oops, my mistake. I meant "MiniDV" which is actually a small tape, which would require more hardware than I have. -pH On Dec 19, 2006, at 5:03 PM, James Triplett wrote: >> >> >> Does anyone have a recommendation for where to get movies on MiniDVD >> converted to Flash FLV format? >> >> I don't have a MiniDV recorder/player and do not want to do the >> transfer myself. >> > > Unless I'm mistaken, "mini-DVD" is just a small-diameter DVD, readable > on any DVD player. > > So the question is how to decrypt and rip a DVD to Flash. The > first step > can be done by any number of "ripper" softwares; my > favorite is AcidRip on Linux. (automagically set up by get- > automatix on Ubuntu ;-) > > Once you have an AVI file, I believe Macromedia Flash can import the > content and write it out as an FLV. > > Good Luck > James > >> Thanks for any suggestions! >> -pH >> >> : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : OUT OF THE OFFICE: December 22-25, 2006 January 1, 2007 Peter Hutchins - Litmus Designs 10 Dewey Ct, Northampton, MA 01060 413.582.7038 voice 413.582.6704 fax www.litmusdesigns.com web design, custom programming & graphic design : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :