[MacDV] iMac G3, Ext. DVD burner & authoring options

[Thubten Kunga]

OK Randy. Try  ffmpegX 0.0.6b

http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=15473&db=mac

and Sizzle  -  0.0.2r2

http://thegoods.ath.cx/~hmason/sizzle/

http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=17331&db=mac

Kunga

On Sunday, January 19, 2003, at 06:20  PM, Randy Clark wrote:

> Mac: G3 iMac 500mhz DV SE
> OS: 10.2.3
> Burner: external DVR-105 in a Firewire case
> Software: iMovie 2.1.2; Toast 5.1.1
>
> I'm trying to find out my options for DVD authoring with this setup.  I
> already know iDVD is out of the question (external burner); and DVD 
> Studio
> Pro is out as well (req. G4 and costs way too much anyway).
>
> I guess for now, I'm just interested in being able to produce basic DVD
> videos. No menus or chapters are necessary at this point.  I've been 
> stuck
> creating VideoCDs through iMovie, and while the permanence of the 
> VideoCDs
> is nice, the video quality is disappointing.
>
> I know Toast 5.1.1 will burn to DVDs, but is there a relatively simple 
> way
> for me to take my iMovies, export them to a suitable format and then 
> burn it
> to a DVD for viewing on my home DVD player?
>
> Monosyllabic answers are okay, seeing as I'm pretty much a desktop 
> video
> novice.
>
> -- 
> Randy Clark
> hawkgx at planetkc.com
> Kansas City