Analogue Camcorder tapes to dvd

[John Hustin]

My attempts at transferring camcorder tapes to dvd have been awful. The finished dvd looks as if it is in a water tank. They dont look bad in the preview screen but full screen awful.
I have a SamsungVP-70U 8mm camcorder AND i TRANSFER with DAZZLE DIGITAL VIDEO CREATOR with Pinnacle Studio Quickstart.
Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong.

John

[thecoalman]

Have you tried looking at them on a TV? Video designed for TV will never look as good on a computer monitor as it will on a TV. This is especially true when previewing in some software.

If your viewing a finished DVD try software specifically made for playing DVD's such as PowerDVD.

[Marvingj]

I hate to say this but your Equipment is not that good. Plus Dazzle has always Suck. There are a lot of forum information on this site that covers what your trying to do. Try using firewire from the camcorder than burn DVD. Quick & easy. TBC might be add if its really bad.

[John Hustin]

Thanks but what is TBC?

[Tommyknocker]

Thanks but what is TBC?

A time based corrector. It cleans up the video signal.

[DVD_Ripper]

Try using firewire from the camcorder than burn DVD.

Unfortunetaly we will find that his camcorder (8mm) more that likely will not have a 1394 connector so he will have to do analog capture.

[npaulie2000]

They might look better if you convert to vcd or svcd format instead of dvd. I capture from a camcorder in a similar way and have found this to be the case. Especially from a lower end camcorder like mine. good luck