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DVD to FCP
I have video on a dvd of one of our News Anchor’s trip to Africa. The dvd plays in the G5 but not in our Panasonic DVD recorder. Says not supported. I used an extractor to take it off the dvd and now it’s on my raid. How do I use it in FCP?
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Bob Vick sr promo guy @ ch3 wwmt tv, kalamazoo, mi
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11 Replies
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What extractor did you use? What format are the files?
It is best to use either MPEG Streamclip or DVDxDV to convert the DVD’s VOB file to DV/NTSC clips.
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I used mac the ripper. I have downloaded MPEG stream and Apple’s Mpeg2 encoder (20bucks). It’s just a long process. I am coverting to a QT Cinewave file. BTW is FCP upper or lower field?
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Bob Vick sr promo guy @ ch3 wwmt tv, kalamazoo, mi
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Bob,
In my workflow, the only way I deal with media from DVDs is to capture through a player connected to my deck. Set capture to uncontrolable device.
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Bob,
BTW FCP is lower field first.
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YEAH same with me, but as I pointed out in my original thread, the disc was “not supported” playing from our Panasonic recorder. It’s the only model we use here.
The clips play fine in Streamclip. It’s when I export as a QT or DV or AVI – Cinewave codec or uncompressed 8bit-10bit it all looks worse
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Bob Vick sr promo guy @ ch3 wwmt tv, kalamazoo, mi
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Use Streamclip’s recommendation for using upper field first. It’s counterintuitive, and doesn’t make sense, but it works. notice how it says, use upper for all codecs except dv? Follow their advice.
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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 5.02 <> Kona 2
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Righ but when I select the Cinewave codec, it selects a frame size in a pal format. Any ideas why?
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Bob Vick sr promo guy @ ch3 wwmt tv, kalamazoo, mi
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Is the source footage of the DVD PAL? Perhaps that’s why your DVD player can’t read it.
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G5 Dual 2Ghz <> 4GB RAM <> FCP 5.02 <> Kona 2
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if you want uncompressed from MPEG Streamclip, u need to manually enter the frame size at 720×486.
if you check all apple and aja (io and kona) uncompressed presets, they as well are Lower Field First.
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You know…I will have to say yes? The footage is from Africa.
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Bob Vick sr promo guy @ ch3 wwmt tv, kalamazoo, mi
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