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For X-mas I got all my mom's old 16mm home movies converted to DVD through a company in Missouri. They offer an online editor where you can add music, titles, etc., but I thought, "I just paid $2000+ for my MBP. I'll just edit them at home. Surely the software on the computer is better than what they offer online."
Well, I got the movies ack and popped them into the MBP to get to work...now I can't figure out what to do. I haven't had my MBP for long, so I don't know much about the video editing capabilities and need some help with this one. I copied and pasted the contents of the DVDs on my hard drive so I could go ahead and give the actual DVDs to mom so she can enjoy them.
These are the files that I copied & pasted and their file size. All of them were in a folder titled VIDEO_TS. There was an AUDIO_TS folder on the DVD as well, but since they're silent movies it was empty.
VIDEO_TS.BUP (12 kb)
VIDEO_TS.IFO (12 kb)
VIDEO_TS.VOB (40 kb)
VTS_01_0.BUP (64 kb)
VTS_01_1.IFO (64 kb)
VTS_01_0.VOB (5.7 mb)
VTS_01_1.VOB (1.024 gb)
VTS_01_2.VOB (1.024 gb)
VTS_01_3.VOB (678.4 mb)
Judging from the file size, I'm assuming those last 4 are the video aspect of the DVD but I'm unable to import them to iMovie. Is there a way I can convert the files to something that iMovie recognizes, or is this a lost cause?
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!
Well, I got the movies ack and popped them into the MBP to get to work...now I can't figure out what to do. I haven't had my MBP for long, so I don't know much about the video editing capabilities and need some help with this one. I copied and pasted the contents of the DVDs on my hard drive so I could go ahead and give the actual DVDs to mom so she can enjoy them.
These are the files that I copied & pasted and their file size. All of them were in a folder titled VIDEO_TS. There was an AUDIO_TS folder on the DVD as well, but since they're silent movies it was empty.
VIDEO_TS.BUP (12 kb)
VIDEO_TS.IFO (12 kb)
VIDEO_TS.VOB (40 kb)
VTS_01_0.BUP (64 kb)
VTS_01_1.IFO (64 kb)
VTS_01_0.VOB (5.7 mb)
VTS_01_1.VOB (1.024 gb)
VTS_01_2.VOB (1.024 gb)
VTS_01_3.VOB (678.4 mb)
Judging from the file size, I'm assuming those last 4 are the video aspect of the DVD but I'm unable to import them to iMovie. Is there a way I can convert the files to something that iMovie recognizes, or is this a lost cause?
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!