Recording mpg's

[George Toft]

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
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