I was wondering if you can answer a few of my questions:

1) Capture - tranbsfer your DV footage from the camera to the PC via firewire (iLink). Store on PC as avi file.

I used movie shaker to capture and save as avi.


2) Edit - use a specialist editing program such as Premiere. Cut out unwanted bits and add transitions, titles etc here. When done save as DV AVI.

I have done all of my editing in Pinnacle Studio. However what format do I save the edited AVI as?

DV Video Encoder
720x480. 29.97frames /sec
PCM 16 bit stereo
32khz

or

DIVx 5.0.2 codec
720 x 480 29.97
pcm 16 bit stereo 32 khz


3) Encode. This is where you use your CCE basic. Encode to DVD complaint mpeg-2.
Option here to keep the audio and video together or de-multiplex if desired/required.

So I use this program to encode to mpeg-2? Isnt this svcd format?

4) Author. Use a DVD authoring package such as Ulead DVD WS, Spruce, Maestro etc To add menus and chapters to your DVD.

I can use Pinnacle Studio to do this editing.

5) Burn. You can probably do this directly from your your DVD authoring app. Or your Authoring app can produce a titel set (VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders) or a disc image. Then burn with a specialist burning app like Nero or Prassi.