Mac, Toast and Quicktime users... I have a question. HELP!!

[Guest swirlundergrounder]

Ok who ever can help me with this one is the king of mac users on C.J.

Here it go's.

I have DVD video that is a .img file. In order for me to view it I need to open up Toast and drag the .img file on to Toast so that I can view it or burn it on to a DVD.

Now here's where I get lost.

I need that .img file to be a .mov file.

As far as I know, I don't think you can open up a .img file in Quicktime. I tried and it did not work.

So does anyone know what I need to do?

The video file is only a minute long (approx 51 MB).

Can I rip that 1 minute from the .img file in a DVD ripping program such as Handbrake?

Thanks...

Oh and one more thing. My DVD burner is out of service right now so I can't burn the .img onto a DVD and then rip the 1 minute from the DVD..

[Guest trancepriest]

Download ffmpegx and then use that to rip the VIDEO_TS folder to Quicktime.

http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

You will need to download some encoding components separately for ffmpegx. The program will link you to the sites where you can download them (legal reasons).

[Guest swirlundergrounder]

Download ffmpegx and then use that to rip the VIDEO_TS folder to Quicktime.

http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

You will need to download some encoding components separately for ffmpegx. The program will link you to the sites where you can download them (legal reasons).

Yeah that looks like what I need to do. The .img file contains both Video TS files and Audio TS files.

What about the Audio TS files?

[Guest trancepriest]

What about the Audio TS files?

It's not necessary... most of the time there is nothing in it.

[Guest barstar diana]

i use mac the ripper for burning dvds

[Guest swirlundergrounder]

Download ffmpegx and then use that to rip the VIDEO_TS folder to Quicktime.

http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

You will need to download some encoding components separately for ffmpegx. The program will link you to the sites where you can download them (legal reasons).

Cool. So I downloaded ffmpegx and I downloaded and installed the 3rd party encoding components.

So do I drag the .img file onto ffmpegX? Or do I open up the .img file and drag or open up the Video TS folders on to ffmpegX?

[Guest macboy]

As long as there's only one audio stream, you should be able to rip it in handbrake after opening in toast. The problem comes up when there are multiple audio streams, as handbrake will only pick one. You would have to manually select them in ffmpeg or mac the ripper.

[Guest swirlundergrounder]

I figured it out! Thanks for holding my hand peeps! ;D

I just dragged the Video TS folder onto ffmpegX and converted it to .avi.

It opened in Quicktime fine. Now I can convert it to a .mov file. I tried to do that in ffmpegX but there was a problem with the file being an encrypted folder.

[Guest trancepriest]

I figured it out! Thanks for holding my hand peeps! ;D

I just dragged the Video TS folder onto ffmpegX and converted it to .avi.

It opened in Quicktime fine. Now I can convert it to a .mov file. I tried to do that in ffmpegX but there was a problem with the file being an encrypted folder.

Cool... glad it worked 4 u... do you use videolan player?

[Guest swirlundergrounder]

I figured it out! Thanks for holding my hand peeps! ;D

I just dragged the Video TS folder onto ffmpegX and converted it to .avi.

It opened in Quicktime fine. Now I can convert it to a .mov file. I tried to do that in ffmpegX but there was a problem with the file being an encrypted folder.

Cool... glad it worked 4 u... do you use videolan player?

No I don't. Should I be?

[Guest trancepriest]

No I don't. Should I be?

Comes in handy for certain media that quicktime won't play.

[ryan2772]

put butter on the toast and eat it

[Guest swirlundergrounder]

No I don't. Should I be?

Comes in handy for certain media that quicktime won't play.

I'll download it!