When I am capturing a home dvd to FCP it only captures 16 seconds

I am transferring my home dvd to FCP but as I capture it only allows me to record for 16 seconds then stops, telling me I am at the end of my tape? How can I solve this?
Thanks,
Tom

You can't transfer DVD video files directly into FCP.
1. Copy the VIDEO_TS folder to your hard drive.
2. Download MPEG Streamclip (free) and use it to extract and convert the VOB files found in the VIDEO_TS folder to a codec that FCP can work with, such as those found in the Easy Setup menu.
3. Import the converted files into FCP

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After looking at my post yesterday, I can see it was a bit harsh, sorry! We all have ways of doing things, it just that in my experience after wasting considerable time and money, trouble shooting over the years, the suggestion of a once a year install, has really reduced issues with my up-time.
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Time for a reality check: burned DVDs (and even stamped DVDs) are NOT 100% compatible with all DVD-Video reading devices. Period. It just the Nature of the technology and that fact that player and drive manufacturers rush products to market that are not fully in compliance with the DVD-Video standard.
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