[Ti] Converting to VCD

[Benn]

On Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 01:37  PM, b wrote:
> The absolute best app for turning a mov. file into SVCD was Astarte 
> M.Pack MPEG encoder, but Apple bought them out and discontinued the 
> app. bad Apple, no biscuit.
> Toast 5.0.2 or higher, will work, but you have to pay attention to the 
> 'bit rate'. There's a max that will work on a CD. Wild guess--> around 
> 2.5 or 2.6 Mb/second. A good app for identifying the exact nature of 
> the source file is MPEGInfo 0.2  and the bit-rate measuring app for 
> the Mac, at least, is called Media Calculator 0.6, both apps can be 
> gotten through a Google search.
> Media calculator works by doing a calculation based on your file 
> type/size/ and input/output format, calculated to show the bit rate. 
> better to know it's okay before, rather than to find out after.
> iDiscWriter will do a really nice job of the mov--> SVCD thing, but 
> costs $249
> MPEG Encoder 4 from Honestech, at $49 is a steal. You'll find out, and 
> fast, that there's a world of difference between Cideo CD, which toast 
> will do, and SVCD.

It's worth mentioning that, while SVCD is MUCH better quality than VCD, 
your DVD player may NOT play it, even if it will play VCD.

Benn