Importing and re-editing movies

I'm doing a little school video project that requires re-editing some films on DVD. To do this, I need to know...
What is the best way to import a movie from DVD to a file format that can be edited in FCP without rendering, or killing my external harddrive (750gigs)?
What is the best way to convert video files already on my computer into files FCP can handle? What settings should I use?
Thanks in advance for the answers!

Hi there
There are many ways of doing this. You can as mentioned 'rip out' the DVD compressed content using one of the free utility SW out there, or you can play the DVD and 'dub' it back to DV tape (this might be an option for you, if you don't want to use your hard drive. But if you do so, you may need to re-capture the 'now tape content' to your scratch disk [internal or external HD]) or last but not least, if you know the person who initially edited the footage, you may if (s)he still have the raw material - that worked for me once.
In regard to your Memory concern, I recommend that you always capture your Media files to external scratch disk (Hard drive).
Good luck!

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