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heymac

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Hello,

I copied a vhs to dvd and now want to edit. How do I copy the dvd to my mac to do this? Im using Panther. Im a newbie so please speak in english at least a little.

Thanks
 
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you need to copy the disk to your computer in a format imovie can read, to do this use handbrake, find it on http://versiontracker.com/ . This will copy the information to a quciktime movie that you then import into imovie to edit it.
 
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macAttack said:
you need to copy the disk to your computer in a format imovie can read, to do this use handbrake, find it on http://versiontracker.com/ . This will copy the information to a quciktime movie that you then import into imovie to edit it.
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Thanks, but im having problems. First off when I try and copy the disk it says it's going to take 8.3hrs!! The DVD is 1 - 1/2hrs long. I tried it anyways and yes it took that long but stopped in the last 32 seconds and wouldn't continue. I couldn't do anything and finally had to force quit to end it. There is a file but when I click on it a message says Quicktime can't read that type of file.

So what went wrong?

Thanks
 

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