Editing DVD video on Final Cut Express

[thomahawk]

Alright so i want to edit videos that i'll be ripping from DVDs.
Each dvd has a soccer game so i'll be cutting out some parts of the 'movie' to edit and put together on the main vid. I have extracted the VOB files, what should i convert the file too? i have converted to avi and mp4 files using visualhub and popped them on final cut but rendering takes 12 HOURS! O_O is it the format or coding of the video file? is there a way i can make it more readable and usable. because avi files i take with my digital came and other stuff run so much faster

 

[r.j.s]

Convert them to DV from the VOB, you'll retain more data and the import will take less time.

 

[thomahawk]

ok i'll try that thanks.. and woah DV files are HUGE!

 

[colarmac]

I know Final Cut Express supports mov video pretty well, you may convert your vob video to mov video for a try. I always use this mac video converter to do that, it works pretty well.

 

[markb06]

Try using a Mac program called Handbrake, its great for getting the correct video formats from a DVD and i think the program is free

 

[Cromulent]

ok i'll try that thanks.. and woah DV files are HUGE!

Not really. I think it is somewhere between 12 - 13GBs an hour.

Now 10 bit uncompressed 1080p video files are huge 🙂.