Dv Camcorder...Any way to get the tape from the dv to cpu?

[nonn00bwhoneedshelp]

My dad has a dv camcorder and wants to know if there is anyway i can put it onmy computer and encode it to vcd i am gonna use tmpg to encode it if i ever get it on my computer. Does anyone know how i can get it on my PC?

[redwudz]

If it has a firewire output, you use a firewire cable and a firewire card on your computer and you download it to the computer using DVIO or a similar program. Take this file and put it into TMPGEnc and create the VCD file. Read the guides to the left for the particulars.

[FulciLives]

In my opinion the VCD format sucks ass for quality picture. You might as well save yourself the time and trouble and just record the original to a VHS video.

If you really want to do this you should consider getting a DVD Burner and put it on a DVD-R but if that isn't an option then look into doing a SVCD or CVD as the quality will be MUCH better than a VCD.

The trick of course is that not all stand alone DVD players can handle SVCD or CVD whereas almost all will play back a VCD.

In my experience CVD seems to be more compatible than SVCD.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman