recommendations please

[ray316]

l would like to pick the brains of you all on the best free tool that will do transfer from dv camcorder encode and burn all in one package.l have a firewire so l,m just after good advice. cheers

[jimmalenko]

I could be wrong, but I cannot recall any one tool that will capture, encode, author and burn and is freeware, unless of course you mean ... ... "free" ... ...

[ray316]

yes, thats what l mean

[jimmalenko]

yes, thats what l mean

Whoaaaa, not touching that ...


I prefer seperate tools for each stage of the process from a control and flexibility point of view, but I also have NeoDVD which can do everything in one. There's also a number of Ulead products which can as well AFAIK.

[daamon]

Hi ray316,

Like jimmalenko says, I don't believe there's an all-in-one that'll do everything. However:

1) Cam to PC: WinDV (free)
2) Basic editing: VirtualDub (free). Slightly more advanced editing: AVID Free DV (free).
3) Encoding to MPEG2 for DVD: DivxtoDVD (US$30) - I've never used it, but I hear it's a good one from the "all-in-one" bunch of tools. There are free ones - read up and try 'em out.
4) Authoring: GUI for DVD Author (free) - I've not used this, but it's regularly recommended as a free tool.
5) Burning: DVD Decrypter (free).

I myself, again like jimmalenko, prefer seperate tools for specific jobs.