Hi,
it is now a long time ago since I had the idea to use
quicktime to do the conversion and I answered a lot of
mails where I explained how to do this.
Here once again:
Quicktime is not able to convert the video and audio part at once:
You have to convert them seperately.
Convert the audio part to .aif or .wav (depends from the system you
are
using. WAV is better for PC, AIF better for MAC).
Use the Quicktime Options to find the right font size!
Import both parts into any video editor and align the audio to video
(shouldn't be a problem, because Quicktime does a very good job...).
Keep an eye on the right VCD size (352 x 288) for PAL.
If the Quicktime Picture is too large, use the Scale function of your
video
editor. There is a little area around each PAL picture that cannot be
used
for video. So just do some experiments with the Scale function of
your video
editor (I prefer Adobe Premiere).
Export the finished video to MPEG 1. Take care for the right options
for
VCD. If you have any questions regarding VCD go and look at
www.vcdhelp.com
I'm sure that there you will find, what you are looking for.
When I tried to make my first karaoke disks, I was looking for a
program
that can do the job and unable to find one that exports to VCD. There
is one
that can do CD+G disks but not VCD.
I was working with Quicktime before and first thought of writing my
own
authoring software based on MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR. But then I had the
idea to
use Quicktime to convert .kar files. This saved me a lot of time
since there
is so much software floating around the net that can help
authoring .kar
files. Since I have a very good digital project studio it wasn't a
problem
for me to get the best sound possible.
For me it was just the easiest way to achieve my goal.
Because so many people where asking for this I decided to post my
solution on the net. I did not think of so much response!!!!
So, I hope that you are happy with this solution.
If you have any further questions, you can mail me.
I will try to answer them as soon as possible.
Greetings,
Markus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Oberth"
To:
Cc: ;
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:49 PM
Subject: Converting .KAR to VCD
> Hi Yall
> I saw your usenet post about converting kar to vcd, I too am trying
to do
> this, convieniently. I have gotten quicktime to save a kar as avi
or mpg,
> but without the audio portion. What am I doing wrong? I have
gotten the
> resulting mpg file to a VCD disk, (using tmpgenc to recombine the
audio)
but
> when I play it in my DVD player, the top line of text runs off the
top of
> the screen, Quicktime places the text too high. I know we are
almost
there.
> If we can put our heads together we can do this, I'm sure!
> Any ideas?
> Chris Oberth
> coberth@hotmail.com
>
>
>
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