Comments on: How do I edit content from a DVD?

By: Kalin

Kalin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:20:31 +0000

I would suggest using Cinematize or Cinematize Pro. Works great, and seems a little more elegant and easier to use than Mpeg-Streamclip. I also couldn’t figure out how to get StreamClip to preserve the correct aspect ratio. It seems it only lets you choose 16:9 or 4:3. That just won’t cut it.

Also Mac DVDRipper Pro has ripped anything I’ve thrown at it. MactheRipper is abandonware at this point if I’m not mistaken…

By: Christopher Newbury

Christopher Newbury — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:29:27 +0000

Thanks for the guide. QUite a few of my precious dvd are getting scratched, so time to make some backups!

By: Joan

Joan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:41:20 +0000

Hi Bob,

thanks a lot! What is an RCA?

thanks, Joan

By: Loek

Loek — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:21:34 +0000

Question, i got my old video vhs-c E45 tapes on dvd, and like to start editing the story.
I have final cut pro 5.1.4 on the mac but i can not import the following dvd files names;

VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.IFO
VIDEO_TS.VOB
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
VTS_01_2.VOB
VTS_01_3.VOB
VTS_01_4.VOB

They are quicktime player 7.6 documents and Unix-bestanden.(maby it is window stuff)

Do you know who i can ask to get it rolling..

By: kilowatt

kilowatt — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:36:36 +0000

thankx bob, and all the others, easy does it, bypass. But without HDR-FX1;
iMovieHD gets VOB-files straigt of the DVD, so you don’t need to enter the whole film, iMovie’08 doesn’t, so keep an iMovie HD somewhere (it takes a hell of a time). Once you saved them, you enter them in FCP or FCE. This is how far I got. No sound though in FCP, howcome? How to prevent loss of quality of the image? I do care less about the sound.

By: Bob Barney

Bob Barney — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:02:01 +0000

No problem with sharing, it’s my pleasure. I have been needing to answer this question for quite sometime, I have just had too many irons in the fire. Basically I use my HDR-FX1 as a hardware interface by hooking it up my DVD player VIA RCA and then capture manually in FCP! Obviously i’m hooked up with firewire from the Camera to the MAC. Anymore questions, feel free and happy editing!

By: BILL COLBARY

BILL COLBARY — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:00:29 +0000

I would love some instruction on how you import please

By: Elin

Elin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:23:18 +0000

Hi Bob,

I would very much like to know how you import dvd footage into fcp without having to use extra applications….thanks…:-)

By: nick shelley

nick shelley — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:53:38 +0000

“Funny, but I have been captureing video from DVD’s for several months through Final cut Pro, did not know I needed specialized software to do this. I capture it and Im able to edit any part I want within FCP! If anyone wants to now what Im doing, just write.”

Please enlighten me.

Thank you

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:41:00 +0000

Funny, but I have been captureing video from DVD’s for several months through Final cut Pro, did not know I needed specialized software to do this. I capture it and Im able to edit any part I want within FCP! If anyone wants to now what Im doing, just write.