Hello Charles,

  CA> Yes, but I can't locate any freeware that can create
    > MPEG-2s and the MPEG-1 format creates files that
    > aren't as compressed as MPEG-2 files are.

In the UNIX echo I've just been pointed towards...

             http://cinepaint.movieeditor.com/

                ...which I'm hoping will write MPEG-2 files.
I'm not sure that MPEG-2 offers tighter compression, but my experience has
been that MPEG-1 files tend to be lower resolution and play nicely on my
computer, and MPEG-2 files are higher resolution and play better on my DVD
player.

- Andy Ball

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