there has to be a better way to create vcds on a mac...

[ryanr47]

I've tried everything and to me its just too damn complicated. Creating vcds on pc is so easy to make. is there any new tutorials/programs to make them on the mac?

[Ross]

What on PC is simpler than dragging a movie into Toast, selecting vcd, and shoving a blank cd in you drive?

If you need more detail, let me know.

[ryanr47]

its just too complicated. on pc its really simple to create.

[major]

The 3-steps method indicated by Ross could appear complicate if you're accustomed with another method, which is very probably not simpler in absolute.

It will become simpler with experience. It's just like opening a door: very complicate to explain: grab the handle, push it down, push the door - but easy after doing it repeatedly.

[ryanr47]

not just the part where you burn the movie with toast. I'm not an idiot...I'm talking about from ripping the dvd to the finished product.

[kmadel]

Yes, toast is very easy, but what about menus?

[Ross]

For menus with your VCD see: https://www.videohelp.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=75166

[mcdough]

We've come up with a workaround to get uncompressed iMovie content in a QuickTime file, which can then be dropped on a number of utilities (Cleaner, Toast, iDVD, etc.). The caveat is that this is only helpful if you've done a straight capture (i.e. no edits in iMovie). You also will have to know how to make a reference movie in QuickTime.

After you do the movie capture in iMovie, you'll end up with a Media folder with a bunch of raw DV files in it. QuickTime Pro can import these. If your movie is longer than 10 min or so and you're using an OS that splits files at 2GB, there may be a bunch of raw DV files in this folder. Open each one in turn, copy it, and paste it into a new QT movie (basically you're reassembling the movie). Just remember when you save, to save with dependencies. And be careful with the copy/paste so you're not pasting the same sequence twice (we've done this and it makes people mad!) or putting things in out of order.

When you're all done, you'll have a QT file that is just a reference movie, but can be dropped onto a compression utility or some such.

Sorry that this won't work if you've done editing in iMovie. You WILL have to export the thing, probably apply some kind of compression.