[markfu]

Hi,
I have a longQuicktime video, almost 2 hrs long, that I would like to take multiple clips out of so that I could make a DVD. My problem is that I don't know how to do this. I tried importing into iMovie but by the time I converted it to dv format (with a program that came with the Interview hardware that I used to import the analogue video) it took up 20 GB of space, not leaving me any to import into IMovie. I also tried in VideoShop but I don't see any controls for cutting the video. Does Quicktime Pro have this ability? (which I don't have). How about iDVD? (which I have ordered). I have Toast Titanium but so far I haven't been able to figure out how to make cuts in it either. I used to have Adobe Premier Lite but it was such an old version I must have trashed it at one point. Anyway, any suggestion, either with the programs I have or one (hopefully inexpensive) that I could get, would be appreciated.

[Uncle Skeleton]

QuickTime Pro is really the only way, but it's very quick and relatively cheap compared with these other apps you've bought (and to buy it is instantaneous, since you already have it on your computer!). There will be little selection triangles under the scrub bar. You can position them precisely by zeroing the selection on the current time (command-b) and then dragging around and deleting. It's certainly not the best interface to come out of cupertino, but you won't have to wait for any processing (or lose any quality because of it), since you just Save As and choose the "self contained" option.

One caveat is that none of the editing fuctions work with MPEG (1 or 2) video, or MPEG 1 layer 2 (mp2) audio.

[markfu]

Hi,
I sounds like my major problem now is the space that DV video takes. I got Quicktime Pro, have been copying the segment I want into another Quicktime player, then saving that file as a self-contained movie, as suggested to me--I don't understand what it means when it says save normally (allowing dependences), but it would certainly take less space. Anyway, my hope is to use these Quicktime clips without converting them to dv for the DVD--is that possible? Do I need to do it in Toast 6, not iDVD?

[Uncle Skeleton]

what are you converting them from? (as in, why don't you just cut pieces from the source file?)

[markfu]

Originally posted by Uncle Skeleton:
what are you converting them from? (as in, why don't you just cut pieces from the source file?)

From a very large QuickTime file that I imported from an analogue recorder. By the way, I am able to import these clips into Toast 6 without converting to DV; can you do this in iDVD?

[k_munic]

a few answers:

iMovie can just import files <2 Gb. which means, you have to "cut" your 2h into smaller pieces.
qt pro does this. you can "trim" your material and export it as .dv stream which is iMovie compatible.

iDVD doesn't handle a 2h long movie! 90min is max (with less quality), 60min is standard. don't forget: a dvd-r is 4Gig, a acommercial dvd is double layered, so contains about 9Gb...-

toast6 accepts lots of video standards, not only dv. and it can handle files larger then 2Gb. but here is the same limitation: a dvd-r doesn't fit as much...-