Comments on: Doing Things with Digital Video on a MAC http://bavatuesdays.com/doing-things-with-digital-video-on-a-mac/ a "b" blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:33:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Film classics from the Internet Archive’s public domain collection at bavatuesdays http://bavatuesdays.com/doing-things-with-digital-video-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Film classics from the Internet Archive’s public domain collection at bavatuesdays Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:51:46 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=109#comment-255 [...] The site provides smaller versions of these films that are a quick download (and readily compatible with a video iPod as mp4s which I am well aware is sacrilege for many purists) as well as larger, higher-resolution versions (around 3-4 gigs). And while the transfer quality on the larger versions may not match that of a digitally mastered DVD, there are some useful tools that would allow you to quickly and easily edit and compile clips from these movies for entertainment, intellectual, instructional, and/or creative (i.e.mash-ups) purposes. And all this joy is made available to us (the John & Jane Q. Publics of the world) gratis. [...] [...] The site provides smaller versions of these films that are a quick download (and readily compatible with a video iPod as mp4s which I am well aware is sacrilege for many purists) as well as larger, higher-resolution versions (around 3-4 gigs). And while the transfer quality on the larger versions may not match that of a digitally mastered DVD, there are some useful tools that would allow you to quickly and easily edit and compile clips from these movies for entertainment, intellectual, instructional, and/or creative (i.e.mash-ups) purposes. And all this joy is made available to us (the John & Jane Q. Publics of the world) gratis. [...]
]]> By: Gardner http://bavatuesdays.com/doing-things-with-digital-video-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Gardner Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:42:28 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=109#comment-245 Jimmy? :-) Jimmy? :-)
]]> By: Mikhail http://bavatuesdays.com/doing-things-with-digital-video-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Mikhail Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:03:51 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=109#comment-236 Oh yeah, there's this: http://www.videohelp.com/ -- awesome site -- very useful. Oh yeah, there’s this: http://www.videohelp.com/ — awesome site — very useful.
]]> By: jimgroom http://bavatuesdays.com/doing-things-with-digital-video-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-235 jimgroom Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:59:30 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=109#comment-235 Awesome stuff, Mikhail. Thanks a million, I'll have to play with Roxio Popcorn and Toast. I have heard about them, but was not quite certain how they were used. I guess I can't claim ignorance any longer. Awesome stuff, Mikhail. Thanks a million, I’ll have to play with Roxio Popcorn and Toast. I have heard about them, but was not quite certain how they were used. I guess I can’t claim ignorance any longer.
]]> By: Mikhail http://bavatuesdays.com/doing-things-with-digital-video-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Mikhail Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:56:11 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=109#comment-234 Nice summary, Jimmy. Here's a bit more of the same sort of stuff that's good to know. 1. It should be noted that MacTheRipper also decodes the copy protection on DVDs. This is useful if you would like to extract a clip from a cmercial DVD for use in class. 2. <a>MPlayer</a> will sometimes play what VLC can't. It's good idea to have both I've found. 3. <a href="http://www.dvd2one.com/" rel="nofollow">DVD2oneX</a> allows you to compress data from a dual layer disc to play on a single 4.7G DVD. Roxio Popcorn does as well and is handy in other ways as well as it can convert video for use on iPods, PSP, and DivX players. 4. Roxio Toast Titanium lets you burn DivX to CD or DVD for use in DivX enabled DVD players. it encodes video as well. 5. The FLV format and the FLV WP plugin are a great alternative to Quicktime video for blogs particularly because QT is not bundled with Widows. Windows users have to download Quicktime to watch QT videos. Since, however QT is now bundled with iTunes for Windows, that may not be as big a deal as it once was. Nice summary, Jimmy. Here’s a bit more of the same sort of stuff that’s good to know.

1. It should be noted that MacTheRipper also decodes the copy protection on DVDs. This is useful if you would like to extract a clip from a cmercial DVD for use in class.

2. MPlayer will sometimes play what VLC can’t. It’s good idea to have both I’ve found.

3. DVD2oneX allows you to compress data from a dual layer disc to play on a single 4.7G DVD. Roxio Popcorn does as well and is handy in other ways as well as it can convert video for use on iPods, PSP, and DivX players.

4. Roxio Toast Titanium lets you burn DivX to CD or DVD for use in DivX enabled DVD players. it encodes video as well.

5. The FLV format and the FLV WP plugin are a great alternative to Quicktime video for blogs particularly because QT is not bundled with Widows. Windows users have to download Quicktime to watch QT videos. Since, however QT is now bundled with iTunes for Windows, that may not be as big a deal as it once was.

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