How to stream media from a DVD

100 percent of the credit for this content goes to Lindy and Kris Boustedt. They own and run First Sight Productions, and I recommend them.

Straight from Lindy (who I met on Biznik):

These instructions assume that the DVD/DVD folder is not encrypted with CSS.

First, download MPEG Streamclip – it is a free application for both Mac OS X and Windows: http://www.squared5.com.

This application allows you to take any section of a non-encrypted DVD and encode it as basically anything you want.

Once you have MPEG Streamclip installed, put the DVD into your computer (ignore this, if you already have the VIDEO_TS folder on your hard drive). Open MPEG Streamclip and choose File > Open DVD. From there, navigate to the DVD you put into your computer (or to the folder on your Hard Drive). On the DVD, there will be two folders, AUDIOTS and VIDEOTS. Choose the VIDEO_TS folder.

Now you can play through the footage and mark in and out points to isolate just the chunk you want – i and o are the keyboard shortcuts for this.

Go File > Export to Quicktime and choose the settings you want. I’d recommend H.264 as your encoder. Just make sure that “Deinterlace video” is checked – this will ensure you don’t get any jaggies when you upload the file (unless you know that the footage on the DVD is already progressive, then you don’t have to).

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When you’ve completed these steps, your file is perfect for uploading to YouTube. Here’s the one I uploaded tonight:

Thanks, Lindy!