Newbie DV to DVD question

[boing]

Right guys, if you could bear with me on this, I'll explain:

I have a friend whom is trying to convert DV footage to DVD, would using Windows movie maker and VS9 be suitable?

If so can someone tell me what VS8 is?, where to get it? and is it freeware or does it have a fully functional trial that will let him fully convert his DV footage

Oh and how much hardrive space will be required, I gather he will need a fair bit with importing the DV files etc?

If you need any details I have neglected to give here tell me and I'll post them up, cheers

[edDV]

Ulead Video Studio 9 is the current version. List price is $99 but deals can be found.

IMO it is the best overall entry program for many home video recording tasks.

Two other good ones focused more directly on DV to DVD are Sony Vegas Movie Studio and Adobe Premiere Elements.

Choose one of these 3. HDD space required is 13.5GB per DV tape + approx 18GB for encoding and DVD authoring.

[boing]

Ulead Video Studio 9 is the current version. List price is $99 but deals can be found.

IMO it is the best overall entry program for many home video recording tasks.

Two other good ones focused more directly on DV to DVD are Sony Vegas Movie Studio and Adobe Premiere Elements.

Choose one of these 3. HDD space required is 13.5GB per DV tape + approx 18GB for encoding and DVD authoring.

Thanks mate, I'll pass on the details

[guns1inger]

You can cut down on HDD requirements by learning the art of frameserving, however you are better off having a large, fast HDD dedicated only to video work (and two if you can afford it). On my last tricky encode I had the source on disk A, frameserver signpost on disk B, and the output going to disk C. Improved performance no end.