

Windows is far more flexible for extensive and even for simpler video work nowadays, but that might not be possible in your case. Someone more familiar with Mac could offer more detail. Rebuilding DVD's isn't impossible, but it's time consuming and tricky when done properly. If these terms and processses are a mystery to you, it might be a good idea to find someone to do the work for you. Other editors are not frame-specific: they cut and join only on key frames. Most "editors" will re-encode the video after cutting some of that re-encoding isn't so great, as you see. You'd get the best quality by working in AVI, editing there and making other corrections you might need, then re-encoding and re-authoring to DVD at high bitrates.

Using a Mac is very limiting for what you want to do. Hope someone can help me, I'll forever be grateful. What I have ripped into imovies for 2 out of the 4 DVDs so far are such bad quality. Should I limit the data rate and if so to what value? should it be 100% quality? What should the frame size be and the frame rate? should i check the boxes for frame blending/better downscaling? With Mpeg streamclip, what compression codec should I be using? Apple intermediate? what is multi pass/B-frames? With the picture settings, should it be the setting for anamorphic and modulus values? Also on the devices list on the right hand side, what should i be selecting (I want to watch the films on DVD on a 51 inch TV). For example, with handbrake, do i use large file size/web optimised, what framerate (FBS), variable or constant frame rate, what should the bizrate be.
Handbrake web optimized how to#
I know how to rip etc, i just want to get the best results (is this even impossible).

Handbrake web optimized professional#
What's settings should i be using in handbrake and mpeg streamclip when ripping DVD to export to iMovie to edit and burn back onto DVD? I need optimum resolution so the end DVD is of professional quality. The problem I am encountering is that the m4v and mov files are very badly pixelated. mov files to import into imovie where I am doing the editing. I am then using mpeg streamclip to convert this to. I downloaded handbrake (64 bit) and VLC (32-64 bit) and have ripped the DVDs to m4v format. I want to then edit these in imovie (as thats all i have) and then burn the movies back on to individual dvds. I have 4 wedding DVDs (7 years old) that I am trying to rip to my mac (OS X 10.6.8).
