How to cue DV-AVI output through Firewire port

[mcguirek]

I have a Canopus ADVC-100 which I have just started using to capture home movies from Hi-8 and old VHS-C tapes.

I have edited a movie using Windows Movie Maker 2, and created a DVD using Sonic My-DVD. So far, it is all too easy. The hiccup had to come soon.

Now, I want to record my edited movie to VHS to give it to someone who does not have a DVD player. I can use the ADVC-100 to convert the DV Firewire output to analog and use my VHS recorder to record it. Using Windows Movie Maker 2, if I save to DV Camera, WMM takes some 10 minutes or more to construct the output stream, and then starts sending the DV out the firewire port. That is fine with a real DV camera which WMM can tell to start recording at the right time, but I cannot cue my VHS recorder at the right time as WMM gives no warning when the output is about to start.

If I have my edited movie sitting on my HDD in DV-AVI format, is there any software that can send it straight out the Firewire port immediately so that I can cue the VHS recorder?

Thanks in advance,
Kieron

[Solarjetman]

You could try DVIO.

Also, if your only problem is starting the VCR at the right time, have you thought about joining about 3 or 4 seconds of video to the front of the video, it would give you a buffer time to start the recording.

[mcguirek]

Excellent.

DVIO is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

Your suggestion about putting some additional video on the start of the movie would have at least made it possible to cue the recorder, but I would still have had to endure the unnecessary wait of 10 minutes (for a 15 minute movie - even longer for a longer movie) whilst Windows Movie Maker does its redundant transcoding.

Thanks again for the DVIO suggestion.

Regards,
Kieron

[Solarjetman]

Great, I'm glad its working for you.

DVIO is a nice program. No flashy features you'll never use and an interface so simple a monkey could use it