Ripping DVD on PC and converting for Final Cut Pro Editing

[LABachlr]

I'm assuming this is the best place to post this question. I've ripped a DVD with my PC and want to put it in the best format for someone to edit in Final Cut Pro.

1. Can the dvd player that comes with a Mac open a .vob file? Can a person just go to FILE>OPEN and open and play a raw dvd file (.vob file)? You can on a PC.

If you can, then that's great, as the person I am going to give this to can take it from there.

However, if that is not the case, then I need to find a format that will have the quality that is as close to a raw DVD file as possible.

I tried this process:

Ripped DVD>DVD2AVI>TMPGEnc (converted to VCD .mpg file)

When I did this, when I played it in Quicktime Pro on my PC, it was able to play it perfectly. However, when I tried to export it as a .mov file, there was no audio. I'm guessing it simply could not read the format.

2. Is there a way to import the original audio file (.wav file) into Quicktime Pro so that it would replace the audio file that is part of the vcd file? If so, how?

I had the Mac person try to use the vcd (mpg) file, but when they downloaded it from the net, it would only allow them to save it as a .mov file. So, when they tried to play the file in Final Cut Pro, it was able to play the video, but not the audio, as I had suspected based on the results with QT Pro.

3. If they were to change the file extension back to .mpg, would they then get the audio back?

4. How can you change the extension of a file on a Mac?

5. What would be the easiest way to go about converting my .vob file into a file that Final Cut Pro can read perfectly (highest quality possible, please)?

[galactica]

I'm assuming this is the best place to post this question. I've ripped a DVD with my PC and want to put it in the best format for someone to edit in Final Cut Pro.

1. Can the dvd player that comes with a Mac open a .vob file? Can a person just go to FILE>OPEN and open and play a raw dvd file (.vob file)? You can on a PC.

If you can, then that's great, as the person I am going to give this to can take it from there.

Sure, but not with the apple dvd player. Get VLC and you got drag and drop .vob viewing

I tried this process:

Ripped DVD>DVD2AVI>TMPGEnc (converted to VCD .mpg file)

When I did this, when I played it in Quicktime Pro on my PC, it was able to play it perfectly. However, when I tried to export it as a .mov file, there was no audio. I'm guessing it simply could not read the format.

2. Is there a way to import the original audio file (.wav file) into Quicktime Pro so that it would replace the audio file that is part of the vcd file? If so, how?

Questoin.. why not just do all this on the mac? The dvd can go to divx using Handbrake in a single click! or you can even go to .mpeg like you did for your step but what horrible loss of quality going to VCD!

I had the Mac person try to use the vcd (mpg) file, but when they downloaded it from the net, it would only allow them to save it as a .mov file. So, when they tried to play the file in Final Cut Pro, it was able to play the video, but not the audio, as I had suspected based on the results with QT Pro.

Save will only be .mov He/she needs to choose EXPORT to have it do any sort of conversion.

3. If they were to change the file extension back to .mpg, would they then get the audio back?

not likely, but its worth a try?!

4. How can you change the extension of a file on a Mac?

click on the file name once and then move the mouse away from that name it will change to a typable field. Or you can right click on the icon, choose get info and go to Name and Extensions and rename it

5. What would be the easiest way to go about converting my .vob file into a file that Final Cut Pro can read perfectly (highest quality possible, please)?

cant help ya here, dont use FCP much. Look for FCPguy to reply

[LABachlr]

Sure, but not with the apple dvd player. Get VLC and you got drag and drop .vob viewing

Very cool. Thanks. Hopefully that will work, but not sure. She needs to play it, and then somehow capture it with FCP while it is playing.

Questoin.. why not just do all this on the mac? The dvd can go to divx using Handbrake in a single click! or you can even go to .mpeg like you did for your step but what horrible loss of quality going to VCD!

Can FCP read divx? Would going to .mpeg with Handbrake render quality loss, or are you only referring to my VCD version?

Save will only be .mov He/she needs to choose EXPORT to have it do any sort of conversion.

You're saying EXPORT in FCP, right? If it can't read the audio while it's playing, then it's not going to be able to export it.

not likely, but its worth a try?!

We'll see...

click on the file name once and then move the mouse away from that name it will change to a typable field. Or you can right click on the icon, choose get info and go to Name and Extensions and rename it

Cool. Thanks.

cant help ya here, dont use FCP much. Look for FCPguy to reply

No problem. Thanks for the help.

[LABachlr]

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[galactica]

sorry, earlier you were talking about quicktime pro, so i assumes you already knew that the source should be DV for FCP

i thought you were trying to export as DV from quicktime pro.

going about this the whole wrong way if you converted the dvd to vcd for edting - huge quality loss. Handbrake is a dvd2divx for mac, so its also going to be a quality loss

there was discussion in here on DVD editing in FCP check that out

if the mac has a superdrive, you would be better off just ripping and doing all the conversion on it rather than try to "save time" by doing some of the work on the pc simply because you will have to transfer the movie some how and were talking at the minimum 4.4 gigs of data here which would be on a dvd so why not just use the mac's drive do the ripping and editing on there?

just a thought