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I was wondering if I can rip video from my cds (lost dvds) to use them in my own videos for youtube... how do I get it from the disc to my computer (peticularily sp? if It's only a few seconds)
just wondering how the people on youtube do it.
ps, I have windows movie maker, windows media player and I can get macromedia flash
I've recently been ripping LOST S1 and S2 from my DVDs and putting them on my iPod. I'm not sure what type of operating system you're using, but I'm using a Mac. The program I use to pull the video files off of the DVDs (rip) is MacTheRipper (http://www.mactheripper.org/). Once I have the files ripped, I compress and convert them into iTunes-ready files with HandBrake (http://handbrake.m0k.org/) (also available for Windows). HandBrake will convert the files into just about any type of file you want.
Good luck Dagolu! :Cheers:
I'm just throwing this in here because I didn't know where else to put it. I've gotten a couple of questions from people who wish to know about how to convert certain types of media for use on iPods and some computer programs. One of the easiest (and free) I've found is Media-Convert.com (http://media-convert.com/). You can upload the files to them, it converts online while you wait, and then you can download the converted file. It'll convert things such as YouTube (Flash Video .flv) files to .mpeg or .mov or .avi (and many others) files.
Hopefully people will be able to use this for converting whatever types of media you may have. The site also does audio, movies, images, ringtones, etc. Good luck! :Cheers:
vonnegut
06-15-08, 11:30 PM
Okay. I am a technological moron.
Here's what I want to do:
1) Take downloaded Lost episodes
2) Cut them up to only certain scenes
3) String all the scenes together in one file
I think that's what the OP was talking about, but I'm not sure.
My info:
They are .avi files and they run on my Windows Media Player (which is version 9.0 . I have Windows Movie Maker version 5.1. I have Windows XP.
If you had Quicktime I could probably help. Someone a little more Windows savvy can probably help more.
For giggles, if it was Quicktime (.mov), I would take the episodes and trim them to the selections I'm looking for. Once I have all of the selections, I'd cut and paste them into one final .mov file. After that, I'd convert it to whatever format I'd need it in. I would assume the same thing is true, in some way, for Windows Media Player, but because it's Windows, there are probably a half dozen plug-ins you'll need, half of those probably won't work together, and once you're done it likely won't play correctly anyway.
vonnegut
06-15-08, 11:41 PM
It could be worse. I could always have a Mac, and live in a little Mac-world where no real programs work correctly.
I was wondering if I can rip video from my cds (lost dvds) to use them in my own videos for youtube... how do I get it from the disc to my computer (peticularily sp? if It's only a few seconds)
just wondering how the people on youtube do it.
ps, I have windows movie maker, windows media player and I can get macromedia flash
Dagolu & Vonnegut,
My recommendation would be to use DVDFab Platinum w/ Mobile. This will allow you to rip the episodes from the disc media, onto your computer in a supported format for Windows Movie Maker (WMV or AVI with the appropriate codecs installed).
Then, using Windows Movie Maker, you can import the video, add the tracks to your projects, import and add audio (mp3, wav, wma, or voice overs) then save the file in the WMV format.
Having said that, this is a clunky and cumbersome way to do it, in addition, Windows Movie Maker won't, when it imports the video, break up the video in the most desirable chunks. It's possible to have 1 scene split between two parts, depending on the length.
Bottom line, the suggested method will work, but it may not work well. Windows Movie Maker isn't the best software for Video Editing, not even with Windows Vista (I've used both). You can do what you want to do with it, but it won't be straight forward or easy.
The problem is, I don't have a better solution atm.
If you had Quicktime I could probably help. Someone a little more Windows savvy can probably help more.
For giggles, if it was Quicktime (.mov), I would take the episodes and trim them to the selections I'm looking for. Once I have all of the selections, I'd cut and paste them into one final .mov file. After that, I'd convert it to whatever format I'd need it in. I would assume the same thing is true, in some way, for Windows Media Player, but because it's Windows, there are probably a half dozen plug-ins you'll need, half of those probably won't work together, and once you're done it likely won't play correctly anyway.
You just said that to get my attention didn't you?
Actually, WMV compression format for video really resolves that for a Windows PC. You just end up taking all day to do the compression.
It could be worse. I could always have a Mac, and live in a little Mac-world where no real programs work correctly.
See how delusional those things will make you? ;)
Everything installed on my computer works exactly how it's supposed to, every single time I start it and no matter what I install on it. Everyone plays nice and does what they're supposed to do, including all of the Microsoft software.
vonnegut
06-16-08, 12:18 AM
So how do all the other people in the world make YouTube videos?
Ummm...
Just one thing to add.
If you don't have 512MB of memory, you may not want to attempt this.
You can easily do all the editing, in Windows Movie Maker, however compressing the video will require a long extended period of time.
If you can, add more memory! My best recommendation is don't do video compression without at least 1GB of RAM, though you can do it with 512MB. You just have to dedicate the computer to it.
So how do all the other people in the world make YouTube videos?
Not sure. I see "Div/X" on alot of stuff but have no idea what that is. I upload in .mov format and YouTube converts to flash video format (.flv). I don't think the upload format matters much because they're going to change it anyway.
vonnegut
06-16-08, 12:25 AM
I have DivX.
vonnegut
06-16-08, 12:31 AM
All of this compression stuff, I have no idea. I'm frankly ignorant.
Just tell me-- is it possible?
I want to work this summer, when I have time, on a major, two-season update to my Fenry Analysis, and there is just so much material. I want to be able to chop all of his scenes together, and get rid of the rest, so that I can watch it many times and try to analyze.
treesong
06-16-08, 01:22 AM
I used a program avisplit on linux. This one, AviSplit (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/avisplit.html), is not the same, but if it works on the avi's you have, it should be very easy. I imagine that you just say at which seconds into the episode you want the original split, and it creates new avi-chunks, which you then can join.
Hmm, the comments say it's slow, and recommend VirtualDub (http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_tools/virtualdub.cfm) . I'm not sure if it's just a joiner, or a splitter as well.
And perhaps joining with AviSplit is only slow if the screen-sizes of the splits differ, which makes sense. If I have my windows-hat on, I can actually test these things. Splitting an avi-file should be a matter of seconds. Joining as well, normally.
You want to make them into youtubes?
vonnegut
06-16-08, 01:41 AM
They don't have to be YouTubes, I just have to be able to play it on my computer.
vonnegut
06-16-08, 02:15 AM
The AviSplit program does exactly what I wanted. *hugs the silly Dutch guy*
I can't figure out how to join it all together into one file, but I can make the exact clip I want into a new file, and them make a playlist in WMP to play all of the clips in sequence.
*full of joy*
treesong
06-16-08, 02:38 AM
I can't figure out how to join it all together into one file, but I can make the exact clip I want into a new file, and them make a playlist in WMP to play all of the clips in sequence.
*then
scotpgot
06-16-08, 02:42 AM
I'm just throwing this in here because I didn't know where else to put it. I've gotten a couple of questions from people who wish to know about how to convert certain types of media for use on iPods and some computer programs. One of the easiest (and free) I've found is Media-Convert.com (http://media-convert.com/). You can upload the files to them, it converts online while you wait, and then you can download the converted file. It'll convert things such as YouTube (Flash Video .flv) files to .mpeg or .mov or .avi (and many others) files.
Hopefully people will be able to use this for converting whatever types of media you may have. The site also does audio, movies, images, ringtones, etc. Good luck! :Cheers:
This caught my attention. Are you saying it's possible to somehow grab youtube videos for my own computer at home?
Well, when I posted that it did work, yes. You would input the URL of the YouTube video to that site and it would take it from there. However, in the time since then, I haven't tested it. Vixy.net (http://www.vixy.net/) is another site which uploads and converts .flv files (such as YouTube).
vonnegut
06-16-08, 02:50 AM
This is the best day ever.
scotpgot
06-16-08, 03:01 AM
For joining videos, I used to use a program called "Easy Video Joiner". Not sure if it's still available. But it was very simple and effective (I think the same company has a freeware version of a splicer, too).
MaggiePixel
06-17-08, 05:25 AM
For joining videos, I used to use a program called "Easy Video Joiner". Not sure if it's still available. But it was very simple and effective (I think the same company has a freeware version of a splicer, too).Easy Video Splitter (http://www.download.com/Easy-Video-Splitter/3000-13631_4-10176687.html) works like a charm on most video files.
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