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    Ripping then Editing footage from a DVD

    Posted by Christopher Nunn on May 31, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    Hi there,

    I’ve been forced to rip footage from DVD for a documentary I’m editing.

    I’ve been using Handbrake to rip MPeg4 files before bringing them into FCP5.

    I’ve been told that MPeg4 is not an editing format and this explains why I need to render everytime I place it, move it or edit it on my timeline.

    Any tips on how to deal with this footage would be very gratefully received.

    Should I convert the MPeg4 footage to another format before editing? If so how?
    Or should I be ripping the DVD footage to a different format? Or with different software?

    Will I always have problems using footage ripped from a DVD?

    Any thoughts on this would be very useful,

    Thanks in advance,
    Chris

    David Roth weiss replied 17 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • David Roth weiss

    May 31, 2008 at 7:03 pm

    Again, I answered the same question in yoru original thread. You’re wasting bandwidth…

    David Roth Weiss
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    Los Angeles

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