On Thursday, March 6, 2003, at 04:27 PM, Ralph Garrett wrote: > > On Thursday, Mar 6, 2003, at 15:10 US/Central, Jim Asherman wrote: > >> A nice thought but you would still be short of any suitable user >> interface for your DVD. > > If you're watching ("seeing", playing) the MPG-2 file with QT you > already have a user interface. If you need to watch a DVD, use DVD > Player. When I say "see" I mean having the files show up in a file requester. (archaic term) iDVD hides the mpeg2 files so that no other app can "see" them. > >> iDVD does indeed do the conversion but in my experience does not allow >> for >> converting to mpeg2 and then accessing those mpeg2 files for any other >> purpose than a DVD made with iDVD. > > Exactly my point, QT (or QT Pro) should be able to export MPG-2 files > without buying DVD Studio Pro. > > Ralph > > > Plus the files QT pro creates with the DVDSP plug-in are separate video and audio files unsuitable for distribution without further massage . I sort of understand that you have something other than DVD's in mind. Jim