How to convert DVDs for use in DVD Studio Pro...?

[PaulMoore]

I am making a demo DVD- not trying to illegally copy commercial DVDs or anything like that (!)- but need to get material from various (non copy-protected) DVDs so I can combine them in DVD Studio Pro... is there a simple way of doing this without losing quality? I only need the video from the discs (they have no menus).

They are SD TV programs- running about 30 mins each if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[neonkru]

I am making a demo DVD- not trying to illegally copy commercial DVDs or anything like that (!)- but need to get material from various (non copy-protected) DVDs so I can combine them in DVD Studio Pro... is there a simple way of doing this without losing quality? I only need the video from the discs (they have no menus).

They are SD TV programs- running about 30 mins each if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

yes. try handbrake

 

[spinnerlys]

Handbrake will only give you another highly MPEG-4 compressed video, unsuitable for DVD Studio Pro.

If you have Final Cut Studio, rip the DVDs via MacTheRipper to your HDD, open the Video_TS folder in MPEG Streamclip and export to DV or a QuickTime using the DV codec and then you can either use that exported video in DVDSP or hunt it through Compressor first.

 

[PaulMoore]

(I will try this anyway but thought I'd ask in case anyone else knows better)

Would loading the VIDEO_TS folder in MPEG Streamclip and selecting the 'Demux to M2V and AC3' setting output a file usable in DVD Studio Pro which hasn't lost quality from the original DVD?

 

[spinnerlys]

I didn't remember that Demux option.

I just tried that, and it will work. No re-encoding necessary.

 

[mooblie]

Would loading the VIDEO_TS folder in MPEG Streamclip and selecting the 'Demux to M2V and AC3' setting output a file usable in DVD Studio Pro which hasn't lost quality from the original DVD?

Yes.