In case you guys ever want to import a Blu-ray to Avid Media Composer for editing, let me walk you through what I recently did. As you know, Avid doesn’t support Blu-ray format. To get Blu-ray movies to Avid Media Composer, you will need to rip a Blu-ray to Avid compatible format. Now I will give you my advice which was directed at how to rip Blu-ray for importing to Avid Media Composer. I’ll be happy if this helps someone down the road.
Based on my experience, to get the footage from Blu-ray to Avid MC for editing, you'll need to convert Blu-ray to Avid Media Composer most compatible DNxHD .MOV format first. Here the best Brorsoft Blu-ray Ripper for Mac is highly recommended to help you rip Blu-ary files for Avid Media Composer in Mac OS X (including OS X 10.9 Mavericks and 10.10 Yosemite) in only 3 steps. After the conversion, you can edit your Blu-ray movies in Avid without hassle. For Windows users, you can get Brorsoft Blu-ray Ripper. Now download the program and then check out the steps below to finish the conversion.
How to Rip, Convert and Import Blu-ray to Avid Media Composer
STEP 1. Load your Blu-ray movies
Insert the Blu-ray disc into your Blu-ray drive and click disc button to locate and add the Blu-ray movies you want to convert.
Tip: You can choose to rip the movies in Chapters, since Avid will throw up all over itself if you feed it a 2 hour HD clip.
STEP 2. Select output format
Click the format bar or the pull down menu of “Format” to select output format. If you want to edit your Blu-ray movies in Avid Media Composer, then just choose Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD(*.mov) as an output format.
STEP 3. Start the conversion
Click "Convert" button to start the Blu-ray to Avid DNxHD conversion under Mac OS X. After the conversion, just import the ripped Blu-ray files to Avid Media Composer 5/6/7 for smooth editing.
Additional Tips:
This Blu-ray to Avid Converter Mac not only enables you to convert Blu-ray to Avid MC, but also helps you to convert Blu-ray to Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, After Effects and more editing programs. Just choose a proper target format in 2nd step.
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Source: Importing Blu-ray to Avid Media Composer 5/6/7
