[geeks] How do I play a VCD?

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 09:35:39PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 10:28:23PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >   Haven't had any problems yet.
> >   I'd like to move them onto my fileserver, though.  Anybody have any 
> > suggestions on what hardware/software  to use (and what file formats to 
> > use) to accomplish that?
> >         -Dave
> 
> Here's what *I* would do:
> 
> laser disc player -> s-video -> JVC Firewire-capable VCR -> Mac
> 
> Capture in DV resolution, convert to Quicktime or MPEG-4.

For someone who doesn't have that VCR, that is an expensive method that
won't give the quality of a cheaper non DV capture step.  If Dave
happens to have the JVC VCR, then give it a shot.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd