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>Subject: Re: #7413 DivX to VHS
>Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 16:01:02 -0600
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If you have a power mac, get VLC (video media player) 
http://www.videolan.org/  (This software is great¡¡¡¡)
Then you have to have a video card with a S-video output (radeon 8500 
for instance). So you can have two monitors: the computer monitor and a 
TV (with a VCR or just the VCR) connected to the computer.
Open the Divx file using VLC, and select SCREEN (#2), so it will go to 
the TV or VCR (dont forget to connect the audio cable to the vcr)

Michael
ps: I think you can do that uisng firewire and a video camera, as a 
second monitor.


On Feb 12, 2004, at 3:47 PM, LLTI-Editor wrote:

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>> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:54:12 -0600
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>> Subject: DivX to VHS
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>
> Hello all.
>
> The other day, a French student brought me a CD with a DivX file on it.
> She wondered if I could put it on a VHS tape.  My initial reaction was 
> no
> because the DivX format is usually used for pirated movies.  It does,
> however, present an interesting problem.  I took several stabs at it
> without success.  I thought iMovie would import it and then I could 
> write
> out to a VCR or camera but it gets part way through the import process 
> and
> stops.  The only way I know of at this time is to play it on a flat 
> panel
> monitor (no flicker like a CRT) and stick a camera in front of it.
>
> Anybody have any great ideas?
>
> Tom
>
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