCD...

now I want to know if there is a way to get the video file I burned onto the VCD off of it again...



I want to be able to use the VCD as a way to play the video on my TV and as a way to archive the file for later use on my computer (share with a friend, whatever)



Is it possible to "rip" a VCD?

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    josephgjosephg Posts: 111member
    I don't know on homemade VCDs, but at least on commercial VCDs (which should be the same as homemade):



    The movie file is the .DAT file in the MPEGAV folder, which you can open with Quicktime. AFAIK, though, you can't read this file in OS X, only OS 9 and before.



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  • Reply 2 of 4
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    You can read it in VLC (open disc from the vlc menu) but i was thinking more along the lines of something that would convert the file to something that can be read by a more mainstream player... <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
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  • Reply 3 of 4
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    any ideas?



    again if i wasnt clear the first time: I'm trying to turn a VCD back into an MPEG from the VCD directly
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    gordygordy Posts: 1,004member
    The file in the MPEGAV folder is an MPEG, so there is no easy way to convert it to another format. The ".dat" file is a valid MPEG1 file, so QuickTime Player should open it. I haven't tested this in OS X, but it should work.
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