--- You wrote: What are the posibilities? I do have my G3 333 and my old trusty 8500/150 where I may be doing the video capturing (which I will immediately edit/merge into the G3). And last, what program is best? Quicktime offers such limited video formats/compression I think (a 5 minute video can only be compressed to between 35-40MB before the quality REALLY suffers).
Thanks Lil --- end of quote --- You are talking about making VCDs which can have up to 74 minutes of pretty good video and fine audio on a standard cd-r. If you are capturing video with your 8500, not using a firewire analog to DV converter, the quality of your video isn't going to be all that great anyway and the VCD format is fine for you. Actually the quality of a VCD is surprisingly good, except when quick motion needs to be shown; the image gets very rough for a moment. Not all DVD players will display VCDs but many will;it is a standard commercial format in the Far East. Make sure yours will before you invest in the software. You need Toast Titanium to compress and convert video files and burn the disks. Any CD burner will work fine. I don't recall exactly which video formats Titanium needs for VCDs but I think it can accept several. If you convert to Quicktime Professional ($30) you amy be surprised at how many formats it can convert. But I think Toast uses these features of Quicktime even if you haven't liberated them by upgrading to pro. Good luck. Rich -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
