I'm running OS X panther on a 17" powerbook. I'd like to be able to save (as
an MPG or some other useful format) a short segment of a commercial DVD to
my hard drive. I have no interest in pirating whole DVDs, so I don't need to
compress the whole thing or anything similar - I just want to be able to
grab a short (20-30 seconds) stretch of a DVD I own. What's the best way to
do that?


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Mike Levin
mlevin77@comcast.net

In article <BC387A68.94A6%mlevin77@comcast.net>,
Michael Levin <mlevin77@comcast.net> wrote:

> I'm running OS X panther on a 17" powerbook. I'd like to be able to save (as
> an MPG or some other useful format) a short segment of a commercial DVD to
> my hard drive. I have no interest in pirating whole DVDs, so I don't need to
> compress the whole thing or anything similar - I just want to be able to
> grab a short (20-30 seconds) stretch of a DVD I own. What's the best way to
> do that?

Since it's illegal, there are no regularly distributed products that do
what you ask.

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In article
<heimdall-B88FD7.00372626012004@news4-ge1.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>,
Scott <heimdall@spamless.invalid> wrote:

> In article <BC387A68.94A6%mlevin77@comcast.net>,
> Michael Levin <mlevin77@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm running OS X panther on a 17" powerbook. I'd like to be able to save (as
> > an MPG or some other useful format) a short segment of a commercial DVD to
> > my hard drive. I have no interest in pirating whole DVDs, so I don't need to
> > compress the whole thing or anything similar - I just want to be able to
> > grab a short (20-30 seconds) stretch of a DVD I own. What's the best way to
> > do that?
>
> Since it's illegal, there are no regularly distributed products that do
> what you ask.

What he asks should be covered under the fair use clause of US
copyright. Take a look at Handbrake (http://handbrake.m0k.org/).
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