[MacDV] Re: importing VCD

[R B Williams]

I see better quality by playing VCD's on a regular DVD player and capturing back to the
Mac. Much quicker, too.

R.B.

"L. Cornelio" wrote:

> On Mon, 31 May 2004 05:32:24 -0700MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com wrote
> something like:
>
> >>I've just received a VCD which I put in my Superdrive but it won't
> >>play. There doesn't appear to be an application that can open it.
> >>So, I have two questions.
> >>1. How do I get to view the contents of the VCD?
> >>2. Can I import the contents of the VCD into iMovie 4?
> >>Thanks again ! (I'd be lost without you guys !)
>
> You can use Toast to extract the file to mpeg1. But that is still not
> compatible with iMovie, which would require a few other tricky steps -
> which may not be worth it. If the VCD plays, whats the problem? ;-)
> Because redoing it from that file to a DVD wont improve the quality....
>
> -ramito
>
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