Capture DV to DVD

[p_uriel]

Hi All,

I wish to capture my Sony TRV-130 DV camcoder films to guest room DVD (Not PC DVD):

I connected the camcoder to the firewire card and downloaded Microsoft Movie Maker. Starting capturing and got a 940MB file, using "Video for local playback" type, 2.1 Mbps.

Now, I wish to burn it on DVD. Is it the right fomat? Does it use MPEG2 format? As much as you know, there are a lot of parameters while you shrink a file: Stream variable, Resolution (I used 640*480 - Is it OK?), Frame A, B or both etc. Does the DVD can play all of the parameters of MPEG2 or there is a standard?

Thanks,
Uriel

[LetsRip]

When I've used Movie Maker to transfer the DV content from my Sony D8 camcorder, I've selected the DV-AVI option. This puts it into AVI format, which can then be edited by other software and processed into MPEG-2 video and WAV/MPEG-1/AC-3 audio format.

Check out the helps on the forum regarding the creation of 'compliant' DVDs using AVI source that can be played on set-top DVD players.

[yg1968]

Your DV burner should come with the necessary software. If you prefer, you can capture using Windows Movie Maker in DV avi and then convert to mpeg-2 with TMPGenc. You can then import the file into your DVD authoring program.