[MacDV] Re: VCD Help

[Thubten Kunga]

Thank you so much Mike. Although I have had QT 6.1 Pro since day one, I 
never understood how to use all of what it offers. You have made it so 
easy to get the idea. Are there any web pages that go into the details 
of what all these different compression choices are for?

Thanks again,

Kunga

On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 02:38  PM, Michael Winter wrote:

> On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 04:12  PM, Thubten Kunga wrote:
>
>> I also wonder if we may be able to import a finished iMovie 3 video 
>> into iMovie 2.1.2 and then do the VCD Export that way? Which would be 
>> faster and higher quality? Any way to adjust the compression ratio? 
>> Different compression algorithms? Is this the purview of Media 
>> Cleaner only?
>
> I use Quicktime Pro ($30 upgrade from Apple) to do that. Export from 
> iMovie as Full Quality Quicktime movie, then open it up in Quicktime 
> Player. With Pro activation, you then have a full range of export 
> options to choose from, including "Toast Video CD"  (again assuming 
> you have Toast installed).
>
> Although exporting to VCD from iMovie is the simplest way, its not the 
> way I normally do it. The reason is that iMovie essentially goes into 
> a coma when its in the background. So where exporting 30 min of video 
> to VCD might take 90 min with iMovie in front, it could take 6 hr with 
> iMovie in the background, even with nothing else happening. Using 
> Quicktime Player avoids that slowdown and also gives you more options, 
> such as exporting to MP4 or simply cutting/splicing movies that have 
> already been exported in another format.
>
> -Mike.