Video converter in OSX

Is there a video converter...to convert quictime movies into DVD format MPEG2 for instance provided in Panther or do I need to get a third party app?

Gothboy,
Sorry you didn't receive any help with your question here before. You probably would have received some help in the QuickTime forum as that has many users who are very knowledgable in using it.
Quicktime video is mov format, but DVD is MPEG-2 format, so you need to get a converter to convert your videos, then use a burner to burn them to DVDs.
If you search "quicktime converter" or "free quicktime converter" in Google, you will find numerous converters for doing what you want. Sorry, I can't recommend one over the other as I haven't used them myself.
hope that helps some,
littleshoulders

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