Mister Fahrenheit 
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|  Posted - May 5 2016 : 11:50AMFor a while now, I've been trying to track down a photo set from Anal Expedition 6. I used to own the DVD and I recall that there was a photo gallery on the disc. I was wondering if it's possible to rip the photo gallery from the DVD and save it as individual pictures? If so, what software would I need to accomplish that?  [Link] |
ninja1
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| Posted - May 5 2016 : 5:38PM
Do you have the DVD (Not sure based on the thread you linked to)?
Does the photo gallery appear as a video slideshow, or are there individual photos you have to somehow click through?
If individual photos, I think there is no software required; just browse the DVD on a computer (using windows explorer or similar) and find the directory where the photos are stored, and save them to your computer or wherever.
If it is a video slideshow, you'd have to use a screen capture as the video plays, to make a still shot as each photo appears. VLC has the capability to do such screen captures. [Link] |
Mister Fahrenheit
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| Posted - May 5 2016 : 6:16PM
I don't have the DVD anymore. I pretty much scrapped all my physical media a few years ago as I had everything saved as video files. I was asking if it was possible because I'm weighing the idea of re-purchasing the DVD just so I can get at the pictures. So I'm not sure how the picture gallery is formatted on the DVD. If I recall correctly, it was a slideshow. So I might need to do screen caps, which is not my preferred option.
Edited by - Mister Fahrenheit on 5/5/2016 6:17:19 PM[Link] |
ninja1
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| Posted - May 5 2016 : 8:03PM
I've seen only 1 DVD (a very early DVD) with a true photo gallery. Probably the studios went to the video slidshow format so as not to give away quality images for "free".
Edited by - ninja1 on 5/5/2016 8:09:30 PM[Link] |
Jacco
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| Posted - May 5 2016 : 8:35PM
^Actually it's easier when you author the DVD to make it a slideshow video than to put actual images on the disc.
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Mister Fahrenheit
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| Posted - May 5 2016 : 8:52PM
So in all likelihood, I'll probably have to go the screenshot route. I'll have to think on this...[Link] |
Goldstein
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| Posted - May 12 2016 : 12:16AM
Usually, the photo gallery on DVDs is in the form of video.
When it's played from the DVD, it pauses on each pic for a set length of time (e.g. five seconds).
These type photo galleries are only going to be the same resolution as the DVD is (i.e. typically 64 hex 480).
You really have only two options:
(1) Play the DVD on your computer, play the photo gallery and pause on each picture and take a screencap.
(2) If you've already copied the photo gallery video to your computer, you've probably noticed that the photo gallery will zip through all the pictures in the gallery in a couple of seconds. This is because the authoring that is on the actual DVD is missing.
You can still capture these pictures, but you will have to do so frame-by-frame.
So, when you play the photo gallery (typically found as a part of the "extras" video), you will need to pause your player. Then, advance frame-by-frame and screencap each picture. Often, you will have to repeat this procedure more than once, as the frame-by-frame playback will often jump through and miss a few of the pictures.
With CyberLink PowerDVD, for example, you advance frame-by-frame by pressing the "t" key (i.e. after you've first paused the playback).
Since you don't have the DVD anymore, but said you "had everything saved as video files," you'll have to use option 2.
Hopefully, you saved the "extras" video file in addition to the movie files (i.e. all the .99 GB VOB files that comprise the actual movie). The extras video is usually much smaller than that.
IF you saved ALL the files that comprised the DVD to your hard drive, say in a folder, you almost certainly have the files you need.
If you did, you are probably playing the movie as a DVD when you watch it.
If you extracted the scenes as individual files -- and did not save the entire DVD to a folder -- you are probably screwed :)
FWIW, the pics from a DVD photo gallery are low-resolution (i.e. 64 hex 480), and, IMHO, not worth buying the DVD all over again just to get the pics (unless they are of great sentimental value to you, of course).
FYI, the video files on a DVD are the .vob files.
Most video players, like CyberLink PowerDVD, are capable of playing the individual .vob files if you select them directly.[Link] |
Mister Fahrenheit
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| Posted - May 12 2016 : 3:22AM
Thanks for confirming what I suspected about the picture resolution. I want high-quality pics, not 480p, so I won't be pursuing this any farther. Back to the drawing board...[Link] |
