--- You wrote: > A recent b'day gift of a dvd/vcr player has left me with a now > redundant vcr. My beige G3 MT has audio/video jacks in the back. This > has me thinking that maybe I can use the old vcr to transfer some of > our old vcr tapes to dvd (our non-copywrite tapes, of course) Obviously > I'll need a dvd burner to do this. My questions are: Is this possible > with my set up? If so, what will I need? > --- end of quote --- If your image isn't full screen, you'll need to enlarge it. You can't do that in iMovie, you'll need to use the export feature in Quicktime Professional ($30 from Apple, they just send you a key to unlock the features in Quicktime.) I do this all the time for movies that come out of my Canon s50 5 megapixel digital camera. They actually look pretty good on the full screen and do make their way to a DVD. The resizing process takes a surprisingly long time on my 466 mhz G4.
(I never thought I'd appreciate the movie function of a still camera, but when you have a 4 year old who can surprise you all the time, it's great to be able to take 3 minute low res movies rather than loose the moment while tring to find your camcorder.) You'll be fustrated at how long it takes to archive old tapes, especially if there is a step or two between digitizing and burning the dvd. Two solutions: Buy a recording dvd player that can burn your disk as you play your tape. Cost ~$500. Or grab one of those usb encoders that output mpeg2 encoded video to your usb port. ADS Instant DVD USB is one such unit and costs under $200. This unit digitizes and compresses the vide eliminating the time consuming encoding process the computer would have to do. These units seem to get mixed reviews, tending towards the positive on quality and convenience. If you are going to buy a dvd burner, be sure to buy an internal superdrive (Pioneer DVD-R 104,5,6) since you'll be able to use iDVD, which will run with no other drives. Youll also need osX to use the excellent program. The Pioneer drives have gotten better, faster and with better features as the price has dropped. The 106 model can be had for under $150 US. They work fine in the G3 MT. Hope this helps. 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
