dv to pc to vcd help please.

[mcgirkz]

i have 2.5 hors of video that i have transferred from vhs to my dv camcorder. my camcorder has a firewire port witch i can connect to my pc. what program do i need to use to convert this to my pc and then make a vcd out of it? windowsxp has moviemaker to do this. should i use this or some other software? also will my firewire capture video only or sound as well? and what quality to i need to transfer the dv in order to eventually convert it to VCD?

thanks

[Tommyknocker]

I have Video Studio 6 to capture DV to my computer. Once the program recognizes the camera is connected and turned on, it controls the playback of the camera and captures the video from the program screen. Really remarkable. It then can burn this video to a VCD, SVCD, or DVD.

As far as Movie Maker is concerned, I really have had some problems with it. Mainly, if I try to edit with it, any command I give it causes it to exit.

Also, DV has more than enough quality for you to eventually encode to VCD.

[VCD GURU]

Hello!

I would use DVIO for dv to pc transferr and TMPGenc for VCD encoding.

You can download both from this site on the left menu under tools (i think)

DVIO is a freeware TMPGenc also in mpeg1 mode i think.

Good Luck!

[mcgirkz]

Hello!

I would use DVIO for dv to pc transferr and TMPGenc for VCD encoding.

You can download both from this site on the left menu under tools (i think)

DVIO is a freeware TMPGenc also in mpeg1 mode i think.

Good Luck!

ok, thanks for the reply. i remember reading about divo before. and i have tmpgenc already. will i be able to get 2.5 hours on 2 cd's?