2 minute DVD Clip.

[jb]

iMac Intel i3 21.5" OS 10.6.8

Is there a simple way to copy a 2 minute clip from the middle of a DVD?

Something like Audio Hijack or Piezo do with audio.


jb

[Paddy]

From a TUAW posting online (note: from 2005, so hope it still applies...)

QUOTE

Mike Chamberlain
I'm sorry to be posting late, but given what I believe this person asked for the solution is both cheap and simple. I do a lot of clipping for presentations. I use Handbrake (free) to rip the chapter I want to an MPEG4 clip on the desk. I then launch iMovie and drag the clip in. Once it has completed the import, I am free to cut and splice as I desire before sending the finished product to iDVD. Simple. Quick. Cheap (FREE!). Good Luck. MLC

[tacit]

QUOTE(jb @ Apr 2 2012, 07:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

iMac Intel i3 21.5" OS 10.6.8

Is there a simple way to copy a 2 minute clip from the middle of a DVD?

Something like Audio Hijack or Piezo do with audio.


jb

Nothing quite as simple as Audio Hijack, and that's deliberate.

The information on a DVD is encrypted specifically to stop people from copying clips from it; in almost all contexts, copying a clip from a DVD is against the law. There are tools like Handbrake that are capable of doing it, because some enterprising hackers were able to break the encryption that protects DVD content. For a long time, simply owning such a tool was also against the law.

The laws are evolving to cope with the fact that these programs exist, but the fact still remains that except in very specific circumstances, copying a clip from a DVD is illegal. The fact that it can technically be done doesn't change the fact that it isn't legal to do. It violates the rights of whoever owns the copyright on the DVD--even if it isn't done for profit.

So companies like Apple don't make tools to do it. You can find those tools online, but the process of using them tends to be a bit cumbersome.