[WinPartners] Captured video to DVD?

[Timothy Boyden]

I think you'll find all the required software you need to do the task is 
available in the MIT Multimedia lab in building 26 which is available to 
all MIT community members.

Tim Boyden
MIT Department of Facilities
IT Support & Training Group

Scott Ehrlich wrote:

>Hello to all:
>
>I have a Mac G3 and a Sony Hi8 camcorder with firewire cable.  I used this
>combination to capture home video and converted it to Quicktime MOV files.
>
>Budgetwise, I cannot get the suitable utilities to convert the MOV files
>to MPEG2, compress them, and burn them to DVD.  I'm now looking to my
>Pentium 3 machine to do the task.
>
>What program(s) do people recommend for the task?   Commercial, shareware,
>whatever.  I'm open to any/all ideas.   I can easily pick up a firewire
>card if I end up re-capturing the video.
>
>The existing MOV files look perfect during playback on my Mac, so I see
>no reason why I should need to recapture them.   I can easily transfer
>them over my home network to my PC's hard drive and go from there.
>
>So, what suggestions/leads/ideas do you all recommend to turn the MOV
>files into DVDs?   Some of the videos are an hour long, taking an average
>of 12 to 13 Gig each.   I have all the time needed to do the transferring
>- I just need the suggested programs for MOV -> DVD to complete the task.
>
>Thanks much.
>
>Scott
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