Originally Posted by estnet
Can anyone tell me if I can copy a small section of a dvd (I believe in vob format) so that I can send a small section (eg 30 sec) or a still photo as an email attachment? This would be from a locally made dvd (eg underwater) and I don't believe it is copy protected (but not sure).
Here's the best I've come up with. Use something like VLC (win/mac/linux) or FFmpg (win/mac/linux) to convert to a format that you can edit easily. IE if you run a mac, convert to quicktime; if you run windows convert to wmv. VLC will let you specify a portion of a clip to extract.
Then use the free movie editor for your platform (iMovie or Windows movie maker) and cut the clip down to the section you want. Then you should be able to export it as a smaller clip or even a series of jpegs.
I'm guess on all this b/c I havent actually done it. Although a long time ago I used to export clips to jpg to using Adobe Premier- which gave me the thought...
If your movie is not protected by a license or CSS then it should be fairly easy.