[MacDV] Compressing media files

[James Asherman]

On Sunday, January 25, 2004, at 02:26  AM, E. Bond Francisco wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I'll bet this has been talked about many times, but I can't get to the 
> list Archive site, so I'll ask it:
>
> I've captured 4.82 G of media from an SVHS tape for a client and put 
> them in an iMovie project. The client wants me to move the files onto 
> a DVD that he can read on his Mac, OSX 10.2, imovie 3. I'm using 
> iMovie 4. The client then wants to be able to edit the movie on his 
> own Mac, using iMovie3 or FCE. So the deal was, I would just burn the 
> whole darned project (QT movie, Project File and Media) onto a DVD.
>
> So, guess what, the DV holds 4.7G! Arrgghhhh! So now I'm trying to 
> figure out how to compress the actual media files so that I can put 
> them on the DVD and send them off. I attempted to ZIP them up in 
> Stuffit Deluxe 8, but it choked.  Any clues? What's the best way to 
> compress these media files?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bond
>
>

Cut out  some  or use two DVD's
J