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Mini dv to DVD,help needed!
jiekam
04-12-2008
hiya!im looking for a product online for converting my camcorder dv tapes onto a dvd.all i can find are websites which i have to send the tape off to.has anyone got any idea where i can buy the equipment from or how i can do it myself.thanks.
Neil C
04-12-2008
Sony have a device which is basically a dvd burner with a small screen in it.

You connect your camcorder up to the unit and after following instructions simply copy from one to the other.
nig6
04-12-2008
If your using a pc you can do it in windows, just connect up the camera to a firewire port or usb if you don't have one and run movie maker and it'll import the video, then you can write it to a dvd after its imported.

Same on a mac, but use imovie!
John Wesley
13-12-2008
As the guys say, these are the only options for getting your mini dv to dvd.

You sounded concerned about sending your mini dv tapes off to a company to do it. I sent mine off two weeks ago to these guys http://www.video-to-dvd.co.uk here and they transferred it in 2 days for less than the price of an ethernet cable.

This may be your best bet.
TheBigM
13-12-2008
There are several ways, I will list them in order effort required:

1a. Using a tv card on a computer and a composite or s-video out on the camera, capture video from a camcorder then follow step 1c.

1b. Using a firewire socket on the computer and camcorder capture video.

1c. (1b is preferred to 1a). Use video editing software to edit your video, e.g. trimming clips, adding music and transitions, special effects, disc menus etc and burn a dvd or create a file or something. There is free, basic software like windows movie maker or you can get better software like Pinnacle Studio or Adobe Premiere Elements.

1d. A lot of this software allows you to go from capture to dvd without really doing any editing at all. I think Nero disc burning software lets you do this.

2. Use a small device you attach to the camcorder and it will transfer the entire contents of the tape and burn onto a DVD. Virtually no control over the process except to turn it on.

2b. You can get a VCR style DVD recorder which sits under your TV and you control it using a remote. Can do basic editing and disc menus. Can use it to record your ordinary TV viewing too and maybe transferring stuff from your PVR (like a freeview PVR or Sky+/V+) onto DVD for longer term keeping.

I recommend 2b over 2a and 1b over 1a. The only other consideration is the power of your computer as video editing is pretty intensive. Therefore on balance, I would recommend 2b.
James2001
16-12-2008
Originally Posted by TheBigM:
“1c. (1b is preferred to 1a). Use video editing software to edit your video, e.g. trimming clips, adding music and transitions, special effects, disc menus etc and burn a dvd or create a file or something. There is free, basic software like windows movie maker or you can get better software like Pinnacle Studio or Adobe Premiere Elements.”

Windows Movie Maker is no good for transferring stuff to DVD. It would deinterlace all the footage and the quality would be awful. Definatly plump for better software- I use Adobe Premiere myself.
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