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[David Thrasher]

In MissingMpegTools where you are encoding your original MOV file to create the intermediate MPV video file there is a place to set the bit rate. I think it defaults to around 2800. There are radio buttons for 3800 (high quality, bigger files) and I think 1800 (lower quality, smaller files). I don't have the numbers remembered exactly but I think that may be the information you are looking for. If quality isn't a big deal you might also want to try a regular video CD which is simple to do in Toast:

You go under Other and select Video CD.

Drag your original MOV file into the window. Toast will encode an MPEG-1 file from it.

When it's done, drag the MPEG-1 version that was created into the window now.

Insert a blank CD and burn. (Very simple. I wish Super VCDs were so easy.)

A regular VCD will hold about 74 minutes with quality that is about like the 6-hour mode of a VHS tape or a little worse.

Super VCDs hold about half that at quality approaching DVD quality supposedly but can hold more if you lower the bitrate. I haven't tried using the lowest bitrate, so I don't know how that quality compares to a regular VCD.

Hope that helps.

-Dave

Original message:

Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:11:25 +0900
Subject: [MacDV] Re: Super DVD?
From: Daniel Beck 
Message-Id: <9BFE7CA4-A517-11D7-B740-000A959A2AEA at mac.com>


On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 09:10 AM, Erica Sadun wrote:

>> I was looking at the instructions to make an Super VCD in the latest 
>> MacAddict, and was wondering. Could this method be used to make a 
>> really long "Super DVD"?
>
> People have made VCDs on DVDs, but playback can be tricky.
> The set top unit may choose the wrong firmware to run
> base on the media inserted.

Any tips? I have four complete seasons of Laker's playoff games. I only 
need VHS quality, and I don't prefer to use 2+ CD-Rs per game.

Daniel
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