How to Convert Video and DVD to DV on Mac?
Why convert videos or DVD videos DV format ?
If you have shot some interesting videos by using your digital camcorders or have stored many fantastic video on your Mac, you might want to make these videos more funny by converting DVD to DV for editing them on Final Cut Pro. So as to DVD videos, since some home-made DVD videos have borned the memories of your good old days.
To convert videos or DVD to DV, you need a professional video tool or DVD tool to do the task. In order to keep the output videos, you can use Video Converter to convert video to DV format. To rip DVD to DV, you can try DVD Ripper for Mac. This article included two parts, telling you how to convert videos or DVD to DV on Mac OS X (Mac OS X Lion included).
Part 1. How to convert DVD to DV on Mac for FCP?
Software you need: DVD Ripper for Mac
Note: This DVD Ripper supports both encrypted commercial DVDs and unprotected DVDs.
Launch the DVD to DV Mac Converter and load DVD
Drag & drop DVD disc icon 
on the desktop to the Mac DVD to DV converter. Or go to "File" menu, choose "Load DVD" to locate the DVD movies (including commercial DVDs and homemade DVDs) you want to add.
Select Final Cut Pro compatible format DV
The DVD to DV Mac program has optimized presets for iMovie and Final Cut Pro, so that you can directly choose your output format according to the app you need. Or if you currently only want to get some pure DV files which are supported by Mac OS, you can open the format list and choose DV.
In addition to enabling you to convert DVD to DV, the software even allows you to edit video briefly before you start the converting task. Detailed info about this in the guide of DVD Ripper for Mac.
Hit "Convert" to start DVD to DV Mac conversion.
Press the button of "Convert" and then get the task done in a few minutes. It might take a few minutes for the DVD Ripper to work depending on the size of your DVD file.
Part 2. How to convert videos such as MOD, MP4, MOV to DV for FCP?
To convert AVI to DV on Mac, convert YouTube to DV on Mac, convert MP4 to DV on Mac, convert MOD to DV on Mac, convert MOV to DV on Mac or more, you only need this professional Video Converter for Mac to make your files compatible with Final Cut Pro and then use your FCP (or Final Cut Express) for further editing.
Launch Video to DV Mac Converter and Add Videos
Drag & drop video files to the program. Or go to "File" menu, choose "Add Video" to locate the video files you want to add.
Select Final Cut Pro compatible format DV
If you want to edit the target video directly on Final Cut Pro, just choose Final Cut Pro as the output format. The video settings have been optimized for the editing app.
Note: If you want to join several MOD files into one and export one continuous DV file, you can check "Merge into one output file" at the bottom of main interface of this program.
Start video to DV conversion on OS X
When the conversion is done, you can upload the DV file to Final Cut Pro for editing.
If you need to have both DVDs and Videos converted to DV format, iMedia Converter for Mac could be your ideal choice! It is an all-in-one app for converting DVDs and videos to other common video formats like MP4, MOV, MOD to DV format on your Mac in one go!
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