newbie at dv to dvd

[wintron]

ok this is my first post so i hope i dont put my foot in , which i think i will 8) , so if any mod feels the need to move this please do . although i know quite a bit about pc's i'm quite a newb at video editing and the likes .
i borrowed a friends camcorder . its a panasonic nv-gs17eb 800,000 pixel one and have been taking a couple of home family vids . i know the output format is avi . i used nero vision express 3 to capture the video clips onto my hard drive and then converting them to dvd format . the quality is i think what i can expect from such a cam but the thing is that the audio is out of sync with the video . i also have used dvdsanta to convert the avi files into dvd format . also used nve3 to convert also into a svcd but the audio always seem out of sync . i know that maybe by your standards the programs i'm using are c%%p . i have also read a bit about the guides here on this particular kind of conversion but there are so many that i dont know where to start .
well this is where you all come in . what kind of advice can you give me , what programs to use etc , etc .

by the way the cam in question has two output ports , usb and firewire . but i have been using usb as i havent got firewire .

thanks

[jimmalenko]

i know that maybe by your standards the programs i'm using are c%%p .

Yeah ... pretty much

The first thing I'd do is get a Firewire card - you should be able to pick one up for cheap - they're about AUD$30.

I then use this guide for editing and applying noise-removal, then just import the script straight into my encoder (TMPGEnc Plus).

... or if you don't need to do any editing, this guide may assist. FWIW, IMO the only all-in-one that gets remotely near a dedicated encoder in terms of results is DivxToDVD. Unfortunately it suffers severely from a lack of customisable options/settings, but strictly in terms of quality and speed, it goes alright IMO. You might want to give it a try

[edDV]

Firewire is a must for quality video and locked sound. USB is intended for web streaming.