Video Editing

[cincybearcat]

I have gotten some new video editing software (Final Cut Pro on Mac), and am playing around with it.  What i want to do is pull in some video from my prior games and edit.  However, my games from prior years have already been "published" and burned to a DVD...so the software is not letting me import them as an editable vidoe.  My hunch is once you publish and finalize something like that onto a DVD, then it's not recognizing it as a file that can be imported.  Unfortunately i did not keep the original downloaded file from game tape exchange on my PC.  Anybody have a good work around (other than playing the DVD on a TV, and recording the screen on my video camera!!!)?

[TXMike]

Problem 1 - You are using a commie system (Mac)   

Mac is allegedly all about video, graphics, etc. Seems they should have a way to do this within the basic operating system software without an add on program. 

I use Corel VideoStudio  and it permits what you are trying to do (in a Windows environment).  You might want to see if they have a Mac version

[Osric Pureheart]

Is there not an "import from DVD" or "extract from DVD" option lurking somewhere in a sub-menu?

[Rulesman]

Problem 1 - You are using a commie system (Mac)   

Mac is allegedly all about video, graphics, etc. Seems they should have a way to do this within the basic operating system software without an add on program. 

I use Corel VideoStudio  and it permits what you are trying to do (in a Windows environment).  You might want to see if they have a Mac version

My question would be how do you get it from the DVR to your computer?

[TXMike]

I use an intermediary piece of equipment, a DVD recorder.  It records the video from DVR onto DVD which I then take to the 'puter.  (Yes there is probably an easier way but this is the way i know so this is what I do)

[cougar729]

I have an RCA cord (red, white, yellow) plug on the front of my HP computer, I can plug that into the Video/Audio out on my DVR, then my video editing software will import recording, I just have to hit record and play the DVR'ed program right onto the computer.

[WCFB]

What is the file extension of your DVD"s? Are they (.ifo) or do they read VIDEO_TS?

There is a bit of a problem using higher end video editing software and importing homemade DVD's with these extensions. It is possible but the quality of the import suffers.

Do you have a laptop or a Desktop Mac? You could get a capture card for your system. I use a HDTV capture card by Avermedia (PC) and i can import directly to PC via DVR or record live tv directly to my hard drive. Let me know what you are using and i can recommend something. They are pretty cheap i got my whole setup for about $110.00.

This option would also allow you to play it on your dvd player and export it directly to your computer. This way you would not lose much video quality.

[cincybearcat]

What is the file extension of your DVD"s? Are they (.ifo) or do they read VIDEO_TS?

There is a bit of a problem using higher end video editing software and importing homemade DVD's with these extensions. It is possible but the quality of the import suffers.

Do you have a laptop or a Desktop Mac? You could get a capture card for your system. I use a HDTV capture card by Avermedia (PC) and i can import directly to PC via DVR or record live tv directly to my hard drive. Let me know what you are using and i can recommend something. They are pretty cheap i got my whole setup for about $110.00.

This option would also allow you to play it on your dvd player and export it directly to your computer. This way you would not lose much video quality.

They are "video TS".  I did a google for "how to import DVD into Final Cut Pro" and got several hits, so must be a common question.  Looks like there is some pretty simple software out there that "rips" from DVD back into a .mov or .mp4 file that works.  Thanks to all.