dvd camcorders and final cut pro

how could I take video off of a dvd camcorder and edit it in
final cut HD?
I cant figure it out
if any one knows I would be extremely grateful
thanks in advance
I do love all you mac people you always help
me so much

thanks

If it is burned to a standard format DVD you can use a program like DVDxDV to rip the video from the DVD into the FCP/iMovie format. That's the best DVD to FCP program I have found so far.

http://www.dvdxdv.com/

Which camcorder are using? Does it have a firewire port?

no Fire wire

I use mini dv tapes all the time
I am very aware
of it

Is there a way to record on to thge dv in a data format so you can rip clips of of it
or is it only a dvd ripping solution?


thanks friemds

and thast software is for mac right!

adamxj2 said:

Is there a way to record on to thge dv in a data format so you can rip clips of of it or is it only a dvd ripping solution?

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I'm not entirely sure what you are asking...

The program I referred to allows you to select clips within a DVD disk and save them as DV Data files on your hard drive... these files can be directly imported into FCP without any rendering.

Now I do know of software out there that will allow you to use DV tapes as a data storage solution... But I don't remember the name of it off the top of my head.

i just want to import what is on the cameras disc onto my mac there is no firewire
There is usb but I dont think My mac will recognize the camera from a usb wire
do you know what I mean
Sorry if I am confusing
it is a sony 403 or something very similar
i have a dual 1.8 G5

Gotcha... then a program like DVDxDV would rip the finalized DVD disks into FCP just fine. Now one thing to take into account is that you may need to use an external DVD player that uses a tray... as the slot loading drive on you G5 will probably not accept the smaller 8CM DVDs that the DVD403 uses.

Another option is to convert the finalized disk to MPEG-4 using an app like OpenShiiva and from there use Quicktime to convert it to DV. I just have found DVDxDV to be a much faster, albeit not cheaper, way to get the job done.

The best I can gather is that there is sony software on PC that would allow you edit videos directly inside the camera and export MPEG-4. But there is no such thing for Mac.

i think my g5 power mac accepts those little discs It has in the past
Ummmm.
All in all doesent this suck

And another option I was thinking of is there an adapter
than converts the the red white and yellow outputs on the camera
to a wire that would plug into "the MAC"...
like thos elgato things??
Do you know about that
Or is that a dead end

did it come with pc software, cuz i have the same problemm, and ur best bet is to buy virtual pc