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Best way to get a clip from a DVD

Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
edited November 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm looking to grab a five minute clip from a DVD for a presentation I'm giving next week. I'd just use the scene selection, but the particular bit I want to show actually starts in the middle of a chapter.

Is there a program I can use that will allow me to copy just a portion like that, or is my best bet just queuing up the DVD, and dealing with interrupting the flow of the presentation?

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  • corky842corky842 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    You can use DVD43 to decrypt the movie, then use handbrake to convert what you want into a short video clip.

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  • ben0207ben0207 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Handbrake will do the decryption on about 99% of DVDs. Cut it with MPEG Streamclip.

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  • FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Alternatively, you can tape it to a VHS. This is what I do when my fiancee needs obscure shit for her students--stream from my PC to my Xbox and tape to VHS.

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  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2010
    What you are talking about doing is not legal for your purposes. I looked it up. :P

    If I can, chances are your profs can as well, and they may or may not look favorably upon this. I do not look favorably upon it, so I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you didn't know and the people who talked about decryption software minor infractions.

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