[Brad Goodman]

That’s what I thought about mpeg 1. Thanks for your help.

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[Brad Goodman]

Thanks. I’m using compressor as well. If I can’t talk the client out of having three hours of video on one disc, I’ll just have to lower the bite rate and audio until it’s too painful for him.

Do you think I’d run into too many playback problems if I encoded in mpeg 1?

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[Brad Goodman]

Thanks for replying. VCDs …. Very Compressed Discs … ha, ha ….

Do you remember which codec you used? Was out of Compressor or another compression program?

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[Brad Goodman]

I understand. My bad.

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[Brad Goodman]

mdr,

Thanks. I actually did a google search but wasn’t able to find what I was looking for. Also searched through the forums here and 2-pop, again with the same results.

You and the other fellow just assumed I didn’t bother to look. I did, but apparently the “Star Wars scrolling text effect” was not the correct search term. Apologies.

A small number of folks are quick to put-down here and on other forums. Really, the time it takes to sling such remarks could be more productively used.

I hope one day to reach a level of proficiency that won’t necessitate my posting such mundane requests for help here on the experts forum.

Thanks again,
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[Brad Goodman]

Not as helpful as I hoped, but thanks anyway.

[Brad Goodman]

Also wondering ….

Why doesn’t the self-contained mov file keep the audio? Where does it go when I try importing it? It’s there somewhere. There’s audio when just playing the mov file via the QT player.

Seems kind of frustrating.

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[Brad Goodman]

Thanks for your help,

Hummmm … aiff isn’t a choice. How would I go about separating the audio from the video without somehow losing sync?

Thanks

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[Brad Goodman]

Thank you for your reply. But seems I still can’t figure this out. The ZR400 does not have red and white inputs, though my XL1 does. However, as I said, it still doens’t work. I get a message from the XL1 saying to check DV device. The ZR400 just isn’t recording.

I do have both cameras in VCR mode. As I said in my first post, I’ve did everything exactly according to the manual. I’ve dubbed DV tapes with my XL1 before using this same process. When I set the XL1 to regular DV recording mode, I actually get a signal from the tape deck, but the noise level is so bad that it is virtually unusable.

The cassette deck only has two sets of RCA plugs: one labeld out, the other in. I have tried connecting the XL1 yellow video cable to a TV while also trying to record the audio from the cassette deck via the VCR mode, but that didn’t work either.

I’m sure I have all the necessary equipment, just not the know-how. Very frustrating!!!!

[Brad Goodman]

Indeed, Jim. When/As I start getting into authoring longer DVDs, I will need to be much more aware of the all the compression settings and how I’ve prepared my files for authoring. Thanks for your help and advice.

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