DVD Footage to compressor

If I use mpeg streamclip to pull footage off DVD - after I edit it and export to quicktime via fcp should I still export it to compressor or can I just use DVD studio or iDVD. In my previous workflow I would export to iDVD or dd studio pro but wanted to know if there is more benefit exporting it to compressor. And from compressor send it to DVD. Thanks

To help you in your decision making, here's a very helpful website that outlines the workflow from FCP to Compressor to DVD Studio Pro.
http://dvdstepbystep.com/

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Converting DVD Footage for Editing

It is always best to start the editing process with the highest quality, least compressed video format you can obtain. However, sometimes the only source you have for footage is from a DVD*. But since DVD footage is highly compressed and specially formatted as VOB files in order to meet the DVD-Video specification, the files on the DVD must be converted if you plan to edit them in Final Cut.
There are many apps available for converting DVD footage, but it is extremely important that you use the right tool for doing this if you plan to edit the footage. Beware that some apps, like Handbrake, are not designed to convert to an editing format. Using the wrong app can mean wasted time, unneeded quality loss due to multiple conversions, needless rendering in FCP and just plain frustrating.
The two recommended apps for conversion to an editing format are DVDxDV and MPEG Streamclip.
DVDxDV – http://www.dvdxdv.com/NewFolderLookSite/Products/DVDxDV.overview.htm
MPEG Streamclip – http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html
Nick Holmes has prepared an excellent, step-by-step tutorial on how to do this using the freeware application MPEG Streamclip which can be found here: http://www.secondchairvideo.com/?p=739 (thanks, Nick!). Be sure to read both parts.
-DH
* always make sure you have proper rights and licensing from the copyright owner when using any footage other than your own. DVDxDV and MPEG Streamclip should not be used to convert footage from commercially released DVDs.

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.

PAL DVD footage to NTSC

Hi all,
I've got a client with DVD footage from Lithuania, all regions enabled, but in the PAL video format. They have asked that I rip the video and audio so they can upload portions of it to their website. The client has the copyright and everything, but I'm really lost as how to get this into FCP and output it as NTSC. When importing from DVD to FCP in the past I have connected the DVD player to the computer through firewire and set it as a non-controllable device. Rough, but it works. However when I try that with the PAL footage, it is unable to recognize the video. I've changed the input to PAL, so I don't believe it is that.
Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated. I'm pretty lost at this point! Thanks!

If its only for the web, there is no need to convert to NTSC. The computer will play it back regardless of the local TV standard. You can make the whole thing in PAL unless you have to mix NTSC footage with it.
To extract the DVD to an editable format, use [MPEG Streamclip|http://www.ssquared5.com]
If you must convert to NTSC, [JES Deinterlacer|http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/jesdeinterlacer.html] will give good results. Conversion will take a while, be patient.

Converting dvd footage into Premiere

Hi everyone, I have a question and I really need helpp with this. I have the CS6 Mater Suite and I want to use dvd footage from films for use in doing film reviews. I know the tools are here somewhere, but I need help with ow to transfer the dvd to be able to edit it into clips for my reviews. Please, please help me with this. Thanks.
John

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1407938?tstart=0 may help
I do NOT know if that discussion will help with copy protected commercial discs

Best Settings for Exporting DVD Footage in a Movie File

Hello,
I've been trying to find the best settings for exporting DVD footage into a movie file from Adobe Premiere CS6.
I recently have been using my Magnavox DVD recorder for recording VHS tapes that I made long ago for shows and various other things, and no matter what, my footage doesn't come out as it needs to be.
Here's an example of what I did recently with my own settings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFV4sT7rHGs
I'm not expecting HD footage, I know these are tapes, but I'm playing the raw footage on my Xbox 360, and it looks better than this. I had to directly use the VOB files on the DVD for this, as trying to rip the files into an AVI or any other format with a DVD ripper didn't do anything, in fact it degraded the quality and made the audio not play in Premiere.
So what would be some good settings for exporting a sequence with DVD footage that is from a VHS into a movie file, preferably one that wouldn't degrade the quality?
Thanks!

First, read Why not edit mpeg http://tangentsoft.net/video/mpeg/edit.html to get a general idea of why a VOB makes a very poor source file (which is a renamed MPG, with some other stuff like menu screens)
Also, Read Bill Hunt on editing a VOB/MPG file http://forums.adobe.com/thread/464549
Once you have a DVD compliant VOB on your timeline, and understanding that a standalone DVD recorder sometimes plays fast-n-loose with "compliance" per the DVD specification, about all you can do is export to standard or widescreen DV AVI and accept the fact that re-encoding an already compressed file is just not going to give great results

Chapters don't show in DVD burned from Compressor 4

I followed instructions for setting chapter markers in FCP X and they don't show up in DVD created from Compressor 4 output. The chapters do show up under the "video" menu in Compressor 4 output settings, but only project title shows in the menu on finished DVD.
Am I missing a step somewhere?
I also wonder if I should invest in "Toast" software for more flexibility in output to DVD.
Any help on this topic would be appreciated

tonyfromold saybrook wrote:
I also wonder if I should invest in "Toast" software for more flexibility in output to DVD.
Possibly – if you need the capability for multiple tracks and/or a bit more choice in menus. But you don't need Toast for chapter navigation.
Russ

How can I make DVD menus in Compressor 4?

I was wondering how can I make dvd menus in compressor 4?

I found out you can make chapters..youmake markers first...then you can re-name..there is a box nearby

I need import dvd content to compressor or FCP to re encode for web

I need import dvd content to compressor or FCP to re encode for web
Is there a short cut?
When I tried, only the video went as the audio seems to be embedded. How can I encode a DVD to and Mpeg4 file with the audio?
Thank you all in advance.

Google MPEG Streamclip. It's free and works! This questions gets asked a lot. Take advantage of search when you can.

Transfering dvd footage to FCP

Hi, Is it possible to transfer dvd footage into FCP for editing.
Thanks,
Maz

1. Download and install MPEG Streamclip
2. Open VTS011.VOB (and choose Open all files) in MPEG Streamclip
3. Set your in/out points (hit the letter "i" where you want the clip to start, and the letter "o" where you want the clip to stop)
4. Select the Edit menu and choose Trim
5. Choose File -> Export to QuickTime (select a video format suited for editing)
As others have already mentioned, this will not work on copy protected DVDs.

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.

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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.
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4:3 DVD footage in 16:9 canvas choppy when compressed played back on plasma

I have a small 9 min job where I'm using a VOB file from a DVD (4:3) and placing it in a 16:9 canvas with pillars on either side. Built in FCP, output in Compressor, and burned to disc in DVD Pro. After following the usual steps I take when working with this type of source footage, the image on the plasma 16:9 came out really choppy during camera pans. Tried compressing it at Best VBR, Deinterlace, and so on, but it only seems to be getting worse. Any suggestions? Am I missing something? Is the problem in FCP, Compressor, or possibly (though I doubt it) DVD Pro? Please give detailed suggestions from pixel dimension to bit rates, etc. if you can. Thanks.

It sounds like you've set FCE a widescreen or anamorphic and put 4:3 material in it. Check item properties for the clip and then set easy setup to match that. Then make a new sequence and edit into it. The audio will still need to be rendered because it's the wrong format.

Poor Quality DVD footage

Hi There
I wandered if anyone can help, please!
From FCP, I've exported a QuickTime movie using compressor and the XD CAM 1080 25p codec (as this is the source footage). Open the mov in QT and it plays perfectly.
I create and burn my disk using DVDSP (4.2.1) and the footage looks terrible. It's quite smeary and in parts, seems to drag. It looks like and interlacing problem but I've shot and exported progressively.
Is there something I'm doing wrong between exporting from FCP and burning from DVDSP?
Any help greatly appreciated!

> okay, let me be more general
I think you mean SPECIFIC
> what's the best method for creating a dvd from footage shot on HDCam,
downconverted to DVCam, and now ready for output
Let's stop here for a moment . . . HOW did you downconvert?
> problem i'm having is getting a nice, clean output on
the dvd.
WHY . . . describe what is wrong with the result?
Presumably, you've checked this on a Professional monitor - or at least a TV? A computer screen won't give you a true picture.
> compressor simply locked up my computer
Are you running any anti-virus software?
How much RAM and Processor Power do you have?
And whilst we're on the subject, how much free space on your Hard Drive?
And are your MEDIA Files (not FCP clips) on a different drive to your Mac System?
We need information before we can help you.
Andy
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"I've taught you all I know, and still you know nothing".

Importing DVD footage to iMovie!?

I'm a little frustrated, since I bought iLife mostly for iMovie (to edit my acting reel myself) and Garageband.
I've tried importing the contents of the DVD several ways (dragged it into the Media folder while iMovie was shut, then re-opening it) but nothing seems to work. Is it because:
a- Perhaps I don't have the lastest OSX version - 10.4?
b- The contents in the DVD are not DV ready? (if so, how do I select the files to make sure they are DV ready?
Help anyone?
Thanks,
Elizabeth

Hi Liz,
I'm very sure, I've posted that workaround a thousands times here...
in case you're interested in the details:
for editing, you need every frame of the footage (you've heard, a video contains 30/25 frames a second...); DV, which is a socalled compressor, stores every frame (on tape, which has a similiar name, miniDV)... in result, you get ~13GB of data an hour of dv.... a video-dvd stores just 4.4GB... but you want to watch more then ~20minutes of video before changing the dvd... what to do? use another compressor, called mpeg2; that compressor is meant for playback... nice results, BUT not meant for editing purposes; the basic difference to dv is, it stores just the delta of many frames, that means, it stores the differences between two (or more) frames. if you want to edit such material, in a high computing process you have to "estimate" the content of every frame to restore it for editing purposes......
same with any other mpeg flavor, as is mpg1/2/4/hs263/hs64/.......
iM6 allows import of mpeg4 files, generated by some "toys" not meant for filming as mobile phones etc. that footage has to be converted first, into Apple Intermediate Codec.... high computation...... it would make absolute no sense, to convert mpeg2 content into mpeg4 into dv/aic.... mpeg codecs are lossy, meaning, any conversion results in a (dramatic) loss of pic quality.
socalled HD-camcorders store in mpeg2 too, but that is another cup of tea......
any detail in better english - do some wiki ;-)))

Export to DVD Studio using Compressor

I just finished burning a DVD and the quality is terrible: colors all washed out; audio comes in and out. It's a 34 minute video. My export work flow was as follows: First exported by created a Quicktime reference movie. In Compressor, settings were DVD 90 min Best Quality.
What might have I done wrong? What other information should I provide here?

The footage looked bad in the DVDSP viewer. I'm relatively inexperienced with DVDSP. Here's my confusion: I've googled "FCP export to DVD" and I see (seemingly) conflicting suggested workflows: Some suggest exporting your sequence to Compressor. Others recommend converting to a Quicktime reference movie first (as I did) before sending to Compressor. Not sure which is the most appropriate approach, and whether my choice of work flow impacted the ultimately quality of my DVD output.

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