[Macpartners] Help converting .mov to mpeg?

[Scott Ehrlich]

On Sun, 29 May 2005, Kerem B Limon wrote:

> QuickTime Pro can do this, as well as other various video editing tools. What
> you need is a tool that will do re-encoding, and an encoding version of the
> MPEG codec of your choice.
>
> QuickTime Pro includes MPEG-1 support, and can create such output. Final Cut Pro
> can do the same plus MPEG-2. You will almost certainly want to use the raw
> footage or raw versions rather than the compressed Sorenson (I'm assuming,
> since you said QT files) for quality when re-encoding to MPEG.
>
> DVD spec requires MPEG-2 video. S/X/VCD will deal with MPEG-1 or -2.
>
> There is one free MPEG-2 codec for which I cannot remember the URL now, but I
> think it was bbMPEG. Go to versiontracker or macupdate.com and search for
> 'mpeg'. Also, Google is your friend.
>
> -Kerem

Here's my real goal:

I have a Sony Firewire camcorder and a G3.   I want to dump footage taken
with the camera directly to DVD.   Research has shown, so far, that no
version of iDVD will work with a G3.

What are my options if I want to stay with the G3?    I captured the
footage initially via iMovie, converted that to a massive .mov file for
Toast 6 Lite, but the resulting DVD+R quality was pretty poor.   I am
hoping a direct-to-DVD option will work for me.

Leads?   Ideas?

Thanks.

Scott