Importing DVD into FCP

video comes in fine but audio does not playback files are coming in as QT's Can anyone help?

Copy the VIDEO_TS folder from the DVD to your computer.
Open MPEG Streamclip. Go to File > Open Files. Choose VOB 1.1 - you dont need VOB.1 usually.
You will be asked if you want the other VOB files -you do ( depending how long your DVD is)
You might be asked if timecode breaks should be fixed - say yes.
Go to File > Export as QuickTime. Right at the top , you will see Apple Motion JPEG A.
Click on it and choose DV NTSC or PAL as appropriate. Set Quality to 100%.
Click Make Movie at bottom right. Wait.
Bring it into FCP with your Easy Seup on DV NTSC (or PAL) with Sequence Settings to match.
Edit to your hearts content. It really is that easy

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