importing dvd to FCP HD

[mark aitken]

I have an old Buster Keaton short I want to import into FCP HD. I teach film and want my students to add new soundtracks to the old film. The DVD is a commercial one and I can copy it onto my hard drive but it won't be imported into FCP. I recently bought Quicktime Pro as well but that didn't help. Any suggestions?

 

[irmongoose]

Use MacTheRipper to decode and extract the contents of the DVD.

Take the resultant Video_TS folder and use DVDxDV (choose the Pro one if you prefer) to convert it to Quicktime. This Quicktime file can be directly used in Final Cut.




irmongoose

 

[flyinbri9]

thanks, this dvdxdv works great
so everyone says forget idvd and get toast?
why?
i havent used idvd yet but will try to within a couple days

 

[irmongoose]

Woh, this is old.

iDVD is fine for me. I prefer it over Toast for burning my own movies i.e. movies that I have cut in Final Cut or iMovie.




irmongoose