Help Capturing Clip From Dvd Camcorders

[iceprincess]

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Hi...i need to capture video clip from this small compact discs (2.8gb sony dvd). My concern is it won't play in my pioneer dvd player nor dvd player of my mac. how can i extract video clip from the dvd???

My client used a sony dvd handycam...

[Macmon]

have you closed the session (recording) already? If not, then you cant extract it yet

[iceprincess]

the thing is I'm just getting started by trying to view whats on the dvd before i capture it...was hoping i could capture it from the dvd player like i do with the usual dvd discs however my dvd player can't read it and so is the dvd player of my mac. do i need the source camera to do that or is there any shop who can transfer video from 2.8gb dvd's to the normal dvd?

[PatrickGaerlan]

One way of doing it is to use an external tray-loading DVD drive and a program like DVDxDV.

EDIT: If you can't even play the DVD on your regular DVD player, make sure that the disc has been "finalized" by the source camera.

[MacRon]

try using the dv port of your video cam. capture thru Final Cut or iMovie.

[MG]

yah try capturing thru firewire.

[uio]

how do i capture video from digital video camera?

[iceprincess]

thanks guys for the reply...will try your suggestions. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks!

[iceprincess]

@PatrickGaerlan

I did just what you suggested. It appears the project wasn't "finalized" yet. I was told that dvd+rw need no finalization so lesson #1...next time use dvd+rw for dvd handycams so u can view it immediately. I finally and successfully captured it using dvd player thru a firewire. Now I can start editing with fcp.

Thanks again! You were all a big help.... :-)

[imabs]

hi maam gigi aka iceprincess!!!