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[22Barb]

How do I get a video off of a DVD and into FCE for editing.

 

[martinX]

How do I get a video off of a DVD and into FCE for editing.

Here's how I do it.
You need: Apple's MPEG 2 QuickTime Component and MPEG Streamclip.

• Copy the whole video_ts folder to your hard drive.
• Open the DVD (using the video_ts folder you just copied over, not the spinning silver disc one) in MPEG streamclip
• select I and O points
• Convert to Quicktime and use the DV PAL or NTSC compressor

You will have a Quicktime file that will import straight into FCE.
Your DVD can't have copy protection or this won't work.

 

[zblaxberg]

Here's how I do it.
You need: Apple's MPEG 2 QuickTime Component and MPEG Streamclip.

• Copy the whole video_ts folder to your hard drive.
• Open the DVD (using the video_ts folder you just copied over, not the spinning silver disc one) in MPEG streamclip
• select I and O points
• Convert to Quicktime and use the DV PAL or NTSC compressor

You will have a Quicktime file that will import straight into FCE.
Your DVD can't have copy protection or this won't work.

I use MPEG Streamclip a lot but there is also Handbrake.

 

[Erendiox]

I use MPEG Streamclip a lot but there is also Handbrake.

+1

Handbrake is probably the easiest way to do it.

 

[martinX]

I use Handbrake to rip DVDs for iTunes but not for editing.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but using Handbrake, the workflow would be like this:

• rip DVD using Handbrake to H.264 MP4
• convert H.264 to (something FCE can edit) using (something else)
• import into FCE

Is that about right? If so, can someone fill in the blanks?