DVD re-authoring

[Stiganator]

I really enjoy the musical numbers from many of the Disney animated movies and would like to share them with my daughter. I have all the DVDs, but I would like to compile all the musical numbers in original quality and see if I can squeeze it onto one or two DVD9s.

I am familiar with Final Cut Pro.

So far, I've tried using Handbrake (h.264)--->StreamMPEG-->DV-->Final Cut (edit down to just the musical numbers)--->Render (NTSC mov) -->DVD Studio

but it just doesn't look as good.

What would be a better way? What codecs should I use at each step? How can I best preserve the original quality?

 

[MustISO]

Personally I would cut each scene out using DVDShrink (no compression). Then use DVD Author from Pegasus to create the DVD with menu, etc.

 

[Stiganator]

Is there a way to more precisely DVD Shrink the scenes? The selection window doesn't let you go down to frame level. Would I still have good quality if I DVD Shrinked with no compression then MPEG Streamed to Quicktime DVPRO50 or Animation codec and did the editing and authoring.

I couldn't find DVD Author by pegasus anywhere.

 

[sivart]

DVD Author isn't frame accurate, but will made nice DVD's of already edited materials.
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/index.html

You might want to look at MPEG Video Wizard DVD as it might do all but rip the video for you. I have the non-DVD version of MPEG video wizard and use that for my frame accurate edits.
http://www.womble.com/products/dvd.html