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Best video converter to use with FCP 7
Hello,
Im a video editor but Ive been out of work for awhile….recently got back into it, and acquired FCP 7 (moving up from 5.1). For a project Ive needed to rip some footage from studio DVDs like “Rear Window” “Singing in the Rain” etc…. Ive done allot of this in the past, but now something is wrong.
First I use HANDBRAKE to rip specific chapters out of the DVD….Now this wasnt the case with 5.1 but for some reason FCP 7 doesnt not allow the .m4v format anymore…Ok so I put it into i Squint to convert again. to mp4. Now it will go into FCP, but now the video habitually goes RED! I tried MPEG STREAM, but now even in the preview it goes RED. Something about converting it from m4v makes it do that? I then tried macripper. Taking out one chapter then putting it into FCP. To my surprise it actually read the VOB file, but still I got the RED frames!
How do I get around this? its an important project.
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8 Replies
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The m4v and mp4 files will always require rendering in Final Cut because they are not a native editing codec – to get around this, just make sure you convert them to a codec like Apple ProRes before bringing them in to edit.
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[Kevin Torres] “For a project Ive needed to rip some footage from studio DVDs like “Rear Window” “Singing in the Rain” etc…. Ive done allot of this in the past, but now something is wrong.”
Your right something is WRONG. You are asking on a public forum, using your own name how to break the law.
Those are copyrighted movies. You need to get permission from the copy-write holder to use them.
**Hindsight is always 1080p**
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LOL !!!
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This is for a POWERPOINT presentation on the dynamics of film….Not selling bootleg DVDs on the sidewalk.
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It does not matter what you are using it for.
I you pay attention to the copyright warning that plays with DVDs it will say this disk cannot be copied in whole or part.
**Hindsight is always 1080p**
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Fair use and rippIng a DVD are totally different.
With fair use you can show clips but that still does not mean you can rip it from a DVD and edit it.
**Hindsight is always 1080p**
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Gotta side with Kevin on this one. Recent changes in copyright law are finally starting to counteract the legal precedent skirting piece of crap known as the DMCA. In 2009 the U.S. Copyright Office made it legal to bypass the copy protection on things like DVD’s if it is for academic or analysis and criticism purposes. Although it sucks that lobbyists pushed through a law, the DMCA, that robbed people of their rights it’s nice to see us getting them returned (albeit slowly).
-Andrew
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