5-sesecond shot from DVD to DV-NTSC-MacDV Digest #1764

[Ted Langdell]

Lowell...

The simplest way to do this is play the DVD back on a standalone DVD player,
to which you've hooked up a DV camera that has an analog input and can
convert analog NTSC to DV.  Or, through your breakout box on your Mac.

You don't say whether you've tried this, yet.

The quality isn't going to change a whole lot, and for a five second shot,
you'll save yourself a whole lot of agony and multiple steps that probably
won't get you the quality you're looking for.

Ted.

> From: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 22:32:47 -0800
> To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: MacDV Digest #1764
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> Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 17:45:23 -0800
> Subject: [MacDV] convert DVD to DV-NTSC
> From: Lowell Peterson <lowell at peterson.net>
> Message-ID: <BA056F33.1287E%lowell at peterson.net>
> 
> I want to convert one 5-second shot on a commercial DVD to DV-NTSC, but in
> the absolute best video quality possible. It's for my professional
> cinematography show-reel which I am creating for the first time via FCP.
> 
> I've read many DVD ripping tutorials and tried a lot of what's out there.
> The best result I've achieved has been to use 0SEx to convert the DVD
> chapter from my Superdrive to a M2V file. Then I tried using Media Pipe to
> convert the M2V file to a MPV file. But when I open this file in QuickTime
> the video quality is not good enough.
> 
> Is there a Mac software means to achieve a top-quality DVD conversion? If
> not, an alternative for me is to buy a Macrovision-free DVD player and
> convert the analog DVD out from that machine via a break-out box into my
> Mac.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> 
> Lowell Peterson ASC
> Los Angeles CA
> 
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