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Hey - Never used one of these forums before so bear
with me.
I have performed exactly what you wanted last year for a
presentation on a film for my course.
At the time I was using FCpro 3 (OS9) with a
MatroxRTmac capture card, I set the capture settings in
Final Cut to capture from the Matrox S-Video and stereo
inputs (though you could use the the conponent vid
input).
I then connected the DVD player DIRECTLY to the Matrox
break out box (no monitor in between) using an S-Video
cable and stereo cables.
I cycled the DVD to the section I wished to copy, started
capture now in Final Cut and pressed play on the DVD
player. The DVD video stream then captured directly into
Final Cut. I saved the captured stream and placed it into
the timeline. I could now manipulate and edit it as I
wished. Obviously the quality depends on the codec you
use to capture with. Uncompressed 8-bit will be alot
better than DV but a bit of over kill, but you get the
point.
I am now using FCpro 4 (OSX Panther) on a G5 and I
haven't tried anything similar on this set up, but I see no
reason why this would not work with an analog to digital
converter fire wire capture device such as a FORMAC
STUDIO TVR or a Maxtor Directors Cut Take 2 maybe
even an el-gato EYE TV capturing into Final Cut Pro 4 or
saving as Quick Time File (Unless protection measures
are in place on these machines). Or alternatively find a
friend with a similar set up to the one mentioned above
and use his machine to capture the footage and then
burn it to CD and import on your computer into
FinalCutpro4.
If you can find some way of getting the footage you want
onto a dv tape then obviously you can capture it into
your machine using a DV vid camera. Or you could try
and find a mate with one of the new Philips/Sony DVD
players which have I-Link (fire wire) outputs.
Sorry about the length of posting but I thought it better
to try an explain clearly. Good Luck.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26. November 2003 @ 11:26
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