[P1] VCDs and Toast

[Fisher, Patrick]

Ian, thanks for your help. You would *think* Apple, if they can't make
the burning process easier, would support playback at least. Several
times I have had to use other players to play stuff that Quicktime
Player chokes on.

The VCD I made was called, "Kitty Boxing". Maybe everyone has seen it.
It's a very cute MPG. It has no sound, just a kitty boxing with another
kitty, then the other kitty pounces him.

The other MPGs, with sound, were spit back by Toast. They had sound.
That may be it.

P

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Sidle [mailto:macmouse4 at attbi.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 9:42 AM
To: iBook List
Subject: Re: [P1] VCDs and Toast


I've used it before quite a few times. Although not recently. It seems 
quicktime 6 (for mac os x) dose not include the mpeg-1 codec (for 
whatever reason) which is used in vcd's. Now, if you make a SVCD (can't 
be done with toast ::shrug::) then you could in stheory play it after 
buying the mpeg-2 viewing codec from apple ($20). Although I find it 
ra