[MacDV] Re: VCD Help

[Thubten Kunga]

B&W with PowerLogix G4 upgrade at stock speed of 550 MHz. System 
10.2.3. I hope it's not the upgrade G4 Bill.

I spoke of success too soon.

I repeatedly get a total crash/freeze must restart computer in the 
middle of the Export to QuickTime to Toast VCD (NTSC) procedure. The 
freeze happens about one third of the way through the 2 minute render. 
This is reminiscent of the old OS 9 crashes where the clock is dead and 
the mouse is dead. I just noticed that the entire computer shut down by 
itself if I didn't do it myself with the control+command+power key 
method after about 5 minutes. I'm using ADB keyboard and Kensington 
Turbo Mouse on this old B&W.

Very rare for OS X. Any thoughts on why? Perhaps iMovie 3 will be the 
solution? I hope.


k

On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 09:49  AM, Michael Winter wrote:

> On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 12:24  PM, Eric Phillips wrote:
>
>> I am new to making VCDs and have been reading archives until my head 
>> spins. Let me know if I have this information correct. I edit my 
>> movie in iMovie, use QT Pro to compress it and then use Toast to burn 
>> the VCD.
>
> You don't need QT Pro. Assuming Toast has been installed properly (see 
> below) the procedure is:
>
> Edit movie in iMovie
>
> Select "Export" from the file menu. In the window select "To 
> QuickTime" for the Export Option and either "Toast Video CD (NTSC)" or 
> "Toast Video CD (PAL)" for Formats. Then click the "Export" button at 
> the bottom, give it a file name, and go take a long break.
>
> When its done exporting it will start Toast automatically (this 
> setting can be changed) and you just have to give the CD a name, click 
> "Burn" and install a blank CD.
>
> It may be obvious, but the "Toast Video CD..." options are only 
> available if Toast is installed properly. I had some trouble in the OS 
> 9/X transition getting the right files in the right place. If you have 
> trouble, let me know and I'll try to figure out what file needs to be 
> where. I should maybe also say IIRC, that the VCD export option is 
> only available on the full version of Toast, not the Toast Lite 
> shipped with many burners.
>
> -Mike