[MacDV] Re: VCD Help

[Michael Winter]

On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 04:12  PM, Thubten Kunga wrote:

> I also wonder if we may be able to import a finished iMovie 3 video 
> into iMovie 2.1.2 and then do the VCD Export that way? Which would be 
> faster and higher quality? Any way to adjust the compression ratio? 
> Different compression algorithms? Is this the purview of Media Cleaner 
> only?

I use Quicktime Pro ($30 upgrade from Apple) to do that. Export from 
iMovie as Full Quality Quicktime movie, then open it up in Quicktime 
Player. With Pro activation, you then have a full range of export 
options to choose from, including "Toast Video CD"  (again assuming you 
have Toast installed).

Although exporting to VCD from iMovie is the simplest way, its not the 
way I normally do it. The reason is that iMovie essentially goes into a 
coma when its in the background. So where exporting 30 min of video to 
VCD might take 90 min with iMovie in front, it could take 6 hr with 
iMovie in the background, even with nothing else happening. Using 
Quicktime Player avoids that slowdown and also gives you more options, 
such as exporting to MP4 or simply cutting/splicing movies that have 
already been exported in another format.

-Mike.