Help with editing vids

[leed17]

Hi,
Newbie here - here is my dilemma. I transferred a bunch of old VHS tapes from the 80's and 90's years ago using a good ole VCR and transferred to DVD-R using a Panasonic DVD-recorder. The results were good, but I realized after a while that the DVD-r result was less than stellar color-wise (kind of washed out, blah), etc. I discovered DaVinci Resolve, and also used iMovie and started trying to take those DVD-r vids and edit the color to make them pop. Using DaVinci on my iMac, the end result colorwise was great, but every video I made and burned to DVD-r looked a little choppy, not as clear and smooth as the original DVD. To get the video on to the iMac to edit in DaVinci, I ripped using Handbrake with a ton of different settings. The best setting seemed to be when I use Production Max...after getting that file on to the computer, I opened it up in DaVinci and edited it, then exported using Apple Pro Res settings, or h.264 - both looked pretty good, but still not as smooth and clear as the original. Still some choppyness, artifacts with fast movement, etc.

What am I doing wrong? or, better, what can I do to get the ripped video to look EXACTLY like the original so when I edit in DaVinci it just changes the colors, nothing else.
Help!! (I've burned so many DVD-r's that I probably am keeping the local Wal-Mart in business in their electronics section)

[davexnet]

Is the dvd video interlaced? Did you account for it in your work flow?

[Cornucopia]

If you are using Handbrake, you aren't "ripping", you are "ripping + converting". And the conversion is (probably badly) deinterlacing the footage.

Scott

[leed17]

Is the dvd video interlaced? Did you account for it in your work flow?

I honestly don't know if it is interlaced - it is from a DVD-r that I transferred a VHS quality video to...how do I know? Sorry, new at this...

[leed17]

If you are using Handbrake, you aren't "ripping", you are "ripping + converting". And the conversion is (probably badly) deinterlacing the footage.

Scott

I have deinterlacing turned off in Handbrake if that means anything...I am only using Handbrake because it appears to be the more powerful way to rip. I know it converts too, but I think I have to convert the original video because DaVinci Resolve doesn't import .VOB files or mpg files...the only way I can "auto correct the color" is by converting than dumping into DaVinci - I think...

[leed17]

I guess what I would like input from anyone about is:

Is there a way to set handbrake to rip an exact, duplicate copy of the original vob file from the DVD - exact same quality, file size, etc.? (so if I burned the file that was ripped from handbrake on my hard drive to a dvd, it would look exactly the same as the original)
Or is there another program I should be using to get that exact copy on to the hard drive for burning/editing?

Thanks to anyone who can help!

[davexnet]

Try DVDFab, the ripping functionality is free
https://www.dvdfab.cn/mlink/download.php?g=DVDFab12_x64_FULL&af=m767uti6sqh1dK4C