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Can I rip to DV from Ubuntu Linux?
Anyone know of a way to rip to a FCP acceptable format in Ubuntu Linux?
I am ripping DVDs to edit in Final Cut Pro. Needless to say, my client owns all the rights to the material. I used MPGStreamclip on my MacBookPro to rip four other DVDs but, since that’s my main computer, I have been searching for a way to offload the ripping to an older PC loaded with Ubuntu. I get that handbrake and FCP don’t play well together and that I want to ideally import DV files into FCP. The apps on Ubuntu seem to only offer exporting as MP4 and MKV. I’m not turning up much on Google. 🙁
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Your post is a mess but i guess that you want to rip the DVDs on the PC and convert it in something FC friendly, no?
You would need a MPEG-2 to QT conversor able to export to something FC editable or convertible with a certain quality.
Most what I see are AVI, MP4, FLV, etc options, nothing recommendable if you care a bit about quality.
An AVI with any QT supported codec inside (DV, DV50) could do the job. You can rewrap it to QT with MPEGStreamclip, without recompression.Anyway, even if you find the tools, probably you will go back to ripping to your MBP very quickly.
This is the kind of things that you only do as a test or when there is not other option left.
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Since you own the rights to the material, I’m assuming you have un-encrypted DVDs. Breaking the encryption regardless of the rights to the material may be illegal in certain places and I don’t think anyone here will help with that.
You should be able to simply mount the unencrypted DVD and see all of the VOB files on the disk. Then you can use ffmpeg to convert it to a quicktime container with DV video. ffmpeg is very powerful, but has a somewhat complex command line (lots of options and things to tweak with all of the power). Hit google with something like “ffmpeg convert vob to dv quicktime”.
If this is just a couple of disks, you’ll probably spend far more time learning ffmpeg and getting it to give you what you want instead of just doing the work on your Mac. If there are lots of disks, then investing in learning some of ffmpeg may be worthwhile.
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[Chris Gordon] “Since you own the rights to the material, I’m assuming you have un-encrypted DVDs. Breaking the encryption regardless of the rights to the material may be illegal in certain places and I don’t think anyone here will help with that.”
Why can’t you rip your own DVDs only when non-encripted?
Encrypted or not, if the stuff is yours, you can do whatever you want with it.[Chris Gordon] “You should be able to simply mount the unencrypted DVD and see all of the VOB files on the disk. Then you can use ffmpeg to convert it to a quicktime container with DV video. ffmpeg is very powerful, but has a somewhat complex command line (lots of options and things to tweak with all of the power). Hit google with something like “ffmpeg convert vob to dv quicktime”.”
Read the post again.
He is trying to do the job on a PC with Ubuntu.[Chris Gordon] “Then you can use ffmpeg to convert it to a quicktime container with DV video. ffmpeg is very powerful,”
fffmpgx doesn’t offer good export options to go to FC.
MPGStreamclip is the tool. Transcode your MPEG-2 to whatever QT codec you want.
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[Rafael Amador] “[Chris Gordon] “Since you own the rights to the material, I’m assuming you have un-encrypted DVDs. Breaking the encryption regardless of the rights to the material may be illegal in certain places and I don’t think anyone here will help with that.”
Why can’t you rip your own DVDs only when non-encripted?
Encrypted or not, if the stuff is yours, you can do whatever you want with it.”I’m not a lawyer, so take whatever I say with a grain (maybe several large bags) of salt. Some United States laws on this seem to be pretty crazy. I’m not sure if breaking the encryption on a disk you have, even if you have rights to the material on the disk, is necessarily legal. I’m going to guess if you made the disk and did the encryption it’s probably OK, but if someone else made the disk and gave it to you, it may not be.
Bottom line, I’m not going to post anything that may be construed as breaking a law or endanger the Cow in anyway with such material on the forums — I respect them too much to do so. I offered my original line only as a word of caution/disclaimer. If the original poster is worried about any legalities, time to get a lawyer.
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Chis,
What I sid is just like that. Encryption is just a technical choice
[Chris Gordon] “Bottom line, I’m not going to post anything that may be construed as breaking a law or endanger the Cow in anyway with such material on the forums — I respect them too much to do so. I offered my original line only as a word of caution/disclaimer. If the original poster is worried about any legalities, time to get a lawyer.”
That is great. Those are basic rules on the COW.
The COW is very sensible on matters related with copy rights, piracy, etc.
I’m neither a lawyer (made just the first three years), but as any professional I have to be aware of the legal matters affecting my job. I edit since 25 years and make DVDs since 8, so I should be aware of certain matters if I don’t want to end up in prison.
Believe me what I said. Encrypting is just a technical option, but doesn’t “add” more copy rights.
rafael
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