have been trying to capture some vhs tapes over the last few days on my pc to edit and burn on my ibook.
this little guide saved me lots of time and wish i'd found it earlier. http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCD_on_a_Macintosh.html
also, if trying to capture on a pc...dont try use mpeg...use dv! saves lots of time and pain...

seems that imovie doesnt accept muxed mpegs. which means that if you try and capture to mpeg with audio and video...it wont work...

Wanted to know the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R and found this site
http://www.videohelp.com/dvd
wasn't exactly what I wanted but has lots of useful information