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

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