Off Topic: MPEG to video

[Paul Mather]

Rudich, Robert A writes:

> Martin and Paul are right about the ability to play the CD-i of Live
> Chronicles on a top line compute set up.  The rub and the crux of the
> discussion was the realization that some of us don't have that level of
> equipment.  Provided somebody did make the conversion, we got into what was
> needed for us low tech blokes who could manage a VHS version.  It's cheaper
> for us to play in video than upgrade computer hardware just to play this
> disc.  That's all.

Yeah, but if you can find somewhere that has the requisite hardware,
you should be able to make your own homebrew video copy of the CD.
(So you only need access to the "high-power" hardware once.)  I
wouldn't be surprised if these "video conversion" companies don't do
it now.  And if you are at a university, or live near one, chances are
they have a "multimedia lab" that you might be able to borrow the
services of to run off a copy.  Apparently the one here at Tech can
handle everything up to mastering your own CDs.  (Whether they'd *let
you* is another matter.:)

Like I said before, if you can find a PowerMac with a MPEG card in it,
that should be all you need.

Cheers,

Paul.

obCD: The Bevis Frond, _Sprawl_

e-mail: paul at csgrad.cs.vt.edu                    A stranger in a strange land.