Re: Ripping a dvd for FCPX editing

A dvd is mpeg 2, which, at the highest data rate, is good enough for high def, but on most DVD's they use a lower data rate to get more running time. You're never going to get any higher rez than what you started out with. If the DVD was made using lower rez footage, well, you get what you get. Mind you, in a bit-for-bit digital transfer, you get the exact same ones and zeroes as the original. In a conversion, some averaging of the ones and zeros is happening, and thus you will get some losses. Usually they are not significant, unless you are converting to a lower-re codec instead of a higher-rez one.

Most of us here probably use the very good free programMPEG Streamclip to convert DVD's to mov files for an FCP edit. When you rip the DVD, rip it to Pro Res 422 codec, and edit using that.