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nathanjbrown

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Apr 9, 2008
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So let's say that I want to do the following:

Rip a Blu-ray movie (1080p/DTS HD Master) to my HDD...
Open that rip in some video editing software (FCPx?)...
Trim the movie down to a single scene...
Edit the video to zoom in on the content for a 16x9 viewing experience...
Burn the final product to Blu-ray.

1.) How would I go about this?
2.) How do I ensure zero loss of quality?

I know how to take a Blu-ray from disc to iTunes (MakeMKV/Handbrake), but what I'm looking for here is a process that enables me to edit the video (extract a mere five minutes, for example) without any loss of quality.

Thanks so much for the assistance!

Nathan
 
Any thoughts on this?

Here's what I'm thinking is required...

Rip the Blu-ray to MKV.
Use MPEGStreamClip to convert DTS-HD/Dolby TrueHD to AC3.
Use MPEGStreamClip to trim video.
Use MPEGStreamClip to output new audio/video file.
Use Toast/FCPx to burn back to Blu-ray?

I'm sorry if I'm way off here. I don't quite understand what the limitiations are when importing and editing content from a Blu-ray disc. I would love to be able to simply rip and trim the Blu-ray content without ever converting video or audio, but I can't imagine "editing" DTS-HD Master or Dolby is possible.

My goal here is to end up with a trimmed clip from a movie that has ZERO loss of quality.
 
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