[David Bogie]

VCD or SVCD seems to be what they’re asking for. If you give them MPEG2 on a DVD and they try to play it on a VCD-capable, non-DVD-equipped PC, it ain’t gonna work.

Most of the VCDs I’ve done are MPEG1, lowest common denominator.

See:
https://www.dvdrhelp.com/

[David] “1 – beta sp ntsc
1 – beta sp pal
2 – dvd
11 – self starting mpeg2 cd’s “

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

VCD or SVCD seems to be what they’re asking for. If you give them MPEG2 on a DVD and they try to play it on a VCD-capable, non-DVD-equipped PC, it ain’t gonna work.

Most of the VCDs I’ve done are MPEG1, lowest common denominator.

See:
https://www.dvdrhelp.com/

[David] “1 – beta sp ntsc
1 – beta sp pal
2 – dvd
11 – self starting mpeg2 cd’s “

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

And, it’s all in the FCP manual.

Standard DV? Lower.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

Full disclosure: I do not know Kevin, never met the guy. I don’t know where he lives and I don’t know his phone number. He’s nevre even offered to buy lunch.

Unsolicited critical acclaim: Buy Kevin’s book. Buy it yesterday. It is a valuable investment in your future joy.

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[David Bogie]

What’s an Avid?

Not in its current rev. Most of the proprietary breakout boxes do not use FW to send the DV signal to a deck or transcoder so do not suffer this latency. You will get used to it anyway, it’s really not a big deal. But if you’re looking for precise parity between your existing platform and FCP, you’re going to be horribly disappointed. You eventually accept or cope with FCP’s many shortcomings and learn to exploit FCP’s many benefits.

You’re going to despise FCP with a deep and unreasonable loathing. You’ll get over it eventually but your $1k FCP will never be a multi-$10k Avid. At least not in its present form but with NAB just around the corner, who knows?

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”