On 05/03/04 13:14, "chueewowee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know how to get tv on an imac and record to dvd? > > I have a superdrive dvdr imac 1ghz 256 mb ram > > regards, John
To record video on a DVD, you first need to bring the video into your Mac. With your iMac, you can use FireWire to import video. The problem is that, AFAIK, no TV set has a FireWire output. To convert the analog output signal from the TV (or VCR), you would need to get what we call a "DV-Bridge". It's a converter that can take analog input and output a FireWire digital video stream that can be imported in your Mac. Another way to do it is using a MiniDV video camera that has FireWire output and can accept video input. Some cameras will let you do that, the cheaper models won't. A cheaper alternative are USB-based bridges. If you're not concerned by quality, it would be cheaper going that road, but the quality will suffer. The reason for this is that USB has a lot less bandwith than FireWire, so less information can be exchanged between the converter and the computer, resulting in smaller frame per second rates. The result might be a not so good picture that might be jerky at times. After you imported your video source into your Macintosh as digital video, you can use iMovie to edit and prepare the video. Once you're done with editing, you can import that iMovie project into iDVD which will then let you burn a DVD. -Laurent. -- ======================================================================== Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Washington, DC, USA ************************ Usual disclaimers apply *********************** -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
