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Best Way to Rip a DVD for FCP?
I’m creating a documentary in FCP X, and I’m importing short clips from various films (legal permissions are taken care of). The trouble I’m having is that a standard DVD lets me rip a video file that’s typically 720×480 pixels, and my final film must be much higher res (it’s 1920×1080).
I’ve ripped DVDs with Handbrake, Mac DVD Ripper Pro, and Make MKV, but then uprezing those DVD files leaves me with a very blurry clip.
Any tips for how to get a better quality rip for import into FCP, or even how to process the video inside FCP for better appearance?
Thanks for any help.
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For FCPX questions best to use the FCPX forum: https://forums.creativecow.net/fcpxtechnique
This forum is for legacy FCP 1-7 questions.
For ripping DVD’s MPEG Stremclip is a trusted tool of many around here – https://www.squared5.com
Keep in mind if you’re ripping SD-DVD’s and then dropping them into a HD sequence you’re going to get a softening of the image. You can apply a sharpen filter to try to mitigate some of it, but there’s no way to take 720×480 to 1920×1080 and make it look as crisp and clean as natively shot 1920×1080.
Ryan Holmes
http://www.ryanholmes.me
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Oops, sorry, didn’t realize I was in the wrong forum, but thanks for the advice anyway. You mention sharpening, but is that possible within FCP?
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Look for the Unsharp Mask filter. Then dial the numbers way back from the default settings and you can add a little bit of sharpening to the enlarged image.
Bars & Tone
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Thanks, Joe!
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MPEG STREAMCLIP is the best for this. Well, if you rip it digitally, that is. The BEST way is to play it from a DVD player into a hardware scaler like a terranex, and capture that, or an AJA Kona LHi…those upscale well. Otherwise, use MPEG STREAMCLIP to rip it as DVCPRO 50, 720×480. And then you can upscale with Compressor…or Adobe Premiere Pro (that app does a great job).
Instant HD does a decent job…if there is a version for FCX.
Shane
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