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digitizing DVDs (of my own work)
Hi All:
I need to make a demo reel pronto. Is there a way I can digitize DVDs of my documentaries (and thus avoid the expense of going to an edit house to work from Beta SP)? When I try to import the DVD, it immediately opens up with DVD player and I’m unable to select it for import.Thanks!
Brian -
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Brian,
MPEG Streamclip is an excellent freeware program you can download for this particular application. Once you’ve installed the software, open your DVD and export your project to almost any format. The program is quite straight forward and simple to use.
Good Luck!
Andrew
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the easiest way to get DVD content into FCP is to hook the outputs of a DVD player to the inputs of DV camcorder or deck and come in via Firewire. Everything else is a PITA.
bogiesan
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[david bogie] “the easiest way to get DVD content into FCP is to hook the outputs of a DVD player to the inputs of DV camcorder or deck and come in via Firewire. Everything else is a PITA.”
Sorry Bogiesan, but ripping a DVD with Streamclip is faster than realtime and requires no cable or camera hookup. So, exactly how does analog capture qualify as “easiest?” It’s certainly not faster.
The only value I can see might be if you have only a tiny clip or two and you determine it might be faster just to capture those shorties as opposed to ripping the entire DVD or VOB.
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Plus you can mark an in and out in streamclip. U don’t have to rip the whole disk
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[David Roth Weiss] “Sorry Bogiesan, but ripping a DVD with Streamclip is faster than realtime and requires no cable or camera hookup. So, exactly how does analog capture qualify as “easiest?” It’s certainly not faster. “
It sort of reminds me of someone sticking a microphone in front of a stereo to record a vinyl LP onto tape, or setting up a camera to shoot a TV screen to record something off of the air. Definitely the long way around, and far from the best quality.
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[Alan Okey] “the long way around, and far from the best quality.”
And, you’d think that anyone who rides a recumbent bicycle would be looking outside the old analog box…
David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los AngelesPOST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™
A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.
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Do you think the video takes a quality hit by running it through streamclip as opposed to analog? Streamclip is just unmuxing the files and exporting to whatever codec you choose. How is analog any better? The files are already compressed.
Just curious.
Joey -
Video quality will be MUCH higher through streamclip than an analog cable.
Just make sure you have the write codec selected for the timeline sequence you’re editing in. -
Andrew:
Worked like a charm!
Thanks so much!
Best,
Brian
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