![]() You'll also be asked to choose where you want the file saved. At this point, you're offered a list of presets, from which you can choose (depending on what you plan to do with the extracted video). Select the "New Movie" item from the "Extract" menu to extract the video clip. Using DVD's preview functions, you can scrub through the video timeline and specify a scene to extract by marking "in" and "out" points. Or it can open an individual ".VOB" file. It can read a DVD that has been copied to your Mac's hard drive. It will read an unencrypted DVD directly from your computer's DVD-ROM drive. (DVDxDV uses the same video extraction engine as DVDxDV Pro, but exports all audio to a stereo two channel mix.)ĭVDxDV can read a DVD in three ways. What's more, DVDxDV Pro lets you reverse the original interlaced field ordering of a DVD. Each individual channel in a sound track can be exported to a separate 24-bit AIFF sound file. The pro version is designed for video professionals and allows Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro users to extract high quality multi-channel audio from DVDs. ![]() The consumer version is for the home video enthusiast and allows DVD video to be extracted from a DVD and imported into iMovie, Final Cut Express and iDVD. Sorry, but you can't insert Will Smith as a co-star in your home movie.ĭVDxDV comes in two different versions: a US$25 consumer version and an $80 professional version. Note that DVDxDV can't read DVDs that contain Content Scrambling System encryption, which includes most commercial DVDs. Once captured, you can import the footage into any application that can read the QuickTime movie format. You can extract the entire DVD or choose a part of the video to capture. Insert a DVD into your Mac, and you can use DVDxDV to preview it. Using DVDxDV, clips from various home movie DVDs can be brought together to make a new movie. ![]() If someone asks you, "What's the best way to get media off a home-made DVD?", what's your answer? "Handbrake" The free, open source multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter is good, but a little intimidating for some.Ī better answer might be, "Try DVDxDV." It's an application that transforms DVDs into digital media that can be read by a Mac. ![]()
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