>Since the Martins have already investing a fair amount of money >upgrading their 8500, I'd say spending another $850 is a relatively >conservative, reasonable plan to accomplish their objectives. >Furthermore, all the above equipment could be reused or sold if they do >decide to opt for a new machine in the next couple of years.
Since we are talking about home movies here, which tend to be less-than-Spielberg quality anyway (no offense intended to the original poster), why not go a much cheaper route and make VideoCDs. VideoCDs play in most, if not all, modern DVD players, as well as regular computer CD-ROMs. You would just need a super fast SCSI setup for the capture, capure/editing software by Strata or Avid or even iMovie, software to encode the DV or QT streams into MPEG-1, and a regular CD burner with Toast (which I hear makes VCDs very nicely). This is something I'm looking to do with lots of my old films and tapes, but can someone recommend a good MPEG-1 encoder? I keep reading on various web sites that QuickTime Pro encodes MPEG-1 but I don't think that's accurate. -- --Chris PM 7500/604e 200Mhz 4 gig SCSI 256 megs OS 8.6 (This machine rocks!) -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
