[MacDV] Problems With DVDxDVPro

[Mark M. Florida]

On 7/1/04 11:26 AM, Neil Bennett at ibenz at mac.com wrote:

> Hi,
> I submitted a question to you recently about converting the contents of
> a DVD into a file that I could import into iMovie 4.
> The advice suggested that I try a piece of software called DVDxDVPro.
> Having purchased the software I have to say that I'm quite disappointed
> with the results. The sound is no where near as good as the original
> DVD, and the picture quality deteriorates when there is any movement in
> the movie. It produces horizontal lines/picture break up on any aspect
> of the film footage that is moving around.
> Have I done something incorrectly, or is this the sort of result that I
> should have expected?
> Thanks again
> Neil
> PS The version of DVDxDVPro that I am using is 1.022

Could be the codec you're converting to, or it could be that DVDxDV didn't
put the video fields in the right order (I use the non "pro" version of
DVDxDV and it swaps the fields on me sometimes).

- Mark