Using Previously Burned Home DVDs with iDVD

[w00master]

I've tried everywhere for some sort of guide on this, but I have a ton of home DVDs (converted from old VHS and film) that I'd like to re-do using iMovie and iDVD. Could anyone offer any tips and/or advice?

Thanks,
w00master

 

[balamw]

I've tried everywhere for some sort of guide on this, but I have a ton of home DVDs (converted from old VHS and film) that I'd like to re-do using iMovie and iDVD. Could anyone offer any tips and/or advice?

look for MPEG2, DVDxDV, streamclip in various threads here.

Essentially you need to convert back to DV or another format that iLife will work with.

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[Coolnat2004]

On first thought, I'm pretty sure you can just use HandBrake to rip the video and convert it to MPEG-4 / H.264, both of which iMovie will take.

There could be a better solution, but I think that will work just fine.

 

[w00master]

Thanks everyone for your helpful tips. This is something that I thought I'd have to do, but now it's confirmed.

w00master