Converting .mov to .mpeg on a mac

[timmozer]

I'm a bit of a newbe and have a simple question...

I have footage in mov format that I would like to burn into a svcd and i just need to know how. I do have quicktime pro, but there is no mpeg option in the export menu.

I've been reading all over this site how you have to have toast in order to export from quicktime as a mpeg format. Couldnt you just have the extension for quicktime so it thinks that toast is installed on the computer so it will export to mpeg?

Is there anything out there I can get thats FREE? I refuse to believe that hackers all over the world just said "well, guess I just have to go spend $89 on a codex that I can write myself..."

Also I do own premere and it really blew me away that it couldnt do it... Is there maybe a plugin or something like that for it?

Thanks for any replys you'll be helping out alot.

[tgpo]

It all depends on what you use. If you want to export from Adobe Premire, or QT Pro, then the Toast VideoCD extention must be installed. This codec only comes with Toast Titanium. It; however, is not the only way to encode to VCD. M.Pack and other utilities can also export as VCD, and I don't belive that Toast is required for the conversion.

[GORDYmac]

Download the QuickTime 6 preview. You'll be able to export to MPEG 4 using that software. Search Versiontracker.com for MOV2MPEG (or something like that) for MPEG 1 encoding.

[AntnyMD]

SVCD, which is what timmozer wants to make, does not support MPEG-4 video, and MOV2MPEG only outputs MPEG-1 video (also not supported on SVCD).

Until I get a G4 computer with a SuperDrive, this is how I make compliant SVCD's on my Mac:

In OS X
[a] Encode content to Quicktime using the Motion JPEG A codec, framerate of 29.97 and resolution of 480x480. I only encode 4:3 fullscreen material to SVCD because I haven't yet figured out how to make letterbox stuff (probably simple, I know, but if it's letterboxed, I just made an anamorphic DVD instead)

In OS 9
[b] Use M.Pack in OS 9 (not via Classic) to encode to an SVCD compliant file: MPEG-2 for video, 44.1kHz for audio. Note: M.Pack does not multiplex its MPEG-2 encodes.

Back to OS X
[c] Using the tools in the MPEGMissingTools package, I multiplex my audio and video, create the XML file that enables VCDImager to make CD-ROM XA tracks that I then burn to CD in Toast Titanium.


FYI: There are other MPEG-2 encoders for OS X, including the Quicktime plug-in that comes with iDVD2 and DVD Studio Pro; and Innobits BitVice product (promises true variable bitrate encoding). I picked M.Pack because it was easier to "borrow it from a friend."

[springtyme]

I have been successful in converting MOV to Toast MPG using the export function in QT Pro 5. But it is slow and I can not use my computer during the process. This is under 9.2.2

Is there another way to go .mov to .mpg for toast that will run in the background?

I juat Divx doctored an AVI file to a MOV. I'd like to convert the 800M file to a VCD. But I'm guessing this will be a 12-24 hour process. a 100M MOV took about 4 hours.

Thanks

Jerry

[tgpo]

Just select the vcd option in Toast and drag your movie to it. It'll convert it for you and run in the background. A 800mb file for me takes right at 5 hours for me.