mini dv to dvd

[heathermcnaughton]

I have a mini dv camcorder and want to be able to play the stuff I've recorded on my dvd player - best quality possible. How do I do this please?

[Craig Tucker]

Try reading some of the excellent guides on this site.

Craig

[yg1968]

You have to give more details. Do you have a DVD burner? If you do, it usually comes with the necessary software.

Assuming that you have a DVD burner and that you prefer to use different software than the bundled software, I would suggest:

1- Freewares such as DVIO or Amcap to capture (or purchased software such as Dazzle DVD complete or Ulead DMF)
2- TMPGEnc to encode to mpeg-2
3- DVD Complete (or Ulead DMF) to author (set chapters, etc.).
4- Burn with DVD complete (or Ulead DMF) or Nero

I personally only use DVD complete and TMPGEnc for the whole process. Most software have trial versions which you should experiment with before buying.

Here is a good website for info on burning to DVDs:

www.dvdplusrw.org