[MacDV] Breaking DVD Film Up Into Clips

[TUCKER ian]

Hi Gregg,

Yes, "automatically" breaking up the video into clips is exactly what  
I meant.

I appreciate you taking the time to do some searching and I have now  
visited the site.     " Scene Detector" sure looks the goods!

I am off on a week's fishing on South Australia's Eyre Psa. tomorrow,  
but look forward to trying out the Appn. (Price $74.) upon my return.

Once again, this List proves how valuable it can be!

Thanks again,
Ian Tucker


On 28/08/2008, at 5:18 AM, Gregg Gorrie wrote:

> I'm assuming you mean "automatically" breaking up the video into  
> individual
> clips.
>
> I just did a Google search - most of the solutions seemed to be PC/ 
> Windows
> based - and was about to give up when I stumbled on this. Seems to be
> exactly what you're looking for and works directly with FCP projects:
>
> <http://www.scene-detector.com/>
>
> I wish I had this when I was editing 20+ hours of my dad's old VHS  
> footage.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Gregg
>
> on 8/25/08 6:57 PM, TUCKER ian at carlian at picknowl.com.au wrote:
>
>> I forwarded the the following message last evening:-
>>
>>
>> I am currently re-editing some old analogue VHS tapes of holidays.
>> I am doing this by playing the VHS tapes in a VCR and recording them
>> onto DVD's in our lounge room DVD player/recorder.  Following this, I
>> am playing the DVD disc in my Mac. and recording it in FCP (latest
>> edition).   Because there is no time code I am having to physically
>> break the film up into clips either by the Blade tool, or using the  
>> in
>> and out keys.
>>
>> Is there any process I can use that will break the imported film into
>> individual clips?   I know this is a long shot, but just  
>> maybe.......?
>>
>> Ian T.
>>
>> I appreciate the various responses, but somehow the subject matter  
>> has
>> seemed to have wandered off track.
>>
>> I have a Sony  HDR-HCV video camera which will not allow analogue
>> input/digital output through to the computer.
>>
>> Awhile back I purchased an Elgato Eye TV package which allows my S- 
>> VCR
>> to be connected to  my computer  via a loom and box with s-Video and
>> audio cables.   However I found this process rather cumbersome and  
>> the
>> result was not too smart.
>>
>> I resorted to my current process and I have been pleased with the   
>> the
>> results.
>>
>> My problem is the splitting of the film into clips once I have
>> captured it on the computer.   I will have a look at MPEG-Streamclip
>> as suggested by sb.
>>
>> Thanks .
>>
>> Ian T.
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> Gregg
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