Does anyone have any helpful hints on creating a VCD from an AVI file on Mac OS X? I cannot get my copy of Toast Titanium to burn to VCD. It keeps saying that the copy of Toast VCD is expired! HELP!

-- Jonathan Rowson (j_rowson@bellsouth.net), December 22, 2002

Answers

I wish I knew. I've been trying to get this to work also. It seems it's busted, and everyone is waiting for Roxio to step up to the plate? I would really like to see this or some VCD solution for OSX. Before it expired on me, I was able to create very good quality from it.

-- the unknown surfer (unknown@none.net), December 27, 2002.

get the Toast Video CD 1.2 Updater

-- nat (naty2k@worldnet.fr), April 05, 2003.

I have no problem burning VCD with toast 5 but I wish I could create a VCD from an AVI file that uses the MP43 codec

-- Jordan M (jmauro@bu.edu), April 06, 2003.

ffmpegX will convert from .avi format to an .mpg that Toast can use. It takes a long time however (12 hours on my G3/600MHz PowerBook). Check on VersionTracker. Also useful are VCDGearX (for massaging recalcitrant MPGs into VCD form) and Divx Doctor II (for converting AVIs into MOVs). I'm a novice myself, but so far have been able to burn a few good VCDs.

-- Mark Noland (panegyric@mac.com), April 15, 2003.

I downloaded a movie on limewire and I have tried ALL the programs to get it onto VCD, YES, BEFORE YOU ASK I HAVE USED DIVX DOCTOR AND AVI TO QUICKTIME AND ALL THAT CRAP!!! I HAVE FREAKN' TOAST 6 FOR CHRIST'S SAKE!!! Other programs I tried were mencoder, DVision and alot others, ALOT. I HAVE FOUND NO SOLUTION!!! ON THE NET OR ON P2P THERE IS NO SOLUTION, I NEARLY GAVE MYSELF A HERNIA TRYING TO FIND IT. I JUST DON'T WANT TO USE UP A GIG OF MY MEMORY FOR SOMETHING I WON'T NEED. I HAVE TRIED EEEVVVVEEEERRRRYYY-THINGGGGGGG!!!!!!

-- MAC_GENIUS_CARBON (wasted_at_12@hotmail.com), January 04, 2004.

Screw all you chimp lovers.

-- Orc Fart (snoo@boo.tv), January 14, 2004.

Yeah espey ya chimp luva

-- heh (foo@bar.com), April 18, 2004.