Make DVD from Capture of DVR

[Nosey249]

I'm using a capture card to get programs off my dvr and would like to burn these to dvd, I am able to capture in a dvd format with the software, but I am using this on an older laptop and it can't handle that format, I can capture in an standard avi or mpeg4(I believe that was the setting)

I'm looking for a quick way to put these shows onto dvd, quality does not have to be great, but so far everything I have tried takes forever, a 30 minute show takes 1-2 hours to convert, I'm not too concerned about the quality, as long as it is close to the original recording. the format that I'm recording in makes a 2 hour capture only around 700 meg give or take

Any ideas or suggestions on how to do this in a quicker manner?

I use to have a dvd recorder hooked up and it worked great, I bought it about 4 years ago and after a few hundred burnings, it finally died, this was an lg (or liteon, I can't remember), small footprint and I only paid $50 for it, I looked into buying a new one but I can't find anything like it or in the price range, everything now is over $100, so I'm trying to use existing hardware

my wife died a few years ago, before dvd burners for computers, I use to record shows off tv (cable) and make a vcd for her to watch on a portable dvd player when she would be in the hospital, that's an option, if my current dvd player will play vcds

thanks for any help

[LJB]

Here are two suggestions.

Option 1
I went to the local box store (walmart/target/bestbuy) and bought a dvd recorder (without a tuner) and connected the a/v out of the dvr to the a/v in on the dvd recorded, just like you used to have setup. The box stores in your area may have a recorder for under $150US.
For example:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sony-1080P-Upconvert-DVD-Recorder-and-Player/10574442
or
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Multiformat+DVD-R/-R+DL/-RW/%2BR/%2BR+DL/%2BRW+R...8708589&st=dvd recorder&cp=1&lp=2

Option 2
Can you connect an external HD to your laptop and direct the video capture to the external HD?
That might let you capture in mpeg-2. If you can, then refer to the tool section for a program to author to a video_ts folder.
I use DVD Architect for this, but you could try DVDFlick as a freeware solution. Then burn with imgburn.

If not then for the avi/mp4 to dvd try dvdflick, FAVC, or one of the other authoring programs in the tool section.
https://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/authoring-dvd
Author to a video_ts folder and then use imgburn to burn the dvd-r/+r.

[Nosey249]

Here are two suggestions.

Option 1
I went to the local box store (walmart/target/bestbuy) and bought a dvd recorder (without a tuner) and connected the a/v out of the dvr to the a/v in on the dvd recorded, just like you used to have setup. The box stores in your area may have a recorder for under $150US.
For example:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sony-1080P-Upconvert-DVD-Recorder-and-Player/10574442
or
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Multiformat+DVD-R/-R+DL/-RW/%2BR/%2BR+DL/%2BRW+R...8708589&st=dvd recorder&cp=1&lp=2

Option 2
Can you connect an external HD to your laptop and direct the video capture to the external HD?
That might let you capture in mpeg-2. If you can, then refer to the tool section for a program to author to a video_ts folder.
I use DVD Architect for this, but you could try DVDFlick as a freeware solution. Then burn with imgburn.

If not then for the avi/mp4 to dvd try dvdflick, FAVC, or one of the other authoring programs in the tool section.
https://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/authoring-dvd
Author to a video_ts folder and then use imgburn to burn the dvd-r/+r.

thanks for the info, option 1 is out, I had a real nice burner (with a tuner) that worked great for about 4 years, paid around $50 at bestbuy, don't really want/need to spend $150 (which is around what I saw at walmart today)

I'll look at the others, I think I tried dvdflick, the thing I'm trying to get away from is the 2 minute for every 1 minute conversion

I can hook an external hard drive, drive space on laptop isn't a problem, I have 20gig free on that laptop, and I have 4-5 external drives, all over 200gig

the main problem with capturing is that I'm pretty sure my cpu can't handle the dvd format for capturing, when I start it, within 30 seconds the volume starts to lag and then it stops recording, that's why I'm testing with the format that is working now, but then I have to convert it, then again, I'm not concerned with enhancing the quality

my one dvd player on the tv says it can handle vcd and svcd so I may play with that tonight and see if the conversion is any quicker

again, thanks for the response, and I'll look back at those links just to make sure I didn't skip one when I was trying different things

[classfour]

Nosey: What is the DVR? If it's a tivo, you can connect via the network connection on some models using the Tivo desktop 2.8 software (free), (I plug my netbook into the router the Tivo is plugged into) and download the .tivo file. .tivo files are 480X480 and do require reencoding to meet DVD standard. I do use an external HDD to transfer from the netbook to my desktop; VideoREDO to edit and create a DVD file. Instead of spending two hours recording a two hour show: You can download it to your computer. I've even transferred over the wireless network onto my desktop.

[Nosey249]

Nosey: What is the DVR? If it's a tivo, you can connect via the network connection on some models using the Tivo desktop 2.8 software (free), (I plug my netbook into the router the Tivo is plugged into) and download the .tivo file. .tivo files are 480X480 and do require reencoding to meet DVD standard. I do use an external HDD to transfer from the netbook to my desktop; VideoREDO to edit and create a DVD file. Instead of spending two hours recording a two hour show: You can download it to your computer. I've even transferred over the wireless network onto my desktop.

thanks for the response

the dvr is a directv r15, unable to hook up like you are suggesting, already thought of that, the only way to pull the stuff off is to use either an external dvd recorder (which I use to do) or use a capture card, don't have a desktop anymore, just have 2 laptops, don't really have major problem with reencoding, I'm just trying to reduce the time it takes, it looks like it's all going to be in real time or more, 2 hour recording is 2 hours to capture and then reencode is another 3-4 hours

right now I am in no big rush to put to dvd, I'm at 1% left of dvr space, 90% I have set to keep so I'm working on pulling the stuff off the dvr, I can keep on capturing and putting either on external hard drives or burn the capture to a data dvd and figure out how to quickly convert or more efficiently create a dvd

[Nosey249]

Here are two suggestions.

Option 1
I went to the local box store (walmart/target/bestbuy) and bought a dvd recorder (without a tuner) and connected the a/v out of the dvr to the a/v in on the dvd recorded, just like you used to have setup. The box stores in your area may have a recorder for under $150US.
For example:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sony-1080P-Upconvert-DVD-Recorder-and-Player/10574442
or
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba+-+Multiformat+DVD-R/-R+DL/-RW/%2BR/%2BR+DL/%2BRW+R...8708589&st=dvd recorder&cp=1&lp=2

Option 2
Can you connect an external HD to your laptop and direct the video capture to the external HD?
That might let you capture in mpeg-2. If you can, then refer to the tool section for a program to author to a video_ts folder.
I use DVD Architect for this, but you could try DVDFlick as a freeware solution. Then burn with imgburn.

If not then for the avi/mp4 to dvd try dvdflick, FAVC, or one of the other authoring programs in the tool section.
https://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/authoring-dvd
Author to a video_ts folder and then use imgburn to burn the dvd-r/+r.

ok, I let dvdflick run through it's stuff, 4 1/2 hours later (4 to encode) I put dvd in player, it's black and white, other then that it looks fine, skips a few times but other then that, it's fine, but not in color

any ideas?

any thinking on encoding faster?

thanks