BACKGROUND
I have recently purchased a Sandisk Photo Album which
takes memory cards from digital cameras, and displays
the saved photos and/or video clips on a TV - without a PC.

I am able to copy JPEG images to the Sandisk Photo Album
and display them on the TV, but when I copy video clips
to the Sandisk Photo Album in does not recognize the format.
(I have been able to play clips that come from a camera).
After speaking with Sandisk Tech Support, it appears that
the videoclips that come from a digital camera which 
Sandisk supports are:
Motion JPEG or MPEG-1 (QVGA resolution/up to 8 frames per second)
[http://www.sandisk.com/retail/spa.asp]

Since the files I have are Quicktime movies, they say I need to 
find a converter.

QUESTION:
Which application (Macintosh OS X) will convert Quicktime videoclips
to MPEG-1 files at QVGA resloution and 8 frames per second?
or to Motion JPEG?

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Clarification of Question by winr-ga on 28 Feb 2005 13:32 PST

Thanks yoxim for helping me realize that Ii need to clarify ...

CLARIFICATION:
Your answer must be Freeware or shareware or commercial
software costing $20 or less.

Thanks.

If you have Quick Time Pro, you can use it. Also, Adobe Premierre is a good bet.

yoxim,
Thanks for your suggestion.
I just checked,, and the two applications you mentioned are 
VERY expensive (relative to what I want to do). You've made
me realize that I need to clarify my question...

CLARIFICATION:
You answer must be Freeware or shareware or commercial
software costing $20 or less.

Thanks

winr,

I have found a great free tool for you that will convert files between
numerous different formats including QuickTime and Mpeg1. THe program
is called ffmpegX and is available at the site below.

http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

you can simply download a free trial version of the said programs.
should be just as functional as the real thing. when the 30 day free
trial expires, simply don't register it and remove it from your
computer.

yoxim,
Thanks for your follow-up comment about ffmpx.
I had already found and tried it, but even with the 
great number of options to convert among video formats,
I couldn't get the converted files to work on my device.

I'll keep trying.

Thanks.

I have been using the program Tmpgenc and a Mov file plug-in to do
just what you are describing.  You can get Tmpgenc at www.tmpgenc.net
and the mov plugin at
http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=TMPGEnc_Mov_Plugin&all=1

Tmpgenc is shareware and very reasonable in price.  You can use it to
convert to Mpeg 1 or 2 files and it highly rated.  I would check out
www.videhelp.com for any questions you have with video they have a
huge amount of information and tutorials available.

good luck

dirvictor,

I was hoping to find software that would run on my Mac (OS X),
but I'll see what I can do.

Thanks.