HELP! Workflow for Editing Ripped DVD footage.
by Greg Burke
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Apr 29, 2009 at 8:58:16 pm
Hello all,
Recently I've pick up a clients that needs me to rip DVD footage, and edit it in FCP, but I cant seem to get a codec that lets final cut work with it without having to render, When ever I ripped DVD footage to .dv, .mov, Mpeg-2, mpeg-4 it always comes in the timeline as unlimited rt and I have to render. Needless to say this is a pain, is there any codec that I can convert to that FCP will not have to render in the timeline? I have compressor and QT pro and if you tell me to make them QT please be specific.
Re: HELP! Workflow for Editing Ripped DVD footage. by Wayne Carey on Apr 29, 2009 at 9:28:55 pm
Well, first of all your subject sounds really strange.... Kinda like, "Can you help me rob this bank?"
Ripping DVD footage is illegal and no on here is going to help you with this. NOW... if this is footage that you client actually owns or has rights, that's different. But you need to specify this before asking for something that sounds illegal.
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Re: HELP! Workflow for Editing Ripped DVD footage. by Greg Burke on Apr 29, 2009 at 9:34:18 pm
No its the clients Footage, Acting reels, past projects he's recored on DVD format he now needs me to convert it back to a digital format. Sorry didn't specify.
Re: HELP! Workflow for Editing Ripped DVD footage. by Andrew Kimery on Apr 29, 2009 at 9:55:28 pm
To expand on what Shane said, load an Easy Setup in FCP (DV50-NTSC for example), select the sequence, hit command+0 to show the sequence settings and use those settings as guide line for transcoding the ripped DVD footage into something useful. MPEGStream Clip is a good, free app that will let you take a non-copy protected DVD and transcoded the footage into a number of different codecs.
