I would like to rip some DVDs and then edit them in iMovie but am running into problems.
With Handbrake (1.0.7) I can rip them and save as MP4 (.m4v) but iMovie literally takes forever to import them, so it's useless. Especially if I want to take various clips from different places from several ripped DVDs.
Various threads explain that iMovie doesn't understand this codec so I would need to have the video file in one of the following formats instead:
a) QuickTime .MOV with Apple Intermediate Codec as the compressor for video and Uncompressed for Sound
or
b) Quicktime .MOV with the DV codec
this should apparently allow quick importing into iMovie.
But.... in order to get there it explains I need to go through yet another step: convert the resulting Handbrake .m4v file using MPEG Streamclip so I can end up with one of the above formats. I've tried that too, only to realize this takes forever as well! So I'm back to square one
Furthermore I've read that by buying/installing the Apple MPEG2 component I can rip the DVD directly within MPEG Streamclip. I suppose this will do the same thing as Handbrake and allowing saving to a format that iMovie handles well, in about the same time, right?
Actually I did buy that MPEG2 component years ago, but alas, OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks refuses to install it because it's apparently PowerPC only
I also bought a license for Quicktime Pro 7 many years ago, which I seem to recall allows basic video editing, but I suppose that too won't run on my OSX 10.9.5 alongside the default version 10.3 Quicktime player.
So what are my best options?
For now, iMovie does the job, and I don't see why I should fork out around US$ 300 for Final Cut Pro, unless it does the above a lot smoother. Are there other "in between" options if there's no easy solution for editing ripped DVDs in iMovie?
By the way, apart from iMovie 10.0.2 for OSX Mavericks I've also re-installed iMovie HD '06 (6.0.4) which I find so much easier and more intiutive to use.
With Handbrake (1.0.7) I can rip them and save as MP4 (.m4v) but iMovie literally takes forever to import them, so it's useless. Especially if I want to take various clips from different places from several ripped DVDs.
Various threads explain that iMovie doesn't understand this codec so I would need to have the video file in one of the following formats instead:
a) QuickTime .MOV with Apple Intermediate Codec as the compressor for video and Uncompressed for Sound
or
b) Quicktime .MOV with the DV codec
this should apparently allow quick importing into iMovie.
But.... in order to get there it explains I need to go through yet another step: convert the resulting Handbrake .m4v file using MPEG Streamclip so I can end up with one of the above formats. I've tried that too, only to realize this takes forever as well! So I'm back to square one
Furthermore I've read that by buying/installing the Apple MPEG2 component I can rip the DVD directly within MPEG Streamclip. I suppose this will do the same thing as Handbrake and allowing saving to a format that iMovie handles well, in about the same time, right?
Actually I did buy that MPEG2 component years ago, but alas, OSX 10.9.5 Mavericks refuses to install it because it's apparently PowerPC only
I also bought a license for Quicktime Pro 7 many years ago, which I seem to recall allows basic video editing, but I suppose that too won't run on my OSX 10.9.5 alongside the default version 10.3 Quicktime player.
So what are my best options?
For now, iMovie does the job, and I don't see why I should fork out around US$ 300 for Final Cut Pro, unless it does the above a lot smoother. Are there other "in between" options if there's no easy solution for editing ripped DVDs in iMovie?
By the way, apart from iMovie 10.0.2 for OSX Mavericks I've also re-installed iMovie HD '06 (6.0.4) which I find so much easier and more intiutive to use.