just thought i'd say hello as i'm new to the site
hoping this'll help with my new sort of hobby
i go to alot of car shows and like to make films up of them as i go along. people have started to ask me to convert them to dvd for them but i have literally no idea of how to go about doing it.
was hoping that by joining this site i may get to know the "ins and outs" of it all a bit better. fingers crossed eh?
look forward to some replies
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Welcome. This is the right place. However you'll have to be a lot more specific about what "make films up" means. What kind of camera do you use? What media does it save to? Start by reading "What Is DVD" to your left. Then search the guides for "<whatever your source format is> to DVD". This should get you most of the way there. Then if you have any questions come back and ask. There's a lot of help to be had on this site, but the more you help yourself, the better the help will be.
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Nice to have you here. It's always good to be familiar with the Forum Rules before you start a thread. (By your topic heading and content, I'd guess you really didn't read them yet, huh?) Many of your questions and issues may have already be answered many times over, so be sure and do a search on this site to find the wealth of information that's already available to you.
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if your using a mindv or a cam that has a usb cable you can use that to plug into your pc...then you'll need software..if u have a newer camera then it should have come with software to use with it...if not you can use a little app called WinDv...it will save your video into an "avi" file format...then you'll need another app called Avi2dvd...to convert it into the dvd u want...these 2 apps mentioned are free and are as simple and basic as they get
if u have an older camcorder that has no ports other than rca(red, white, yellow)..you'll need a capture card like a Hauppauge or a little device like...
Pinnacle Dazzle or Pinnacle Dazzle Recorder ...here's a pic of what it looks like Dazzle Pic
mind you there are many other variations or brands and some are cheaper but these 2 are a general idea for use with a camC with no other outs except RCA -
breng60 - Everyone has told you the truth, but here's what they have NOT told you.
This is going to take time and probably some money to do. The cheaper ways will take up more of your time. The more expensive ways will take up less of your time. And you're going to have to decide if this is something you really and truly want to learn to do. I have a friend whose brain just shuts down if he has to click on more than 3 buttons to do anything. I am not kidding. If you are this kind of person too, this is not for you.
Also, what no one is telling you is that if you start making DVDs for people, some of your customers will not be able to play them. There is just no way around this. If you are lucky, it will not happen much. Maybe you don't have a lot of customers and it never happens. However, when it happens, they will blame YOU and be angry that you sold them junk discs that won't play. To keep this from happening you'll have to use high quality discs to write to or pay someone to press discs for you (that drives up the cost to you to do that, but pressed discs are more reliable than ones you make yourself). And still you're no doubt going to find a few complete idiots who no matter what you do will somehow not be able to play your discs. They'll put them in upside down even though they would never do so with any other discs or they'll scratch the hell out of them or let them warp in the sun and all of this will somehow be your fault.
If you learn how to do this yourself, for best results I'd recommend sticking to single layer DVD-R discs made by Taiyo Yuden (you will have to order these online). If you're just going to do 2 or 3 DVDs for friends who aren't very fussy, that's one thing, but if it's going to be an ongoing thing, you may want to think about whether or not this is something you really want to start doing. -
Don't overlook standalone DVD recorder units. You can feed a camcorder into them just like a VCR. That's the simplest way, although you don't have much control over menus and navigation.
Please come back an post your camcorder type. (I.E. - minidv, Hi-8, VHS, etc.) We can better recommend tools for your endeavor if we know.
...And thanks for expanding your topic heading beyond "hello."
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