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bjnick
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_ 		4. November 2006 @ 10:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am a teacher, and over the years I've collected videos and DVD's of various things which I show my kids. At this point, I have everything I need on DVD.

What I'd really like to do is to extract small sections for teaching purposes. In some cases, it's because I need to eliminate something off-color or inappropriate, usually language.

For example, a movie about Christopher Columbus I have used for years that shows the voyage in a colorful and exciting way, but smack in the middle of the sequence a sailor says something really risque. I have always skipped ahead, turned down the sound for a second, etc, etc. (Really Mickey Mouse...) I have the same problem in other movies (I use a sequence in Spinal Tap, believe it or not, that illustrates a math principle, but I need to excise an F-bomb in the middle of it.

What I'd like ideally is to have a DVD that shows exactly the excerpts I want in a convenient and accesible way.

much of the material I'd like to use would definitely be copyright-protected; my usage would be purely educational.

Can I do this?
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Dunker
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_ 		4. November 2006 @ 13:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Not legally; I think this would be outside your fair-use rights. You always could write the copyright holder, explain your situation, and see if they'll permit you to backup the copy-protected material to hard disk and to edit out the objectionable stuff. Some copyright-holders are quite reasonable, myself included. It's amazing how few people will bother to even ask. But for the material that ISN'T copyright-protected, just back it up to hard disk and import all the VOB files into Womble MPEG Video Wizard. You drag each VOB file into the left-hand video window, mark-in/out the parts you want, skipping over the undesirable stuff, and then drag the image from the left-hand window into the timeline. Ulead VideoStudio also has similar features, though you'll need a recent version if you want reliability.
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-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
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