Crunched a movie just fine, both my home-brew DVD and a real-deal movie DVD.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod


> Hi Scott:
>
> Thanks. For $50 I decided to try out what Angie recommended, DVDFab. It gets around CSS by being 
> published and sold in China! Downloaded it just fine and it already copied a DVD. As soon as I 
> close the e-mail program, I'm going to see how well it crunches a movie down to iPod.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Phillips" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod
>
>
> ---- I thought you were running a MAC, Tom, so perhaps this information
> is a help...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott Phillips
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 12:00 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod
>
> I have PC software that does this easily, even with 'protected' DVD's,
> but they even say in the literature that to get around being sued over
> it, they had to make it into two separate programs. It is a Cucsoft
> product. It has worked perfectly for me. I know that you are running a
> MAC, so I know that doesn't help you, but might be of interest to the
> list....
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Fine
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 5:59 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod
>
> Hi Rod:
>
> This is a good Plan B for sure. But I already recorded the video to a
> DVD, so I just want to "rip"
> the DVD onto my hard drive and then convert to iPod video with
> Quicktime.
>
> Just out of curiosity -- why aren't there a gizillion pieces of software
> to do this? Is it all because of Hollywood user-hostile copy
> restrictions? Are those restrictions placed on a DVD I record in my JVC
> machine? If so, is there a way I can turn them off? Sorry, showing
> glaring ignorance about the DVD format. I usually work in audio only.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rod Stephens" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] DVD video to iPod
>
>
>> Tom Fine wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All:
>>>
>>> Is there any relatively easy way to get DVD video onto my iPod? This
> isn't even a Hollywood
>>> movie, it's a dub of a U-Matic tape that I made myself. I Googled and
> found lots of text-line
>>> kind of stuff (ie made for people far more expert in computers than
> I). I have the full version
>>> of Quicktime, so as long as I can get the DVD video and audio to a
> format that Quicktime can
>>> handle, I can save it to iPod format in Quicktime.
>>
>>
> http://www.usbgear.com/USB-PRODUCT-DETAILS.cfm?sku=USBG-VD207&catid=&cat
> s=
>> This is the unit I suggested to my brother-in-law, and he has found it
> works well to input
>> video/audio into his desktop.   It will do frame captures as well.
> I'm probably going buy one in
>> the near future, too, since I've got some BetaMax, S-VHS and 3/4" that
> I want to make into DVDs.
>> I don't know enough about the input capability of an iPod, but this
> unit has a USB output and
>> generates MPEG4 which is the highest video resolution currently
> available unless you want HighDef.
>> It has both standard composite (RCA)  and S-Video inputs, and the
> latter gives the best video
>> quality when you're feeding from a deck that has that kind of output.
> It  has multiple uses for
>> the future, since the USB connection allows you to input audio as well
> as video into any kind of
>> computer.   Also, the accompanying software may give you more options
> to create a more
>> professional end product.
>>
>> Rod
>>
>>>
>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>
>>
>