[Macpartners] Re: Macpartners Digest, Vol 24, Issue 18

Tue May 31 11:16:22 EDT 2005

QT Pro.

You can also look at MpegStreamClip: http://www.alfanet.it/squared5/ 
mpegstreamclip.html

M.

On May 30, 2005, at 12:00 PM, macpartners-request at mit.edu wrote:

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>    1. Re: Help converting .mov to mpeg? (Scott Ehrlich)
>    2. Mac DVD clarifiation (Scott Ehrlich)
>    3. (solved) Re: [Macpartners] Mac DVD clarifiation (Scott Ehrlich)
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> Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 23:20:53 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Scott Ehrlich <scott at MIT.EDU>
> To: kerem.limon at MIT.EDU
> Cc: macpartners at mit.edu
> Subject: Re: [Macpartners] Help converting .mov to mpeg?
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> On Sun, 29 May 2005, Kerem B Limon wrote:
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>> 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
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> Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 07:40:54 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Scott Ehrlich <scott at MIT.EDU>
> To: kerem.limon at MIT.EDU
> Cc: macpartners at mit.edu
> Subject: [Macpartners] Mac DVD clarifiation
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> The camcorder video I captured to my Mac via iMovie and converted to
> Quicktime/.MOV has perfect clarity on the Mac during playback.   The
> problem occurred when I used Toast 6 Lite to burn a DVD.  That is  
> where
> the quality suffered.
>
> So, what I am ultimately looking to do is either:
>
> - Find the best way to get the .mov files to DVD with NO loss of  
> quality
>
> - If that cannot be done, find an alternative way to get least-loss
> during the transfer from the camcorder to DVD.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
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> Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 08:11:23 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Scott Ehrlich <scott at MIT.EDU>
> To: kerem.limon at MIT.EDU
> Cc: macpartners at mit.edu
> Subject: (solved) Re: [Macpartners] Mac DVD clarifiation
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> Sorry for all the emails about this.   Kerem did reply to this same
> question I asked a couple days ago, but I misplaced it, and just
> re-discovered it.
>
> Scott
>
> On Mon, 30 May 2005, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>
>
>> The camcorder video I captured to my Mac via iMovie and converted to
>> Quicktime/.MOV has perfect clarity on the Mac during playback.   The
>> problem occurred when I used Toast 6 Lite to burn a DVD.  That is  
>> where
>> the quality suffered.
>>
>> So, what I am ultimately looking to do is either:
>>
>> - Find the best way to get the .mov files to DVD with NO loss of  
>> quality
>>
>> - If that cannot be done, find an alternative way to get least-loss
>> during the transfer from the camcorder to DVD.
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Scott
>>
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> Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 10:59:50 -0400
> From: Paul H Bauer <pbauer at MIT.EDU>
> To: macpartners at MIT.EDU
> Subject: [Macpartners] Sending E-Mail Problem
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> About an hour ago I began getting the following error every time I  
> try to send
> e-mail from home using Eudora. I have not made any changes to my  
> system
> recently. I am using OS 10.3.9 and Eudora 6.1
>
> Error Message: "503.5.7.0 Authentication required"
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