Transferring Mini DV to DVD

[bosscheech]

What is the best way to do this?

I've read hooking up a IEEE 1394 Firewire cable to the PC from the cammie, then using whatever program you like to burn. Can anyone give me some info here, or let me know of a better way? Thanks!

[AAR.oner]

yep, any editing program will have a capture feature...hook the cam to comp via firewire, and capture

most will automatically detect the specs of the footage yer capturing, or you can manually set it

[bosscheech]

DVDSanta is reasonable priced. Quality program?

Would VideoReDo work for something like this?

[AAR.oner]

i'm not familiar with either of those

i use the Final Cut Suite [Mac], but for PC i used Adobe Premiere (http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/) [PC] a few years ago, which i can vouch for re: quality...many of the PC heads around here use Sony Vegas+DVD Architect (http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/vegasfamily.asp)

you can get their basic versions [Premiere Elements or Vegas Movie Studio] for under a hundred bucks...full pro versions are much higher

i've never worked with it, but a cheap prog some folks use is one of the TMPGEnc (http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/index.html) products [hopefully someone else can tell you which software in particular]...but remember, "you get what you pay for" typically applies when it comes to quality encoders/editing & authoring features/etc

[bosscheech]

I'll do some research. Those products you mentioned are all good. I have also heard good things about DVDSanta, and it's cheaper. I'll look around. Thanks a lot for your help.

[LeifH12345]

Any good free programs?

[AAR.oner]

Any good free programs?

no.

[KoolKat]

no.

:lol4::lol4:

K_K

[AAR.oner]

:lol4::lol4:

K_K

its the truth :wave:

[u2rulesmyworld]

wont windows movie maker capture and convert? i dont think it will make a dvd though(menu's and chapters)

I use Sony Vegas and DVD architect and they are great