getting material from dvd in fcp

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getting material from dvd in fcp

Hi!
I don´t know how to get material (I suppose digibeta from TV) in fcp. I only get Video and Audio seperated! Will the quality of the material be better, if I get the original digibeta material?
Help!
Mel

Posted on Nov 4, 2005 6:13 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 4, 2005 8:36 AM in response to Melanie Kirchhof

I'm not sure what your situation is there, Melanie. Is the material encoded onto a viewable DVD? Or a QuickTime stored on it as a DVDROM? If encoded as a DVD, then yes, you would be far better off getting the original source tapes. If the QuickTimes are stored on a DVDROM, be sure to drag them to your media HD before using them, they won't playback fast enough from the DVD.

Patrick

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Answer 2

Nov 4, 2005 12:27 PM in response to Patrick Sheffield

Hi Patrick,
it is a viewable dvd and .vob files. And I´m not able to get them all. I can see far more material on the dvd player.
Thanks! Mel

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Answer 3

Nov 4, 2005 2:11 PM in response to Melanie Kirchhof

To transcode DVD material to an editable format like DV, you can use MPEG Streamclip or DVDxDV. I've used MPEG Streamclip many times and it has worked great. Others have had similar praise about DVDxDV.

Good luck, post back.

Patrick

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Answer 4

Nov 5, 2005 1:33 AM in response to Patrick Sheffield

Hi Patrick!
Thank you so much! But how does that work? No idea...Should I do that by my self? Mel

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Answer 5

Nov 5, 2005 8:27 AM in response to Melanie Kirchhof

Sorry, not following the whole thread, this may have been mentioned.

Put the DVD into a DVD Player and hook the player up to your camcorder or DV deck and the deck to FCP. Capture Now.

bogiesan

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Answer 6

Nov 5, 2005 12:47 PM in response to David Bogie Chq-1

David,thanks!!!
I´ll try that! Mel

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