dv direct to dvdr

[LK_garza34]

ok im a newbie so can anyone answer this one for me, i want to burn from my dv cam direct to a dvdr. dont want to edit or anything just same on tape same on dvd. the reason is that me and my friends ride jetskis everday to practice for the upcoming season and we tape it then want to watch it after wards. watching off a camera is just a pain in the but, would be much nicer on dvd player. i have read the posts for while and read that unlead movie factory 2 will do what i ask so i can fit the full tape on dvd (does compression on fly is what website says). ok here is my problem i have a brandnew labtop its an hp it has the ram and speed to do it since its the newest model out. but where my concern is that i have buy an external dvd burner. i only have one firewire port on my labtop so i cant hook booth the video camera and burner to port, or can since i heard you can daisy chain firewire stuff. if so then would that work. i can hook up burner to the usb2 port but i have read its not as good as firewire. so any one with some answers or help would be greatly appreciated.

[MachineMan]

Using a single firewire port and Ulead Moviefactory2:
1. Hook up your digital cam and capture with Ulead MF2 to DVD format(mpeg2) making a video file(s) on your hard drive.

2. Then unplug the camera and plug in burner.

3. Auther DVD with the files and burn using movie factory2.

[LK_garza34]

thanx man but i know i can do that but i dont want to waste the time to even send it to hard drive. that is why i said i want to go from dv to dvdr. i dont need edit or even need the footage again, we ride every day so no point in archiving on hard drive. plus it wastes time. just want to go from dv to disc, unlead movie factory does it from what i understand so is it possible for me to do it thru one firewire port with daisy chaining or dv in firewire and burner in usb2 thanx again, oh and has anyone ever done it, i mean even without conversion to mpeg 2 so it only fits like 20 minutes on disc

[medievil]

Several reason why you can't do that.
1) DV is not Mpeg2 and therefore not DVD compatible as is.
2) the DV source would have to know how to send the commands to tell the burner to burn or go into record mode
3) the resulting disk, if the dv source could send a "go into record mode" signal, would be useless because the source was not authored (And not Mpeg 2 as per #1) and therefore the data would not be readable by a standard DVD player.

[LK_garza34]

well it can be done, i know that for sure cause ulead software and sonics do it straight from dv to dvd, it must convert on the fly so i know it can be done. just want to know if i can daisy chain it on the firewire and it will work

[hech54]

well it can be done, i know that for sure cause ulead software and sonics do it straight from dv to dvd, it must convert on the fly so i know it can be done. just want to know if i can daisy chain it on the firewire and it will work

1) You can't stick that DV camcorder into a DVD Player.
2) There is no AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folder on that DV.
3) You can even "drag and drop" an MPEG video file(which DV is not) to an empty DVD and it still wont play in a DVD player without the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders.
4) The software you mention WILL do it for you via a Wizard that will capture, encode, author and then burn to DVD.

[Will Hay]

well it can be done, i know that for sure cause ulead software and sonics do it straight from dv to dvd, it must convert on the fly so i know it can be done. just want to know if i can daisy chain it on the firewire and it will work

Please, post back when you find it.
You'll solve 3m people's problems when you do
Will

[LK_garza34]

thanx for the reply hech54 but i already understood what you said, yes it has to be convertated but that is what the software does so it goes from dv to dvdr without touching hard drive. i know this process is done normally thru a firewire port to an internal drive and works but can it be done on a labtop with one firewire port meaning i daisy chain the dv cam and dvd burner and it work. from what i read it can since the data will travel on differnt pathways but has anyone here had any luck or done any daisy chaining with firewire external products. thanx again

[ccbadd]

I don't see why this would not be possible, Firewire should have enough bandwidth (480mbs). If you capture at 6-8mbs, you not even close to saturation. What I would do is simply try it with an +/- RW disk (+rw in +VR format is the way to go). If it doesn't work, format the disk and move on.