Home Movies from DV cam

[paul_pompey]

Hi
Could anyone explain the steps i have to go through to get my footage from cam to DVD disk ?

I have a little knowledge so i will explain what I know

1 transfer raw footage from cam to pc using firewire and saving as a AVI file

2 convert AVI file to MPEG2

3 edit the MPEG2 save edited version and burn to dvd disk

Is this correct or are there any other steps I have to take like do I need it to be in the VIDEO_TS folder as in commercial movies

also can anyone recommend the best software to do each of these steps

thanks for your help

[Turtle49]

I would edit the video when its in an AVI format. but after you get your edited MPG's you will need to use an authoring tool to convert the MPG the files you see in a comercial DVD. You might try Moviefactory 2.

Hope this helps.

[vettesea]

Hello

Firstly let me quickly explain what I am doing. My aim is to convert my home videos into a version that is more friendly to the eyes and ears of my friends and families.
I add music to the time line etc then work it back onto DVD.

I use the following process for my caturing and editing :


MSMM = Microsoft MovieMaker 2


Capturing home videos from DV camera to PC using MSMM in WMV format.
Edit footage into timeline adding titles, pictures, music etc..
Save output to DV-AVI format
Convert to MPEG2 format using TMPGEnc Plus
Create DVD menus and chapters using TMPGEnv DVD Author before creating DVD format VOB files etc.
Burn to DVD using either Nero or TMPGEnv DVD Author


It seems like quite a lot but it is very easy to do, just take a little processing time. For best quality I have been told to capture in DV-AVI format as well, which I have not yet tried but I know is possible. The only problem is an hours worth of footage is about 15Gb, so the rendering time saving your final project (assuming it is about an hour long) can be up to 4 hours.

However I have mainly been using it for short 15-20 minute edits and it has been great. No problems.

[Specialist]

Step-by-step tutorials:

1. Using Ulead VideoStudio 7.01 to capture DV .avi files from DV camcorders:

http://www.jonesgroup.net/videostudiodvcaptureone.htm

2. Using Ulead VideoStudio 7.01's DVD authoring module to record video to DVD:

http://www.jonesgroup.net/videostudiodvdstepone.htm

Hope this helps,

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net