How do I convert home videos into MPEG or QuickTime for CD?
This topic is largely outside the scope of this FAQ, so I’m not going to go into much depth. The Usenet group rec.desktop.video is more applicable. I’m not aware of an FAQ for the group, but the links found at http://www.cris.com/~videoguy/jump.htm will get you started. You need a capture card to transfer the video to your hard drive. Capturing video will eat up 2MB or more per *second* of video at full resolution (640x480x24 at 60 fields per second for NTSC) with a reasonable degree of compression, so this isn’t something to be undertaken lightly. The lower your quality requirements, the lower the bandwidth requirements. If MPEG is your only interest, you might be better off with an MPEG-only card rather than a hobbyist video capture board. http://www.b-way.com/ and http://www.darvision.com/ are good places to look. The Broadway card has been given high marks for quality. Once you’ve captured the video, you’ll probably want to edit it (at least to clip out unwanted portions or add tit
