Import Blu-ray Movie to Avid Media Composer for Editing

Summary: Want to edit Blu-ray movies in Avid Media Composer (Avid MC)? Simply follow this article to convert and import Blu-ray to your Avid MC on PC and Mac OS X (Mavericks) with DNxHD codec.

"I am busy preparing for the filmfestival recently, and I encounter a problem about ripping a short blu-ray movie to Avid Media Composer(6) for editing, the movie is used to playing at the beginning of the filmfestival, who can giving me some suggestion?"

Although the latest Avid Media Composer added many new features, it still can't support Blu-ray video files. When transferring Blu-ray to Avid MC, you will encounter importing and editing problems from time to time. To add Blu-ray films into Avid MC, the easy workaround is to convert Blu-ray to Avide natively supported DNxHD codec. Let’s find out how to do it here.

To achieve your goal smoothly, you need to download this professional Blu-ray to Avid MC Converter. It is the best program I can recommend for converting Blu-ray to Avid DNxHD codec. With it, you can effortlessly rip Blu-ray movie to Avid Media Composer for further editing on PC and Mac without quality loss. The Mac version is Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Mac. Now download this program and follow this guide below to complete your task.

How to rip and convert Blu-ray to DNxHD .mov for Avid Media Composer?

Step 1. First of all, get this Blu-ray to Avid MC Converter installed and insert DVD to PC/Mac. Btw, Mac cannot read Blu-rays directy, if you want to rip Blu-ray, plug-in your external Blu-ray drive to your computer and read Blu-ray there.

Now click the first disc-like icon on the top, click your disc name to load. Pavtube Blu-ray Ripper for Win/Mac will detect the main title automatically, unless you wan to rip the extras, do not touch it.



Step 2. The next step, click "Format" drop-down list and choose "Avid Media Composer>Avid DNxHD 1080p(*.mov)".



Step 3. Now the most important step to get DNxHD file in best quality.

Click the "Settings" icon (next to "Format"), you can free change other settings like frame rate, audio sample rate, channels, etc. The higher bitrate you choose, the larger file size and better video quality will be.

Step 4. Well it's all set now. Back to main UI, hit the big red "Convert" to start ripping Blu-ray to DNxHD MOV in best quality for Avid Media Composer on Mac. Wait for moments, hit "Open output folder" or "Open" to quick find the converted files.

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MakeMKV vs ByteCopy vs DVDfab - Top Blu-ray/DVD Ripping & Coping Tool Review

Backup the Blu-ray discs onto computer is really a good method to store Blu-ray movies. In order to backing up Blu-rays, we need the help of Blu-ray ripping software. Still have no idea about which one is suitable for you? This article will give you full reviews of top 3 Blu-ray Ripper in 2016. 

Blu-ray discs are widely used by film producers, so people who love watching movies, may store kinds of Blu-ray discs in their home. These discs need a lot of space. Meanwhile, the discs are easily scratched. 

To protect the expensive Blu-ray Discs from scratching, more and more people are tending to make a backup of their Blu-ray collections. As an experienced user of various Blu-ray ripper tools, the author of this post is pleased to help beginners find their best fit. The following passages take a brief review of three top Blu-ray rippers in 2016: ByteCopy, MakeMKV, and DVDfab.

Pavtube ByteCopy Review

Pavtube ByteCopy is your best tool to rip and convert Blu-ray movies and DVDs to MKV container format with multiple audio tracks and subtitle sincluded. It preserves chapter markers in the converted MKV file. All that and more make it possible for you to easily select your needed tracks, subtitles, as well as chapters when watching Blu-ray and DVD movies with your media players.

And other than that, you can backup and convert latest Blu-ray and DVD movies to any other formats like MP4/MOV with multi-track audios, M4V, AVI, WMV, MPG, M2TS, etc for playback on iOS/Android/Windows Tablets/Phones, HD Media Players (WDTV), editing software (Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, etc.), and more.

 


Trial and Download

• ByteCopy for Windows
  
  Requires Windows 2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 8.1.  

• ByteCopy for Mac OS X
  
  Requires Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, Leopard 10.5.

Pavtube ByteCopy rips Blu-ray in 2 ways, lossless copy and lossy conversion. In trial version lossless backup runs 7 times only; for loss conversion, a watermark is put on the screen. A full version is offered at $42 USD. The purchase includes a lifetime license and unlimited upgrades.

Note: Currently you can't edit videos by merging, splitting, trimming, cropping, adding .srt, .ass subtitle files, etc if choosing multi-track output formats. 

Highlight features of ByteCopy: 

* Automatically detect Blu-ray/DVD main movie 
* Full disc copy Blu-ray/DVD by chapters without quality loss 
* Rip/convert/backup BD/DVD to any other format for playback on any iOS/Android/Windows tablets and phones 
* Backup BD/DVD to MKV format with multi audio/subtitle tracks and chapter markers without any quality loss. 
* Convert BD/DVD to MP4/MOV with multi audio (language) tracks 
* Add SRT, ASS, and SSA subtitles to BD/DVD movie 
* Edit BD/DVD movies: trim off commercials, crop off black bars, merge several chapters into one, split one movie into several pieces, and more 
* Support TrueHD 6.1 and TrueHD 7.1 decoding 
* Support latest BD and DVD (BD/DVD/Ultimate/iMedia) 

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MakeMKV Review

MakeMKV is a nice choice for those who feel like to make lossless copy of their Blu-ray and DVD collections. The software does one thing- converting the video clips from encrypted disc into a set of MKV files, preserving most information but not changing it in any way- and does it well. It is very easy to remove unwanted audio or subtitle tracks and pretty fast to back up a Blu-ray. The copying of Blu-ray Avatar took only 86 minutes. All video streams, audio tracks and subtitles are included in resulting MKV file.

Import source: Blu-ray Disc/folder/ISO, DVD

Export file format: .mkv (with original codecs)

To add- MKV (also known as Matroska) is a container file format, in which there can be many audio, video and subtitles streams, allowing the user to store a complete movie in a single file. Practically this means that it is possible to put entire movie with multiple sound and subtitle tracks, chapters and movie thumbnail into single file.



Trial and Download

• MakeMKV 1.6.8 for Windows
  
  Requires Windows XP, Vista or Win7, x86 or x64.
   
• MakeMKV 1.6.8 for Mac OS X
  
  Requires x86 Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
• MakeMKV 1.6.8 for Linux

MakeMKV allows for a 30-day trial, and $50 USD is all you pay for lifetime Blu-ray ripping feature. Its DVD ripping feature always stays free, so let’s say thank you to the generous developer of MakeMKV.

Read Review: Mac MakeMKV Alternative 

DVDfab Blu-ray Ripper Review

DVDfab used to stand for an excellent free DVD ripper. Now we know they can do more (and ask for more too). DVDfab Blu-ray Ripper decrypts and rips Blu-ray title to various video files playable on next generation consoles like PS3 and Xbox 360, HD player like WD TV Live, or mobile devices like iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc. Unlike MakeMKV, it exports a lot of video codecs and formats:

Video: MPEG-4, H.264, MP4, MKV, AVI, WMV, M2TS, TS etc.

Audio: MP3, MP4, M4A, WMA, WAV, AAC, AC3, DTS, etc.

So you see the differences here. With MakeMKV you get lossless Blu-ray backup but only in MKV format; while with DVDfab you lose original Blu-ray quality but get much smaller movie clips in desired format. A preferred feature of DVDfab is their “Lighting speed”, i.e., multi-core CPUs and NVIDIA CUDA support. By taking advantage of CUDA accelerating, the conversion time is greatly shorted.



Trial and Download

• DVDfab Blu-ray Ripper
  
  Requires Windows XP, Vista or Win7, (x32/x64). Not a Mac version is provided. 

Everyone can evaluate the trial for 30 days before it stops work. To continue using the software, you can buy a one-year license of DVDfab Blu-ray Ripper at $60 USD and $105.6 USD for lifetime license. If you purchase Blu-ray Ripper and DVD Ripper in bundle, it’ll be $93.5 for one-year use and $154 for lifetime. Pretty high price, isn’t it? Especially when you can get a similar Blu-ray Ripper- BDMagic at much lower price?

Get Best DVDFab Alternative in Mac OS X Yosemite 

Compare: MakeMKV vs. DVDfab vs. ByteCopy

MakeMKV and ByteCopy are good for lossless Blu-ray and DVD backup, while DVDfab focuses on Blu-ray trans-coding to portable devices like PS3, Xbox, etc.

Q: Which Blu-ray ripper keeps Blu-ray movie structure (including chapters)?
A: MakeMKV and ByteCopy

Q: Which Blu-ray ripper keeps multiple audio tracks and subtitles?
A: MakeMKV and ByteCopy

Q: What about the ripping speed of the three Blu-ray Rippers?
A: MakeMKV = ByteCopy (lossless copy) > DVDfab

Q: Which en-decodes Blu-ray with NVIDIA’s CUDA support (GPU computing)?
A: ByteCopy and DVDfab (Tip: CUDA works only when exporting H.264 encoded videos)

Q: Which does better on Blu-ray hacking/cracking?

Not a Blu-ray ripper is able to crack all the Blu-ray Discs as decryption always falls behind encryption. So it’s a question of upgrade and tech support. All the three updates their software along with the come up of new BD+ keys. MakeMKV and ByteCopy charge free for updates while DVDfab asks you pay extra money for the updates.

Learn more Money-saving Tips:

• ByteCopy($42) + Video Converter Ultimate($65) = Only $79.9, Save $27.1
• ByteCopy($42) + DVD Creater($35) = Only $44.9, Save $32.1
• ByteCopy($42) + Vidpie($29) = Only $54.9, Save $16.1
• ByteCopy($42) + MXF MultiMixer($45) = Only $69.9, Save $16.1

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