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importing DVD /vob files with subtitles into Final Cut?
Hi
I have difficulties to find the right workflow importing footage with subtitles into Final Cut. I have DVD’s in foreign language and subtitles and want them to be in a native format in Final Cut like mov in DV Pal.
Since Streamclip doesn’t support subtitles i’m faced with either compressing twice, dvd to mpeg-2 with e.g. imedia converter having the subtitles burnt in but the need of converting them again in streamclip to DV Pal. Or i compress just with streamclip but need to take the subtitles individually with d-subtiler.
I would like to know if there’s a better solution or application converting vob files with subtitle to a Final Cut accepted format. For the ones are worried, i’m using only non copyright footage and doing a non commercial work for university. I just need chunks of 1-2 minutes out of the footage and obviously i’m interested to have the best possible quality of it.
help is very much appreciated!
thanks
daniel -
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Use MPEG Streamclip to convert the picture without subtitles. Then get the import with subtitles. Put the Streamclip track on V1 and the track with subtitles on V2. Crop V2 so only the subtitle area shows. Align V2 with the picture on V1 if necessary and add some feather. Hopefully that helps.
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thanks john it will be helpful!
i still looking for an app doing it in one step, converting it in native fcp with subtitles. i found imedia converter
https://www.iskysoft.com/imedia-converter-mac.html
who does it but doesn’t have .mov with pal options just ntsc, and just Xvid or H.2546 encoder? and i nedd the dv codec right!? the frame rate can be changed but not the aspect ratio to 720 x 576 (pal)!?Is this possible!!? that an application ignores the European market!? or is there a workaround to get a good quality output for me!?
if understand you right john, the subtitle capture i do with a different app than streamclip, which maintains the problem of compressing it twice!? If there is no app out there i think i’ll go for doing the subtitles myself in final cut, copy pasting the text file i’ll get from d-subtitler.
any other suggestions!?
thanks a lot!
daniel -
I am new to this forum, so I hope it’s OK to post on this thread, since my question falls within the scope of the original post, and I didn’t want to create a new redundant thread.
I am working on an archive of recorded performances for a university, and I have a very specific workflow. The university will only take miniDV tapes, and the best available original material is on VIDEO_TS, since the companies do not have the unauthored files anymore. Also, the VIDEO_TS includes subtitles, which I have to embed in the DV files.
So this is what I want to do: go from a VOB file to a DV file with embedded subtitles, which I will then export to miniDV tapes.My absolute priority is loosing as little quality as possible, since whatever I submit to the university will be archived, and I can’t change it later.
The second priority would be to have as little steps as possible, since I have over 100 hours in video that I have to process.
Processing time or intermediary file size are not issues.
What would be the best tool here? From browsing the forums, it seams Mpeg Steamclip is highly regarded, but doesn’t do subtitles. iMedia Converter, mentioned in this post, seems to handle the job, but I haven’t seen it mentioned in other places in the forum. What would people recommend?
Thank you all for you kind advice.
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I think to import DVD to final cut, 3herosoft DVD Ripper for Mac can give some help.
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To import DVD to Final Cut Pro (X) for further editing, you’ll be disappointed since Final Cut Pro only accepts DV, HDV, P2 MXF (DVCProHD), XDCAM, and 2K film formats. To add DVD films into FCP, the easy workaround is to convert DVD to Final Cut Pro natively supported ProRes codecs . And you can achieve your goal smoothly with a professional Mac DVD to ProRes Converter.
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