[MacDV] Re: Editing from DVD

[Ken McNamara]

Exactly - has anyone tried this?  Comments on result?

After all, the picture on the screen is certainly not degraded.  So
you'd expect the capture (or conversion) to be at least that quality.

KenMc

Thubten Kunga wrote:
> 
> What about passing the analog output from the DVD Player into a DV
> camera or deck that allows the signal to be transcoded and passed
> through and out the 1394 port and into the computer as a new DV stream
> for editing in iMovie or FCE or FCP?
> 
> k
> 
> On Friday, February 7, 2003, at 12:01  PM, Ken McNamara wrote:
> 
> > I know this is not recommended - specifically, editing from an MPEG2
> > file.
> >
> > But, has anyone tried capturing from the analog DVD player - then
> > editing and outputing that material?
> >
> > I don't have any intention of doing this for serious work - but I keep
> > getting the question from friends who want to write there analog
> > material to DVD for storage.  I've always told them you can't edit the
> > result (and be satisfied with the result).
> >
> > Thoughts?  Experience?
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