converting DVD to quicktime movies

sjpc0 · Post by **sjpc0** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:30 am

Hi All
I'm working on a soundtrack for which the producers are sending me scenes in DVD format. DP needs quicktime movies. How do I convert these to enable them in DP?
thanks
AC

jstaczek · Post by **jstaczek** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:36 am

http://handbrake.m0k.org/

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:45 am

This is good, free from Apple

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/v ... mclip.html

kind regards

Stephen

sjpc0 · Post by **sjpc0** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:06 am

Thanks for the replies
I don't have the MPEG 2 playback component. Do I need to buy that first for either the streamclip 1.8 or the handbrake?
cheers
AC

dave pine · Post by **dave pine** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:16 am

just try streamclip, it's free and worked great for me the other day.

sjpc0 · Post by **sjpc0** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:55 am

Thanks.
Did give it a try.
When I try to open a file--in my case they are VOB files it gives me a blank field with a scroll bar. At various times it tells me to get the MPEG 2 component. I'm doing something wrong it seems?
Any thoughts
AC

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:30 pm

I'd buy the mpeg 2 component, it's not that expensive.

kind regards

Stephen

stephentayler · Post by **stephentayler** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:35 pm

MPEG 2 component is only $19.99, can be downloaded from Apple.

The trick is also to open the correct VOB files, some may appear blank, trial and error is the best bet.

kind regards

Stephen

sjpc0 · Post by **sjpc0** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:59 pm

yes, I'll get the mpeg 2 and see what's what.
Thanks everyone
AC

abruzzi · Post by **abruzzi** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:26 pm

better off just using handbrake--nothing to buy as it uses MP4, which is natively supported in qt.

Geof

nickysnd · Post by **nickysnd** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:24 pm

abruzzi wrote:better off just using handbrake--nothing to buy as it uses MP4, which is natively supported in qt.

Geof

I second Geof, handbrake works great.

Mr_Clifford · Post by **Mr_Clifford** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 6:54 pm

sjpc0 wrote:Hi All
I'm working on a soundtrack for which the producers are sending me scenes in DVD format. DP needs quicktime movies. How do I convert these to enable them in DP?
thanks
AC

I just tell them that DVD is an unacceptable delivery format and that I expect a Quicktime file (burnt in timcode yada yada..). It generally gets results, quickly.

I refuse to waste time having to do all the messing around with pulling stuff off a DVD.

sjpc0 · Post by **sjpc0** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:18 am

Mr_Clifford wrote:

I just tell them that DVD is an unacceptable delivery format and that I expect a Quicktime file (burnt in timcode yada yada..). It generally gets results, quickly.

I refuse to waste time having to do all the messing around with pulling stuff off a DVD.

That is what I usually do but in this case the request illicited a reaction of--we'll have to do this overnight as it will take us hours to output. Thus began my quest.

Mr_Clifford · Post by **Mr_Clifford** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:30 am

sjpc0 wrote: That is what I usually do but in this case the request illicited a reaction of--we'll have to do this overnight as it will take us hours to output. Thus began my quest.

I know what you mean. I've done it before in order to get working on the project while they exported the proper QT file and put it in the mail (adding an extra few days to the process).

Ripping the video off the DVD was quite easy, but I had to download an other program onto my Windows 98 PC ('ac3 tool' i think it was called) in order to get the audio into a useable format. After that, I just put my foot down.

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