LDMartin1959
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I make to claims to great (or even modest) editing skill. I'd be please if I were 1/10 as good as the editors whose work I have seen via fan edits. However, I'd like to try my hand at it. I am running up against a few issues and I am hoping there are those amoungst the experienced fan editors who can help. I would appreciate any comments, suggestions or questions for clarification. I will try to provide as much detail as I can but in my ignorance and inexperience I may leave out something relevant.
I have an iMac on the hardware side (I know, I'd prefer to have a pro machine, but money is an issue. What can I say...), Final Cut X, HandBrake, RipIt, MPEG StreamClip, iDVD (for what it's worth -- doesn't seem to work well on Mountain Lion), Roxio Toast...hmmmm, what else might be relevant...?
I saw it mentioned in my research that .VOB files are essentially MPEG-2 files (which FCx does import) and that simply renaming them to .MPG would allow them to be imported into FC. Didn't work for me. In exploring methods of importing the files into FC I began looking at HandBrake. It was suggested to me on the HB forums that this was not the best route to go: "Don't use lossy intermediate compression for export to FC or any other NLE. Handbrake is a delivery encoder, and not designed for infrastructure. Import your BDAV directly into FC, decrypting and/or remuxing first as necessary....render a LOSSLESS intermediate..." I am not using Blu-Ray but in keeping with the spirit of the advice I am attempting to create a lossless intermediate.
I was directed to a application called MPEG StreamClip. This seems to be a solution although I am having some issues. When trying open the DVD files directly I get the message, "File open error: the first part of the file is not valid". I suspect I know the reason for that, so I have taken steps to get around that issue (discretion dictates I go no further). After this little side-step, I can not get to the movie content using "Open DVD" (not sure why because I can get to it fine in HandBrake, VLC Lan and DVD Player) so I use "Open File" and have the app open all the files. I avoid the invalid message but then run into the message, "Warning: the stream may have timecode breaks. Please use "Fix Timecode Breaks" to fix this stream." I don't know if this is an indication of an issue with the content or simply due to the fact that I am having to use the "Open File" method. Anyone have any thoughts on this message?
I am exporting to .DV as some of the material I have read seems to suggest this is the best format choice for avoiding compression. Yes/No?
Also, is there any reason to use or not use the "Split DVD Stream Into Segments"?
Because money is an issue for me at the moment, I am interested in getting MPEG StreamClip to be my conversion tool of choice. But if there is a significantly better option that is inexpensive (as defined as, I'm not working right now so any expenditure of any significance needs extreme justification) I would be interested in hearing about it.
Thank you in advance for the assistance, advice and direction.
I have an iMac on the hardware side (I know, I'd prefer to have a pro machine, but money is an issue. What can I say...), Final Cut X, HandBrake, RipIt, MPEG StreamClip, iDVD (for what it's worth -- doesn't seem to work well on Mountain Lion), Roxio Toast...hmmmm, what else might be relevant...?
I saw it mentioned in my research that .VOB files are essentially MPEG-2 files (which FCx does import) and that simply renaming them to .MPG would allow them to be imported into FC. Didn't work for me. In exploring methods of importing the files into FC I began looking at HandBrake. It was suggested to me on the HB forums that this was not the best route to go: "Don't use lossy intermediate compression for export to FC or any other NLE. Handbrake is a delivery encoder, and not designed for infrastructure. Import your BDAV directly into FC, decrypting and/or remuxing first as necessary....render a LOSSLESS intermediate..." I am not using Blu-Ray but in keeping with the spirit of the advice I am attempting to create a lossless intermediate.
I was directed to a application called MPEG StreamClip. This seems to be a solution although I am having some issues. When trying open the DVD files directly I get the message, "File open error: the first part of the file is not valid". I suspect I know the reason for that, so I have taken steps to get around that issue (discretion dictates I go no further). After this little side-step, I can not get to the movie content using "Open DVD" (not sure why because I can get to it fine in HandBrake, VLC Lan and DVD Player) so I use "Open File" and have the app open all the files. I avoid the invalid message but then run into the message, "Warning: the stream may have timecode breaks. Please use "Fix Timecode Breaks" to fix this stream." I don't know if this is an indication of an issue with the content or simply due to the fact that I am having to use the "Open File" method. Anyone have any thoughts on this message?
I am exporting to .DV as some of the material I have read seems to suggest this is the best format choice for avoiding compression. Yes/No?
Also, is there any reason to use or not use the "Split DVD Stream Into Segments"?
Because money is an issue for me at the moment, I am interested in getting MPEG StreamClip to be my conversion tool of choice. But if there is a significantly better option that is inexpensive (as defined as, I'm not working right now so any expenditure of any significance needs extreme justification) I would be interested in hearing about it.
Thank you in advance for the assistance, advice and direction.