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From: VIAGRA ® Official Site Subject: [MacDV] October 78% OFF Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 05:30:05 -0700 (PDT) Size: 6283 Url: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20071006/3879273a/attachment.mht From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Fri Oct 12 23:39:47 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Fri Oct 12 23:40:01 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? Message-ID: We've had the "duplicating copy-protected DVD's" discussion numerous times on this list and I thought I had a handle on it but obviously not.... The details: I bought "Polar Express" (children's animation DVD) from a pawn shop and we went to watch it a few weeks later and found it had a pit mark (manufacturing defect) on the outer edge of the disc which caused about 5 minutes of coughing and spluttering before it continued on (just when Santa's big bag of presents was being lowered into the slay). My sister-in-law also has the DVD so I thought I'd simply burn off a copy of that and be happy with a burned disc. As an experiment I loaded her good disc into my MacBook Pro drive (10.4.10) and used Disk Utility to make a disk image of it (via "Disc Image from [inserted disc]"). It didn't complain about it being copy protected and created the image without a problem so I assumed Apple had possibly lifted the copy protection bar on the latest Disk Utility. I then used Toast Lite to burn the image to a dual layer disc on my external DL writer. I ticked simulation mode because I have had previous DL problems with the external drive and sure enough it errored near the end. I wasn't too surprised with the error but was happy I ticked simulation mode. However, the disc had been written to (arrrgh), so I lost DL disc 1. I then tried burning the image to a DL disc in the MacBook Pro drive (again with simulation ticked) but it again errored AND wrote to the disc (Aaaarrrrggghhhh!) - dead DL disc 2. I then used MacTheRipper to download the disc to my drive, removing all copy protection etc, and used Toast Lite to do a data copy of the created folder (with VIDEO_TS folder) and it burned without error but it won't read when inserted into my home DVD player. Apple's "DVD Player" also doesn't recognise it unless I choose the VIDEO_TS folder via "Open DVD Media" where it does play normally - dead DL disc 3 (sigh). So what is needed to get the "ripped" disc happily back onto a disc which will play like a normal Disc??? And why on earth did the disc get written to when I ticked "simulation mode" in Toast Lite (v6)? Sorry this post was soo long but people always ask clarifying questions so I thought I may as well put it all in here the first post. Regards to all, Cojcolds From merelyn_davi at internode.on.net Fri Oct 12 23:45:34 2007 From: merelyn_davi at internode.on.net (merelyn davi) Date: Fri Oct 12 23:45:44 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? Message-ID: Try Hand Brake worked for me Best of Luck Merelyn Davi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20071013/0e5ffdbf/attachment.html From dalshar at optushome.com.au Sat Oct 13 01:50:22 2007 From: dalshar at optushome.com.au (Richard Dalziel-Sharpe) Date: Sat Oct 13 01:50:35 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <31E6F505-3E94-4039-BF58-EC5F9B9B723C@optushome.com.au> Brett, To my knowledge "data copy" disks will not play in DVD players. So try this if you still have the file that MacTheRipper created for you. If not do that bit again. I only have the full version of Toast 6, so I hope that the Lite version has these menu choices. Start up Toast and on the drawer that sticks out from the main window, click on "Advanced" Click on the fourth choice, "DVD-Video from VIDEO_TS". Drag the VIDEO_TS folder from the folder that MacTheRipper created into the main window Toast window. You should see it there with its size and above it will be an icon of a disk with the title "My Disk" Click once on the title and type in the name you want for the burned disk. Put in a blank disk wait for it to load and then click on the icon on the bottom right hand corner of the Toast window to start it burning. I do not know the limitations of Toast Lite versus the full version, it may not support burning dual layer disks. If this is so there are several apps that will compress a DL disk so that it will fit onto an SL disk with little loss in quality. I always do this as I cannot justify the cost of a DL disk for such a small quality difference. I use DVD2oneX. Hope this helps. Richard, in sunny Australia. On 13/10/2007, at 4:39 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > > > I then used MacTheRipper to download the disc to my drive, removing > all > copy protection etc, and used Toast Lite to do a data copy of the > created > folder (with VIDEO_TS folder) and it burned without error but it won't > read when inserted into my home DVD player. Apple's "DVD Player" also > doesn't recognise it unless I choose the VIDEO_TS folder via "Open DVD > Media" where it does play normally - dead DL disc 3 (sigh). > From nickscalise at cox.net Sat Oct 13 08:45:30 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Sat Oct 13 08:34:03 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Oct 13, 2007, at 1:39 AM, Brett Conlon wrote: > I then used MacTheRipper to download the disc to my drive, removing > all > copy protection etc, and used Toast Lite to do a data copy of the > created > folder (with VIDEO_TS folder) and it burned without error but it won't > read when inserted into my home DVD player. Apple's "DVD Player" also > doesn't recognise it unless I choose the VIDEO_TS folder via "Open DVD > Media" where it does play normally - dead DL disc 3 (sigh). I don't think that Toast 6 lite is supported in 10.4, but I could be wrong. However there is a freeware app out there that will take your Video_TS folder and create a DVD Disk image for you that you can then burn with the Finder and it will play in your stand-alone DVD player. DVD Imager Good luck. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Sat Oct 13 17:50:26 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Sat Oct 13 17:50:36 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks for the recommendation, Merelyn. But isn't Hand Break for re-encoding video to different sizes/formats etc? How do you burn a disc from within it? Coj merelyn davi Sent by: macdv-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com 13/10/07 04:45 PM Please respond to "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." To MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com cc Subject [MacDV] What does it take??? Try Hand Brake worked for me Best of Luck Merelyn Davi _______________________________________________ MacDV mailing list MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20071014/1881c9de/attachment.html From brett.conlon at sonydadc.com Sat Oct 13 17:54:07 2007 From: brett.conlon at sonydadc.com (Brett Conlon) Date: Sat Oct 13 17:54:20 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Nick, Giving it a go now... BTW, in regards to dual layer discs, with a video DVD, is the layer change point a specific video marker or is it just disc information to tell it to look to the second layer for the rest of the files? Coj Nick Scalise Sent by: macdv-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com 14/10/07 01:45 AM Please respond to "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." To "A place to discuss digital video on Macintosh." cc Subject Re: [MacDV] What does it take??? On Oct 13, 2007, at 1:39 AM, Brett Conlon wrote: > I then used MacTheRipper to download the disc to my drive, removing > all > copy protection etc, and used Toast Lite to do a data copy of the > created > folder (with VIDEO_TS folder) and it burned without error but it won't > read when inserted into my home DVD player. Apple's "DVD Player" also > doesn't recognise it unless I choose the VIDEO_TS folder via "Open DVD > Media" where it does play normally - dead DL disc 3 (sigh). I don't think that Toast 6 lite is supported in 10.4, but I could be wrong. However there is a freeware app out there that will take your Video_TS folder and create a DVD Disk image for you that you can then burn with the Finder and it will play in your stand-alone DVD player. DVD Imager Good luck. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net _______________________________________________ MacDV mailing list MacDV@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macdv From rotorwash at mac.com Sat Oct 13 19:56:27 2007 From: rotorwash at mac.com (Mike Rehbein) Date: Sat Oct 13 19:56:21 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5342770E-9838-4762-80FD-794D90753DED@mac.com> The disk needs to be a DVD, not a data disk. Hope that helps a little, Mike On Oct 13, 2007, at 1:39 AM, Brett Conlon wrote: > I then used MacTheRipper to download the disc to my drive, removing > all > copy protection etc, and used Toast Lite to do a data copy of the > created > folder (with VIDEO_TS folder) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20071013/8fc75a63/attachment.html From nickscalise at cox.net Sat Oct 13 21:58:48 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Sat Oct 13 21:47:04 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1A90D9F4-CBBA-4828-AE13-15029682A0D0@cox.net> On Oct 13, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Brett Conlon wrote: > BTW, in regards to dual layer discs, with a video DVD, is the layer > change > point a specific video marker or is it just disc information to > tell it to > look to the second layer for the rest of the files? Not sure, but I don't see how there could be a video marker. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From rgilmor at uwo.ca Mon Oct 15 08:25:16 2007 From: rgilmor at uwo.ca (Richard Gilmore) Date: Mon Oct 15 08:25:40 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: <5342770E-9838-4762-80FD-794D90753DED@mac.com> Message-ID: Yes use Toast 7 or 8 and choose DVD video from video ts folder NOT data. Drag video ts to toast and away you go On 13/10/07 10:56 PM, "Mike Rehbein" wrote: > The disk needs to be a DVD, not a data disk. > > Hope that helps a little, > Mike > > > On Oct 13, 2007, at 1:39 AM, Brett Conlon wrote: > >> >> I then used MacTheRipper to download the disc to my drive, removing all? >> >> >> copy protection etc, and used Toast Lite to do a data copy of the created? >> >> >> folder (with VIDEO_TS folder)? >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20071015/40b690ac/attachment-0001.html From dfz at mac.com Tue Oct 16 06:30:36 2007 From: dfz at mac.com (Dennis Fazio) Date: Tue Oct 16 06:30:51 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <64023F67-5641-4B3C-B571-9DEA14E1EA97@mac.com> On Oct 13, 2007, at Sat, Oct 13 2007, 1:39 am, Brett Conlon wrote: > So what is needed to get the "ripped" disc happily back onto a disc > which > will play like a normal Disc??? The most reliable way to get a DVD-player-capable backup copy of your commercial DVD is with Mac the Ripper (preferably version 3 to handle some of the newer disks with extended copy protection junk) to decode onto your hard drive and either DVD2OneX or DVDRemaster to recompress and write the new DVD. I think Popcorn will recompress and write a video DVD also. Most 2 hour movies will decode to 6 or 7GB. You'll need to recompress to get it back onto a 4.7GB DVD. Handbrake will decode many DVDs also. You can probably write a playable video DVD with Toast if no compression is needed, but I haven't done that myself. DVD2OneX and DVDRemaster will allow you to burn the movie only, without the menus and extras and multiple languages, thereby reducing the amount of compression needed and increasing the quality of the final result. If you have a scratched disk, it might be reconstructed with a cleaning and polishing. Many of the larger chain video rental stores now have CD/DVD polishing machines that will refurbish the surface for $4 or $5. It might be an easier path to try that first. -- Dennis Fazio From gordon at gordonalley.com Tue Oct 16 07:10:53 2007 From: gordon at gordonalley.com (Gordon Alley) Date: Tue Oct 16 07:11:49 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: <64023F67-5641-4B3C-B571-9DEA14E1EA97@mac.com> References: <64023F67-5641-4B3C-B571-9DEA14E1EA97@mac.com> Message-ID: <9694f6510710160710ub52aed0o1885c32160d0057c@mail.gmail.com> Toast 8 can perform DVD video compression. You can use it to copy a video DVD or DVD image file to a lower-capacity DVD, and it will optionally recompress the video to fit the target media. It can take video from multiple VIDEO_TS folders and combine them into a single DVD. It can import from a camcorder and produce a video DVD from that. Toast can also operate in a mode where it will try to recover video from damaged (e.g., scratched) media. -Gordon On 10/16/07, Dennis Fazio wrote: > > On Oct 13, 2007, at Sat, Oct 13 2007, 1:39 am, Brett Conlon wrote: > > > So what is needed to get the "ripped" disc happily back onto a disc > > which > > will play like a normal Disc??? > > The most reliable way to get a DVD-player-capable backup copy of your > commercial DVD is with Mac the Ripper (preferably version 3 to handle > some of the newer disks with extended copy protection junk) to decode > onto your hard drive and either DVD2OneX or DVDRemaster to recompress > and write the new DVD. I think Popcorn will recompress and write a > video DVD also. > > Most 2 hour movies will decode to 6 or 7GB. You'll need to recompress > to get it back onto a 4.7GB DVD. > > Handbrake will decode many DVDs also. You can probably write a > playable video DVD with Toast if no compression is needed, but I > haven't done that myself. > > DVD2OneX and DVDRemaster will allow you to burn the movie only, > without the menus and extras and multiple languages, thereby reducing > the amount of compression needed and increasing the quality of the > final result. > > If you have a scratched disk, it might be reconstructed with a > cleaning and polishing. Many of the larger chain video rental stores > now have CD/DVD polishing machines that will refurbish the surface > for $4 or $5. It might be an easier path to try that first. > > -- > Dennis Fazio -- Gordon B. Alley http://www.gordonalley.com From winter at mac.com Tue Oct 16 07:50:02 2007 From: winter at mac.com (Michael Winter) Date: Tue Oct 16 07:50:32 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <9C400288-B8C4-45E3-88A0-2F3D1B48CE6C@mac.com> Just adding another point -you can use Toast to burn a "data" disk that will play, but you HAVE to select DVD-ROM (UDF) format. That's the format DVD players recognize as a video DVD (that's what Toast selects automatically for you when you tell it to burn from VIDEO_TS). -Mike From rotorwash at mac.com Tue Oct 16 08:44:37 2007 From: rotorwash at mac.com (Mike Rehbein) Date: Tue Oct 16 13:44:45 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: <64023F67-5641-4B3C-B571-9DEA14E1EA97@mac.com> References: <64023F67-5641-4B3C-B571-9DEA14E1EA97@mac.com> Message-ID: <23EE0FA2-5E7F-424C-BFA7-6AF6356C3798@mac.com> On Oct 16, 2007, at 8:30 AM, Dennis Fazio wrote: > > On Oct 13, 2007, at Sat, Oct 13 2007, 1:39 am, Brett Conlon wrote: > >> So what is needed to get the "ripped" disc happily back onto a >> disc which >> will play like a normal Disc??? > > The most reliable way to get a DVD-player-capable backup copy of > your commercial DVD is with Mac the Ripper (preferably version 3 to > handle some of the newer disks with extended copy protection junk) > to decode onto your hard drive and either DVD2OneX or DVDRemaster > to recompress and write the new DVD. I think Popcorn will > recompress and write a video DVD also. Add Toast Titanium 8 to the above list with regards to compressing down to a single DVD disk. Toast 7 and 6 may also but I no longer have those versions to check on that for you. > Most 2 hour movies will decode to 6 or 7GB. You'll need to > recompress to get it back onto a 4.7GB DVD. > > Handbrake will decode many DVDs also. You can probably write a > playable video DVD with Toast if no compression is needed, but I > haven't done that myself. I have and it really is nicely done. Toast 8 is the version I use and there is an option called "Automatic Encoding" to compressing automatically to fit to disk, using all the available space on a DVD, thus maximizing the quality. > DVD2OneX and DVDRemaster will allow you to burn the movie only, > without the menus and extras and multiple languages, thereby > reducing the amount of compression needed and increasing the > quality of the final result. > > If you have a scratched disk, it might be reconstructed with a > cleaning and polishing. Many of the larger chain video rental > stores now have CD/DVD polishing machines that will refurbish the > surface for $4 or $5. It might be an easier path to try that first. > > -- > Dennis Fazio Just a minor bit of additional info. Dennis has provided multiple means of getting your movie to DVD :) Mike From dfz at mac.com Tue Oct 16 15:01:27 2007 From: dfz at mac.com (Dennis Fazio) Date: Tue Oct 16 15:01:32 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: <9C400288-B8C4-45E3-88A0-2F3D1B48CE6C@mac.com> References: <9C400288-B8C4-45E3-88A0-2F3D1B48CE6C@mac.com> Message-ID: <9DAA18ED-47AE-44A5-B8E6-1594851D3A00@mac.com> On Oct 16, 2007, at Tue, Oct 16 2007, 9:50 am, Michael Winter wrote: > Just adding another point -you can use Toast to burn a "data" disk > that will play, but you HAVE to select DVD-ROM (UDF) format. That's > the format DVD players recognize as a video DVD (that's what Toast > selects automatically for you when you tell it to burn from VIDEO_TS). That's pretty fancy from when I last remember (Toast Lite v5). I may have to get a copy. -- Dennis Fazio From rotorwash at mac.com Tue Oct 16 10:07:47 2007 From: rotorwash at mac.com (Mike Rehbein) Date: Tue Oct 16 15:07:54 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? (Toast for one thing, if so inclined :) In-Reply-To: <9DAA18ED-47AE-44A5-B8E6-1594851D3A00@mac.com> References: <9C400288-B8C4-45E3-88A0-2F3D1B48CE6C@mac.com> <9DAA18ED-47AE-44A5-B8E6-1594851D3A00@mac.com> Message-ID: <6DBFB725-A177-4502-9A3F-B6D974057430@mac.com> I keep thinking I've purchased the last version of Toast I'll ever need but the buggers keep adding features which I would like to use..... So I'm using Toast 8 and really enjoying it :) Neat thing is, it is easy to figure out so you don't have to expend a bunch of energy climbing a steep learning curve. I'm not very learned as it is..... Mike On Oct 16, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Dennis Fazio wrote: > > On Oct 16, 2007, at Tue, Oct 16 2007, 9:50 am, Michael Winter wrote: > >> Just adding another point -you can use Toast to burn a "data" disk >> that will play, but you HAVE to select DVD-ROM (UDF) format. >> That's the format DVD players recognize as a video DVD (that's >> what Toast selects automatically for you when you tell it to burn >> from VIDEO_TS). > > That's pretty fancy from when I last remember (Toast Lite v5). I > may have to get a copy. > > -- > Dennis Fazio From winter at mac.com Tue Oct 16 19:31:42 2007 From: winter at mac.com (Michael Winter) Date: Tue Oct 16 19:32:16 2007 Subject: [MacDV] What does it take??? In-Reply-To: <9DAA18ED-47AE-44A5-B8E6-1594851D3A00@mac.com> References: <9C400288-B8C4-45E3-88A0-2F3D1B48CE6C@mac.com> <9DAA18ED-47AE-44A5-B8E6-1594851D3A00@mac.com> Message-ID: On Oct 16, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Dennis Fazio wrote: > > On Oct 16, 2007, at Tue, Oct 16 2007, 9:50 am, Michael Winter wrote: > >> Just adding another point -you can use Toast to burn a "data" disk >> that will play, but you HAVE to select DVD-ROM (UDF) format. >> That's the format DVD players recognize as a video DVD (that's >> what Toast selects automatically for you when you tell it to burn >> from VIDEO_TS). > > That's pretty fancy from when I last remember (Toast Lite v5). I > may have to get a copy. They pretty much rolled Popcorn, which used to be a separate app, into Toast. As (the other) Mike, said, they keep adding features that make me want to upgrade. -Mike From greenrw at shaw.ca Mon Oct 29 08:09:03 2007 From: greenrw at shaw.ca (Robert Green) Date: Mon Oct 29 08:10:53 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Video camera Message-ID: <1573EB48-87E8-4624-9AE0-855E5B1808B5@shaw.ca> I didn't see anything on this in the archives so here is my question. I have a Canon mini dv camcorder that I use outside quite often and consequently have dust problems on the recording head. It is now past repair and I want to replace it. The hard drive cameras sound like a good idea but they are not compatible with imovie as they record in mpeg2 format. Are there any hard drive cameras that are compatible with imovie or is there a simple way to convert mpeg2 to dv or whatever format imovie can use? Rob From nickscalise at cox.net Mon Oct 29 08:17:35 2007 From: nickscalise at cox.net (Nick Scalise) Date: Mon Oct 29 08:17:46 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Video camera In-Reply-To: <1573EB48-87E8-4624-9AE0-855E5B1808B5@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <20071029111735.3DL37.17632.root@eastrmwml26.mgt.cox.net> ---- Robert Green wrote: > I didn't see anything on this in the archives so here is my question. > I have a Canon mini dv camcorder that I use outside quite often and > consequently have dust problems on the recording head. It is now past > repair and I want to replace it. The hard drive cameras sound like a > good idea but they are not compatible with imovie as they record in > mpeg2 format. Are there any hard drive cameras that are compatible > with imovie or is there a simple way to convert mpeg2 to dv or > whatever format imovie can use? The formats/codecs in the hard drive cameras are supported in iMovie '08. MPEG StreamClip can convert most formats to use in iMovie 6. Copy and Convert (from a hard drive camera) may be faster than Capture (from a tape camera). But quality may be degraded. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise@cox.net From gordon at gordonalley.com Mon Oct 29 09:12:28 2007 From: gordon at gordonalley.com (Gordon Alley) Date: Mon Oct 29 09:13:11 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Video camera In-Reply-To: <20071029111735.3DL37.17632.root@eastrmwml26.mgt.cox.net> References: <1573EB48-87E8-4624-9AE0-855E5B1808B5@shaw.ca> <20071029111735.3DL37.17632.root@eastrmwml26.mgt.cox.net> Message-ID: <9694f6510710290912p1777e31fo7adf786409f4bbf1@mail.gmail.com> Just keep in mind that the video recorded on a hard disk will not have as high quality as miniDV tape, because of the higher level of compression. -Gordon On 10/29/07, Nick Scalise wrote: > > ---- Robert Green wrote: > > I didn't see anything on this in the archives so here is my question. > > I have a Canon mini dv camcorder that I use outside quite often and > > consequently have dust problems on the recording head. It is now past > > repair and I want to replace it. The hard drive cameras sound like a > > good idea but they are not compatible with imovie as they record in > > mpeg2 format. Are there any hard drive cameras that are compatible > > with imovie or is there a simple way to convert mpeg2 to dv or > > whatever format imovie can use? > > The formats/codecs in the hard drive cameras are supported in iMovie '08. > > MPEG StreamClip can convert most formats to use in iMovie 6. Copy and > Convert (from a hard drive camera) may be faster than Capture (from a tape > camera). But quality may be degraded. > > -- > Nick Scalise > nickscalise@cox.net > -- Gordon B. Alley http://www.gordonalley.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macdv/attachments/20071029/c265362a/attachment-0001.html From lists at marksmandesign.ca Tue Oct 30 06:20:02 2007 From: lists at marksmandesign.ca (Mark Des Cotes) Date: Tue Oct 30 06:23:40 2007 Subject: [MacDV] Pixel size for "the BIG screen" Message-ID: <7D82FC38-C8EF-4D26-B9C1-F96EFFEA7633@marksmandesign.ca> Hi all, I just subscribed to the list so I have no idea if this has ever been brought up or not. I need to create a very simple animation for an upcoming film festival. Basically it's just the festival's logo slightly animated and some text that moves into and out of the frame. This 30 second clip will play in a loop on our local theatre's big screen between the festival's main films. I plan on creating the animation in Flash since it's what I'm most familiar with and since I don't have any other software suitable. The only animation I've ever done was for the web so can anyone tell me what pixel size I should use for a theatre screen? Are there any other considerations I should know about? Thanks Mark Des Cotes Owner-Graphic Designer Marksman Design Mailing adress: 7-841 Sydney Street, Suite # 338 Cornwall, Ontario K6H 7L2 Canada 613-936-6876