[MacDV] Re: Various newbie questions

[Paul Russell]

>>Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 20:09:50 -0800
>>From: Paul Russell <prussell at sonic.net>
>>
>>1) How do I get from iMovie to MPEG ? I thought that when I'd spent
>>my $ and upgraded to QT Pro I would just be able to select MPEG 1 or
>>2 when I do an export to QuickTime from iMovie, but the only options
>>seem to be Motion JPEG A or B and MPEG 4.
>
>QT Pro doesn't offer an MPEG-1/2 codec because they are way more 
>expensive than $10-$20. I am surprised Apple doesn't offer one as a 
>plug-in at some price.
>
>>I think I'm right in saying
>>that I need MPEG 1 for VCD or MPEG 2 for SVCD - is that right ?
>
>Correct.
>
>>2) Do I need to export from iMovie in some other format and then use
>>some sort of conversion program to get to MPEG ?
>
>For MPEG-1/VCD, the cheapest, easiest, and overall best bang for the 
>buck is Toast 5 Titanium. It comes with an MPEG-1 plug-in for 
>QT/iMovie, and will burn a VCD from the resulting file.
>
>For MPEG-2, Cleaner is the best deal I know of, but you still need 
>Toast to burn the SVCD. There is an MPEG-2 QT Plug-in that comes 
>with DVD Studio Pro, if you have that kind of money.

Thanks Phil -

I think you've provided all the missing parts of my puzzle.

Amazon seems to have quite a good deal on Toast Titanium just now, so 
I guess it's time to spend some more $$$.

Regards,

Paul

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