Has anyone been able to get Final Cut Express (or Pro) to accept a DVD Shrink image?  The copy protection on factory DVDs by design causes Final Cut to reject thier inclusion in an edit.  The protection is in the sync track, so I assume DVD Shrink would have to clean the existing track or provide a new one for the image to be accepted by Final Cut.  Does DVD Shrink perform such a funcion?  If not, does anyone know what I must do to get a copy controled DVD image on to my Final Cut edit time-line.

Thanks,

Clark

Final cut imports Quick Time video images.  One can also dub material to a digital tape format such as DV, then import thorugh a playback transfer.

Clark

My goal is to place a copy guarded DVD movie in my Mac and convert it to an unguarded image, prerable a quick time image, that my Final Cut Express edit program will accept on the time line.  

I am looking for the simpest way to do that and thought DVD Shrink might provide that avenue.  I am also looking at Cinematize.

Clark

My research has shown that I can accomplish my goal through a combination of MacTheRipper, Apple MPEG2 and Cinematize.  The three produce a clean QuickTime image that Final Cut Express willl accept.  

Thanks for your input on DVD Shrink.

Clark