DVD TO FCP 6

[David Roth weiss]

Streamclip freeware – converts DVDs to any QT format

“No job is worth doing more than once…”

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

[Chris Borjis]

we almost need stickies or a FAQ (READ FIRST) at the top
of the forum

[Shane Ross]

This is why I have STOCK ANSWERS that I copy/paste…but I am not always as fast on the draw.

#7 DVD into FCP

Shane’s Stock Answer #7:

To start, I will state that trying to capture any DVD you bought or rented, be it a Hollywood movie or exersize video, is illegal. I will not give you any tips on how to bypass copy protection. It is there for a reason.

To capture footage from a DVD, you have a couple options.

1) Route the DVD player to your DV camera or deck via the RCA cabling. Then you can put the footage you want ontp DV tape and have the benefit of timecode in case the need to recapture comes up.

2) You can get a great application called DVDxDV (Google it). This opens up the DVD and allows you to convert the video to DV/NTSC footage. And it allows you to only convert what you want by allowing you to mark in and out points. The free version puts a big watermark across the center of your footage, but if you pay $25 for the standard version, that goes away.

Or you can use Mpeg Stream clip. This is free.

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Winston A. cely]

I used to use the standard version and had noticed a few little buggies, but nothing serious. I’ve since upgraded to the full Pro version and it’s fantastic! I wouldn’t use anything else. I deal with clients who’ve sent me DVD’s in PAL of their footage and the Pro version allows me capture that PAL footage expertly. Great program!

Winston A. Cely
Editor/Owner | Della St. Media, LLC

“If God could do the tricks we can do, He’d be a happy Man.” – Peter O’Toole – “The Stuntman”

Mac Pro 3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
4 GB RAM | Final Cut Studio 5.1.4 | Aja Kona LHe

[Matt Callac]

I’d take shane’s advice on DVDxDV. We use to patch a dvd player in and capture now as non-controlable. It was a pain in the ass and took 2 people. We paid the money and go DVDxDV and it was well worth it. I’m actually pulling stuff from a DVD right now for a project. It also lets you set an in and outpoint for capture. Very handy.
-mattyc

Raising money for Blood:Water Mission to help build wells in Africa. I’m
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[Rj Miles]

I also use the Pro version.

I find the best quality is achieved outputting at 720×480 interlaced in DVC Pro 50 or uncompressed, and then deinterlacing and resizing in QT, AE or Compressor.

I have had some limited success going directly to p-jpeg codec, when the final output will be progressive, but sometimes a better deinterlacer is needed.

I have also tried MPEG StreamClip and it comes in handy for some other things. I recently was given a DVD with .mpg files. The audio would not transcode over. I was ablwe to demux the audio and then marry the audio to the transcoded video track.

[Matt Callac]

[RJ] ” have also tried MPEG StreamClip and it comes in handy for some other things. I recently was given a DVD with .mpg files. The audio would not transcode over. I was ablwe to demux the audio and then marry the audio to the transcoded video track.”

DUH!! Man I should have thought about that. We had a problem with some audio on some MPGs last week and it took me a long time to figure out a solution that worked. Stremclip would have saved me a few hours. I’ll remember that next time.
-mattyc

Raising money for Blood:Water Mission to help build wells in Africa. I’m
putting my hair on the line to raise some money.
Check it out https://rattail.callac.com

[Chris Borjis]

Mpeg stream clip had never failed me and quality is as good as the original.

not sure why anyone would pay for the other app.

[Rj Miles]

I paid primarily because I did not know about StreamClip when I was in immediate need of a solution.