Re: [AV Media Matters] comments on DVD burners please

[mark.taylor@nasm1.si.edu]

Apple Computer sells a DVD-R / CD-RW "SuperDrive" with their new high end
G4 Macintosh computers.
The advertising alleges that you can edit your DV footage with iMovie and
then write the result to the DVD with iDVD.  DVDs produced this way hold
one hour of video.

The process takes 2X real time (a 45 minute DV will be encoded to MPEG-2 in
90 minutes).  The resulting DVD can be played on a number of commercial DVD
players.

For more information see:
http://www.apple.com/idvd/

Mark "I want one of these!" Taylor
NASM Film Archives

>From: cbowin@whoi.edu
>Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 09:07:44 -0800
>To: AV Media Matters <AV-Media-Matters@topica.com>
>Subject: [AV Media Matters] comments on DVD burners please
>Message-ID: <0.10003996.560929331-212058698-983466427@topica.com>
>
>     I've begun to compress 30 and 45 minute DV video documentaries
>to MPEG-2 files.   That takes a long time: 54 and 96 hours
>respectively, but the quality seems great.  Only the 30 minute movie
>just fits on a cd-rom.  The 45 minute one is too big. Hence, now a
>DVD burner is desired, but cost and compatibility need be seriously
>considered.
>
>    Would appreciate comments and suggestions.
>
>Thanks,
>Carl
>d.b.a. Zarak Productions