>I'm a pretty experienced video producer/editor, and I've just gotten a gig
>to produce an archival CD ROM. The client has about 6 hours of VHS video
>he'd like digitized to CD, with accompanying text and simple graphics. I'm
>thinking 160x120 AVI video, 16 bit 22K sound, running in a window on the
>right. Text and graphics to the left, all set up in Director. My question:
>how much of this kind of program will fit on a CD? I have no idea how big
>my AVI files will be. If you can recommend a good source book (or web site)
>for this kind of tech info, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks -
You should investigate the world of Quick Time:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/developers/
http://www.videoscript.com/freeware.html
http://www.larisoft.com/
http://www.MediaCity.com/~erweb/
http://www.QuickTimeFAQ.org/
http://www.QuickTimeFAQ.org/webring/
http://Home.Clear.net.nz/Pages/StarTrek/formats.html
http://www.videoscript.com/
http://tag.digital-ren.com/betaqt/index.htm
http://www.learndynamicmedia.com/
http://www.tandb.com.au/projects/research/video_capture/
You could also check this site for CODEC infos:
http://www.terran-int.com/CodecCentral/GenInfo.html
AVI files should only be used if you feel suicidal.
luc