subject: How To Import Dvd Into Final Cut Express [print this page] source: http://dvdrippingsoftwares.org/dvdtips/dvd-to-fcp.html
Final Cut Pro is a non-linear, non-destructive video editing software which supports a wide range of video formats including H.264 from GoPro/iFrame/ DSLR cameras, Canon XF MPEG-2, JVC-created XDCAM EX, HDV, DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, DVCPRO HD etc. The latest version is Final Cut Pro X (By the way, Apple recently released Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 which provides several new features, advanced chroma keying, most notably multicam, XML 1.1 and a beta version of broadcast monitoring).
Unfortunately, the Final Cut Pro does not accept DVD movies. If you need to import a few scenes from DVDs to Final Cut Pro for editing, you have to encode your DVD movie to a Final-Cut-Procompatible file with a DVD to Final Cut Pro ripping/converting software. Here I recommend iSkysoft DVD Ripper for Mac to accomplish for this conversion. This program has the ability to rip any DVD (copyrighted DVDs included) to your Mac hard drive, and then convert them for Final Cut Pro. Notably, it provides the optimized preset for Final Cut Pro. This is a very useful feature, because this will avoid that the Final Cut Pro can not read the video files converted from your DVDs.
A brief instruction of how to convert DVD to FCP with this iSkysoft program:
Step1. Insert your DVD to the disc drive, open up iSkysoft DVD Ripper for Mac. Click the "Load DVD" option under the "File" menu, then choose the DVD drive from the list of option and the titles/chapters will be loaded to the program.
Step2. After loading, select the title(s) you want to convert. Then, from the output format list, choose Final Cut Pro preset as output format. And the preset also applies to Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro X.
Step3. Hit the Convert button to start conversion which will take a few minutes or hours depending on your DVDs size and computers speed. When the conversion is done, open your Final Cut Pro and drag the DVDrip file into Final Cut Pro for editing.
