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ripping dvd and using in final cut
Hello all,
I am totally new to final cut pro and am having a problem. I am ripping video from a dvd using yade x to a vob and then converting that vob to m2v and then using DIVa to convert to .mov to edit in a final cut timeline. Before I got here, Everything was working fine but somewhere along the way I cacked up the settings.
I am using DV/DVCPRO NTSC compression to convert to move and the same compression format in final cut pro. I used to be getting interlacing problems but I de-interlaced and that problem went away, but now everything either looks like it is missing frames or the quality is degraded quite significantly. I am certain the problem lies before the final cut stage but am not sure.
Also, if i am burning to dvd, which aspect ratio should I be using? (it will be played at night clubs primarily.) Do I save the imported vobs as 640×480 or 720×480?
What I would ultimately like to know, is what I am doing even correct? Is there a faster way of doing this?
Please Help!
Thanks
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2 Replies
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Use mpeg streamclip to convert your VOBs directly to DV MOV:
https://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
It’s a free tool, and works very very well. You can even select in and out points on your VOB for conversion.
640×480 is not a video res – 720×480 is NTSC. If you use mpeg streamclip, you should also solve the interlacing problem you’re having.
Enzo Tedeschi
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Ok thank you for your reply. It all seems to be working correctly now. Have you ever heard of digital clippin on the edges of video coming from a dvd? could that have been because I was importing as 640×480?
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