newbie question..

[labouas]

hi everybody,i shot a little movie with a miniDV cam and edited using final cut pro,now i want to compress the file so it fits on cd or else,i would really appreciate any help on how to compress? wich codecs? settings? what prog to use? thks for any help.

[dbaker6165]

TMPG Mpeg Encoder... you can find out where to get it on this web site.

[labouas]

ok thanks but what is tmpg mpeg encoder,i've been also told that i can try with mediapipe and missing mpeg tools.i need to know one more thing,the size of my pal video is 720 * 576,if i want to encode for a vcd or svcd,should i change the size or not? i mean what is the best size so it can be best viewed on tv? thks

[fantomlord]

start reading the guides on this site, and looking through the forum.
you'll find the answers you're looking for

[labouas]

well thks,i took a little look but it seems that the tutorials are for windows,i should have said that i use a mac maybe.i'll check more later if i can find something.

[tgpo]

We have plenty of guides and things in the Mac forum!