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Darrell Newton <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:30:05 -0500
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I personally think that best way to use clips is to simply capture
portions of VHS tape through a Pinnacle or similar system; trim them and
save them as  .mpeg or .avi files. These can then be inserted into .ppt
at will. Jeremy Butler has a great tutorial available on this, I
believe. 

You can also place these same files on DVD through a program like DVD
it, allowing for multiple access to various files. 

The last time I checked, it was still rather difficult to circumvent
the copyright restrictions inherent with DVDs these days. 

Darrell M. Newton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
The Department of Communication and Theater Arts
Salisbury University
269 Fulton Hall
Salisbury, MD 21801
(410) 677-5060 Office
(410) 543-6229 Department

http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~dmnewton/


>>> [log in to unmask] 02/06/07 1:07 PM >>>
I think Barry was asking how to capture clips (moving) rather than
stills.  WINDVD has a copy version but I haven't tried it yet.  I hope
to learn from the responses to Barry's question here.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: kenneth harrow 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:19 AM
  Subject: Re: [SCREEN-L] Importing DVD clips to PowerPoint etc.


  you can capture frames and save them using intervideo windvd. it 
  takes no expertise
  ken harrow

  At 11:29 AM 2/6/2007, you wrote:
  >A couple of years back there was a useful exchange about how best
  >*technically* (i.e., copyright concerns aside) to rip clips from
DVDs for
  >incorporation into lectures using Powerpoint etc. Lazily I've never
got
  >round to trying this myself but with a paper due at SCMS in Chicago
in
  >March and likely problems over playback of Region 2 DVDs etc. (to
say
  >nothing of wanting to minimise time spent loading discs, enduring
studio
  >idents, browsing menus, etc., in the middle of a 20-minute talk),
it's
  >clearly time for me to bite the bullet.
  >
  >The earlier discussion (headed "a basic question" if anyone's
interested)
  >directed users to resources such as doom9.org etc. Having looked at
this
  >it was to me at least (as a technical dunce) dismayingly tech-savvy
(the
  >first recommendation under "learning the basics" was to build your
own PC
  >from components and install Windows from scratch! yeah right...). So
I was
  >wondering if the intervening years have made this task at all
easier. Is
  >there a user-friendly programme for simply copying a few minutes of
a
  >commercial DVD to one's hard drive, whether shareware or for
purchase? I
  >would imagine almost everyone bar me has been cheerfully doing this
for
  >years so I'm happy to humbly accept whatever guidance I'm given!
  >
  >Many thanks
  >
  >Barry
  >
  >Dr Barry Langford
  >Senior Lecturer in Film Studies
  >Department of Media Arts
  >Royal Holloway, University of London
  >Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX
  >
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