Converting MOV

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yagervideo
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Converting MOV

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A google search rendered many ways to convert CDG to MOV as well as many other file formats. What about creating a MOV to CDG or anything else of a similar small file size. I am adding some of my own bands music to my karaoke collection. I made it it Final Cut. my MOV is roughly 550MB. I would like to see it down to the 5-10MB file size that the rest of my collection.

If an MP3/CDG zip file isn't what I am looking for, please advise me on what I should be searching for. Keep in mind, I am a novice when it comes to karaoke. i took over for a friend and decided I wanted to add some of my own. If I am going all about this the wrong way, point me in the right direction. I am a video producer so obviously FCP was my "go to" as I am very familiar.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Converting MOV

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creating a CDG file must be done from scratch, it is not possible within the laws of physics to convert a movie to a CDG. any movie will be at least many hundreds of kps, but a CDG streams at about 3kps. converting would be like sucking an elephant thru a straw.

if you really want to create a CDG file, then you need to directly create it with a tool made to do just that. eg: kJams Producer. Macintosh computer required.

The other alternative is to compress your movie to h.264, however you're not going to get anywhere near 5MB per song with that.

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Re: Converting MOV

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Using FCP to do karaoke lyric animation is really like using an electron beam microscope to do wood etching of your "World's Greatest Dad" plaque!
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If you really want to use a high end video tool rather than just using KTP and Producer (which is far simpler) you might want to consider using a subtitler, like AegisSub, and AfterEffects. Far simpler, far more control, and far less headache.

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Re: Converting MOV

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what he said.

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