Handbrake>FCP – Format questions & concerns

[Paul Dickin]

Hi Cory
Tell me please what mind-reading software do you use to read a post made while you are preparing a reply?
Chris Poisson on Jan 27, 2009 at 8:07:13 pm
Paul Dickin on Jan 27, 2009 at 8:09:24 pm

Sorry you’re so out of sorts today – I hope Ron L doesn’t hold it against you 🙁

[Chris Poisson]

With due respect, running the Handbrake clips through Compressor to ProRes or uncompressed will work in FCP, but the quality will suck with the biggest capital “S” you’ve ever seen. I know, that’s how I got burned with this stupid tool last year. Client forced Handbrake on me.

Lisa,

Streamclip is really easy, just open up the VOB files, and go to export/Quicktime, all the codecs are available including ProRes, and you can set your frame rate, everything. Totally viable tool for this.

Have a wonderful day.

[Chris Poisson]

That kind of thing happens here all the time. My usual comeback (as least in my own mind) is, “Is there and echo in here?”
LOL!

Have a wonderful day.

[Lisa Rolley]

ok so I dont really get the jokes / sarcasm and nobody actually addressed my question so I’am little bummed at this point. Usually love reading and posting to this site – a lot of helpful info and great people here.

in terms of the ethics lesson on copyright issues…DVD’s which are copy protected are ripped all the time for purposes other than bootlegging the material – people use them for pitching ideas and all types of stuff on a daily basis.

thank you all for taking the time to respond regardless of whether or not it was insightful or helpful in any way.

Lisa

[Paul Dickin]

[Lisa Rolley] “nobody actually addressed my question…”
Hi
Since you didn’t tell us what delivered end-product you are trying to edit for (broadcast/DVD/web), we can’t tell you how to prepare your ripped movies – each format requires a different type of FCP setting.

“FCP reads it as: DivX 6.0”
Like MPEG-2/4 movies, that isn’t an edit-friendly codec, so is probably worse as a source file than native MPEG-2 movies straight out of the VOBs.

“I was thinking a DV sequence with Square aspect ratio,,,”
DV doesn’t work that way – its a non-square pixel codec through and through.

MPEG Streamclip has good rescaling functionality, so if you can’t rip the DVDs again, then use Streamclip to resize all you movies as it Exports them to the appropriate format for your edit Sequence.

Use the Anamorphic check button for your wide-screen movies if you are editing for a non-web delivery.

[Lisa Rolley]

Thank you so much for responding and answering my questions – you rock sir.

Sorry i neglected to say what this was for – all the movies will be in one edit which is just for a pitch via Web & DVD so its not for broadcast at all.

take care and thank you again for your time.

best
Lisa

[Lisa Rolley]

Still having trouble with MOEG STREAMCLIP – i have tested it on a few dvd’s – of course they are all probabaly protected as most are BUT it seems that most if not all of you guys have suggested using this over Handbrake…i go to file open and then try each of the diff files (i.e. VOB,IFO, etc) i keep getting the same error code – what am i doing wrong??

any help would begreat beacuse for the future i want to do this correctly.

thanks
Lisa

[Tom Wolsky]

If the disc is protected you will get the error message.

google Mac the Ripper.

All the best,

Tom

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[Walter Biscardi]

[Lisa Rolley] “Still having trouble with MOEG STREAMCLIP – i have tested it on a few dvd’s – of course they are all probabaly protected as most are BUT it seems that most if not all of you guys have suggested using this over Handbrake.”

If they are protected they won’t open. If they are protected and you or your client are not the copyright owner, you should not be ripping them to edit with anyway.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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