Capturing DVD footage to use in FCP5

Are there any good free dvd ripper programs out there where I can pull video and audio off DVD's to edit them down in FCP 5 HD?

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Converting DVD footage for use in FCP

I'm sure that this has been asked before, but I can't find it anywhere. Is it possible to take footage from a dvd and edit it in final cut? I have several old projects from my days in television on DVD that I need to use. How is this possible. Thanks in advance!

Welcome to the Forum.
Search is your friend. Surely you jest about "can't find it anywhere". Just scan the posts for the last week or so. Also, read the FCP manual about what format can be edited within FCP.

Capture DVD footage

I am trying to figure out how to capture footage off a DVD I have....
I had 8 mm film transferred to DVD and want to further edit it. But, I can't seem to figure out how to transfer the data from the DVD to my computer to do my editing....
I look at the contents of the DVD and it is a bunch of odd filenames... It is running under a YesVideo programming, it appears from Costco. I had had a Windows-based program on my Windows-based computer that allowed me to capture some video... but, I can't seem to figure it out now on my Mac.

is your DVD a data DVD or a regular DVD (ie does it contain VOB files or not).
If it does, you can follow Applemans Tip linked below
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2255575

Need to capture dvd footage with great quality. dvdxdvpro doesn't do it.

hi
I have lots of noncopyright footage from dvd's that I need to convert for fcp, yet when I use dvd.dvpro the quality is not as good. Is there a better way I can do this and maintain the quality of the original video? Would it work better if I just hooked up the dvd player to a camcorder and recorded it that way? How about the canopus media converter? Would that be better?

as posted several times before; the dvd is where your quality problem comes from.
now as for chosing between dvdxdv and streamclip;
dvdxdv - afaik - only converts to dv, adding dv compression on top of mpeg2 compression.
mpeg streamclip lets you export into a range of formats, from original m2v (wihtout recompression) to any format quicktime supports. in this case, you might want to compare exporting to for example quicktime animation compression. yes this will create gigantic files that are too "loose" a fit for the heavily compressed m2v video from the dvd, but at least it will avoid adding another layer of compression.
in general; if all you need to do is straight cuts, avoid any conversion and try to work with the m2v files
that's about the best you can do
hope this helps

Capturing dvd's

What is the best way to go about capturing dvd footage?

Or... take the analogue outs from your dvd player and run them through an
AD converter (or your camera, deck....) then FW from there into the computer. Change your Device Preset in FCP to NON CONTROLLABLE DEVICE.
Press play on the DVD player and hit Capture Now.
Not as clean as converting the files but...
rh

Capturing dvd using DSR-11 and a DVD player

Hi.. It is probably pretty simple but I can't seem to work it. HELP ME PLEASE!
I am trying to capture a non-copyrighted dvd on FCP 5.1 (Powermac G5). I have the video output (both RCA and S-video) from the dvd player connected into the input on the Sony DSR-11. I have the input selector on the deck set to S-Video. When i play the dvd, it shows up on the NTSC monitor... but nothing shows up on the log and capture window preview. If click on capture now, it shows a black screen which says "trying to locate timecode" on the bottom.
I do not have a tape in the deck. I tried it with the S-video and Video seperately. No luck.
Thank you in advance. Hope I help some help from the wise.

Hi:
You can use * MPEG Streamclip * to extract and re-encode the DVD footage. I don't think you'll get better quality capturing it through your deck.
My 2 cents !
Hope that helps !
Alberto

Capturing on my G4 using my Macbook DVD player

Hi,
I'm trying to capture some footage into a FCP project using my Macbook pro DVD player. Is this possible? I tried connecting the Macbook through a fire wire and the log and capture is not recognizing it. Any suggestions, or should I use a normal DVD player and capture through my coverter?
Thanx,
John

Jim,
Thanx for the quick response. I do have permission. It's for an actor's demo reel. Would you mind elaborating a little bit on the free mpeg streamclip. This is brand new information to me.
Thanx again,
John

Mac book pro (late 2013) has a lag when sculpting and rotating models in Zbrush only when using my Wacom-capture tablet (if I use a mouse or trackpad its fine no lag). Also Premiere Pro CS5, playback is almost like watching footage in slow motion.

Mac book pro (late 2013) has a lag when sculpting and rotating models in Zbrush, but only when using my Wacom-capture tablet (if I use a mouse or trackpad its fine no lag).
Also Premiere Pro CS5 playback is almost like watching footage in slow motion, Premiere Pro is installed on the main drive but the footage is on an external drive connected with USB 2.
I'm wondering if it is just a problem with the Mac USB drivers maybe not supporting USB 2 ? (Because I have also installed Window 7 on this same MacBookPro and tested the same software "Zbrush and Premiere Pro" And they both work perfectly on the Bootcamp Windows 7 install, and so its using the same hardware so it has to be the drivers right ?)
Any help would be great, Thanks
Darius

Mac book pro (late 2013) has a lag when sculpting and rotating models in Zbrush, but only when using my Wacom-capture tablet (if I use a mouse or trackpad its fine no lag).
Also Premiere Pro CS5 playback is almost like watching footage in slow motion, Premiere Pro is installed on the main drive but the footage is on an external drive connected with USB 2.
I'm wondering if it is just a problem with the Mac USB drivers maybe not supporting USB 2 ? (Because I have also installed Window 7 on this same MacBookPro and tested the same software "Zbrush and Premiere Pro" And they both work perfectly on the Bootcamp Windows 7 install, and so its using the same hardware so it has to be the drivers right ?)
Any help would be great, Thanks
Darius

Are there any benefits to using optimized media when capturing SD footage?

I am going through old MiniDV tapes and I have to say, going through my first project using FCPX has been very good. I have made use of proxy media, but I wanted to see if anyone might weigh in on if creating optimized media is a good idea with SD footage.
And my question might be answered with a bit of a better understanding of what optimized media is. The way I understand it is that the footage is of the same quality of raw footage but much less smaller in filesize (megabytes wise.) Is that correct? In that case, if I capture footage and check the optimized media box, does it capture raw footage and then also create optimized media?
Many thanks!

Nope, DV footage wouldn't benefit from Optimized. Optimized Media is designed for formats that are not especially well-suited to editing, such as AVCHD or H.264- mostly because these formats are more optimized for in-camera use and don't hold up as well to multiple generations in editing. Plus they require much more CPU power to decode and playback.
DV doesn't have these issues as much, is ideally suited to editing and so wouldn't benefit. Proxy mode on the other hand would help a little as it knocks down the file size and amount of processing power. But to be honest the difference in file sizes and CPU requirements between Proxy and DV in standard definition are so minimal that personally I wouldn't bother to use it. Stick with pure DV.

I have been transfeing my DVD footage to I movie using handbreak and the spinning wheel of death has arrived and locked up I movie as I tried to import footage. The message says, "Optimizing movies, processing event DVD" but I can't get out of it.

I have been transfeing my DVD footage to I movie using handbreak and the spinning wheel of death has arrived and locked up I movie as I tried to import footage. The message says, "Optimizing movies, processing event DVD" but I can't get out of it.

Yes I held them down till the apple logo appears, then spinning wheel and repeated boot up process. I only knew it was going round in circles because the charging sound kept repeating every so many seconds.
I am downloading iOS.5.0.1 now to do a complete factory restore. I hope this works. I have been looking online for hours for fixes and I have very little batter on it as its been spinning for hours now.
Why do things like this happen? I am sat there watching tv and one minute the settings folder is there then its not! How does that happen? It just disappear? I hadn't moved it to another folder or deleted it, it just.... went!

Capture DVD quality video

Greetings, I have a two hour show on DV tape. I want to capture it using Final Cut Pro 5 and output it to DVD Studio Pro. Could someone tell me what the best capture setting is for this or do I have to capture using Firewire NTSC. I'm trying to conserve space on a hard drive.
thanks in Advance
g5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

What format did you shoot in? I take it as DV NTSC.
Theres no way to try an conserve disk space by capturing with a different format.
I would do this if I was trying to conserve disk space.
Capture my footage normally, with my presets set.
Edit my sequences, and export using compressor.
In Compressor I would choose the setting:
"DVD: Best Quality 120 Minutes 4:3" (or 16:9 if that's what you want.)
Using both the AIFF audio and the Dolby audio.
The files compressor makes are smaller.
Then delete your captured files.
BP

How to transfer a Sony handycam dvd footage to mac?

Hey Folks,
My friend from Florida just sent me a DVD of some footage he would like me to edit - now I thought he actually sent me a DVD but it ended up being a small mini dvd disk for a Sony HandyCam. Now Im left with figuring it out how can I get this into my mac - it's very small I don't want to insert it into the DVD drive incase it screws it up. So let me know what to do here is a snapshot of the DVD i got so you can see what i mean. I put my hand in the image to show you how small the DVD is and hoping someone on here would know what to do it's the size of my palm (and I big person or anything).
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/6525/dsc02221ry0.jpg
my best,
Joey Dee

I've had to do this a couple of times. The first time I did it the convoluted way. Still have an old G4 with a tray-loading DVD drive. So I put the DVD in that. Copied the Video_TS file to my current computer (17"MBP) where the application DVDXDV resides and used that to convert to QuickTime DV-NTSC or DV-PAL in your case, since I don't like working with MP4 in Final Cut.
The last time I did this, I simply put the miniDVD in my $25 Cyberhome DVD player, ran S-video and RCA audio cables to my DSR-11 as a thru device and did Capture Now while playing back the DVD. I used DV-NTSC coded again in FCP and the quality was actually very good.
If I had to do it again, I'd do it the second way, with a consumer DVD player and setting some kind of analog to digital transfer.
P.S. The first time, before resorting to the old G4, I had the miniDVD jammed inside my 17" PowerBook for an hour before I managed to get it out...not recommended.

Unable to capture HDV footage with FCP 5.1

I've captured HD footage onto my old computer (10.4.11) without any problem but now I'm trying on my new one and it doesn't want to know.
First off there was a problem with the Firewire port ejecting my hard drives randomly so I took it to be repaired and they replaced the logic board and the port works fine.
I've looked at all the posts I could find, I've trashed my preferences, reinstalled Final Cut Studio ( after uninstalling then updating the software). I've made sure the camera is set to HDV playback rather than auto and that the iLink HDV/DV conversion is off. I've tried all the easy setups and all the custom ones I could think of but still FCP (5.1.4) won't allow me to capture. On some settings I have had device control but no image, on others it said the camera isn't connected. The only way I've captured footage is by using the HDV Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i50 which works fine.
The camera is a Sony HDR-HC7 connected directly to the iMac with a Firewire 800 / iLink cable or daisy chained through my external hard drive with a 400 / iLink cable (neither of which makes any difference) I can also capture SD footage from both the HDV and a Panasonic SD camera when in DV-PAL setup. The HDV camera also shows up as connected in the system profiler.
This is driving me nuts so any help would be appreciated and if there's any other info I can help with to make this clearer let me know.
Message was edited by: MrMajesticMole

I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who was having the same problem as you. Although you say the camera playback is set properly, please recheck this. go into your camera's playback menu>menu>standard set>VCR HDV/DV. Unplug your firewire from the camera. Make sure camera is set to HDV NOT auto. replace firewire cable. Now open FCP. Go in Audio/video settings>A/V devices (farthest tab on right). In box for playback edit to tape different from video output (make sure it's checked) mirrored (checked) Video playback 1080i50, Audio HDV. I hope that works now.
Steve

Capture dv footage on hdv camera audio disappearing ?

Problem with audio while capturing dv footage to fcp7 from my Canon xha1s
The footage is shot on down conversion dv settings from the Canon xha1s
The tapes also contain footage shot on a Sony vx1000 and a Canon gl-2
Heres where it gets weird
The footage from all three cameras plays back with audio perfectly no issue on the camera
The footage captures into fcp7 with audio synced and everything
everything i even put it on the timeline and it played back perfectly
BUT when i go to file the footage from the "capture scratch" folder Theres NO audio
Where normal clips read "untitled01.mov" These clips read "untitled01-v"
I get it. Video only. Can't find any settings change to fix this.
I found a way to make fcp7 press out the "untitled01-a" & "untitled01-v" which i could then file. Sync in editor and use just fine
But the type of footage im editing literally gives me hundreds and hundreds of clips and that process is simply too meticulous
And is out of the queststion
Please How do i capture both of these -a -v files as one simple .mov format video in this instance
It seems like because im getting the audio captured at one point, this problem would be solved by some obscure box that i need to check that i just can't find for some reason
Message was edited by: AntwonDogg

In FCP, go to the menu Final Cut Pro > System Settings and on the scratch disks tab, make sure Video Capture and Audio Capture are routed to the same drive destination:
Then click OK.
MtD

FCP unexpectedly quits when I try to capture HDV footage

I'm trying to capture HDV footage shot on the Canon XHA1 and my FCP unexpectedly quits every time. I've used this type of footage and camera before with no issues.
I've trashed the preferences, tried setting the scratch disk to an external drive and on the hard drive.
I'm not sure what to try next?
Do i have to re-install?
anything would help!
Thanks

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