That's an option, too. My CD's are only MPEG's - how can I convert them to VCD? George Kevin Brown wrote: > > Unless he wants to play it on something other than a computer. You can play VCD > and SVCD in a large number of DVD players. > > > I've been into video a lot lately and personally, AVI is my favorite. > > Well... Actually, DivX. The compression is excellent. I have a CD with > > Braveheart on it. It's excellent quality even on a monitor, but when viewed > > through a TV card onto a TV, I don't even notice a difference from my > > couch. If you go right up to the TV then you can see the pixels, but who > > really watches movies from a foot or two away? > > > > I think we all know how long of a movie Braveheart is and it fits onto a 700 > > MB CD!!! (overburned of course) > > > > I'm probably not answering your question, I'm just saying instead of MPEG 1 > > or 2, I'd go with MPEG 4 (DivX is MPEG 4 I think, which has a .divx or .avi > > extension) > > > > On Sunday, April 28, 2002 11:49 pm, George Toft wrote: > > |Let's say my stack of videotapes is growing - not to mention a CD-R is > > | $0.15 each and a video tape $2.00. I want to record a TV show onto CD > > | instead of video tape. I have the Hauppage WinTV card. > > | > > |I've tried Broadcast2000, with works OK, except that 30 seconds of video > > |takes up 200MB and there is no audio playback. It's also an AVI file, > > |not an MPEG. > > | > > |What does it take to record video and audio and store it in an MPEG that > > |xtheater understands? I'm a total digital video newbie and need a gentle > > |shove in the right direction. > > | > > |Thanks in advance. > > | > > |George > > |________________________________________________ > > |See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > > | post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > | > > |PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > |http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > > ~Jeff > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss