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BW
| | Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002 - 10:35 pm: | 
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Have any of you recorded DVD movies from your camcorder?
I just bought a DVD burner and gave it a try. The movie will not play on the DVD player.
Do any of you know what kind of file must the movie be in order for the player to read it?
I've checked all the manuals and help menu's, but nothing address this.
BW |
perroneford
| | Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002 - 11:27 pm: |
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Doing video DVDs requires some special software. To do it with hardware, it's gonna cost you near a grand. With software its a fwe hundred bucks.
What software did you try to use?
-P |
BW
| | Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 01:18 am: |
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I am running an I-Mac. I use I-Movie to download the raw footage and edit. I then use Toast Titanium to burn the DVD-R.
When I view a regular DVD Movie(copy righted) in my DVD writer, the movie is enclosed in a folder called video_ts. The files inside the folder have .bup and .vob as file extensions.
I-Movie does not produce these type of files and there doesn't appear to be a way to export the data into a folder called "video_ts.
When I query the help menu on the DVD burning software, it describes how to drag and drop the video_ts folder. So, I know the burning software is ok. I guess I just need to figure out how or what movie editor makes the .bup and .vob files.
I am really new to this so any advice is greatly appreciated.
Being able to download the film onto the computer absolutely rocks. I used to use a cheap analog editor. This new DV technology really makes things easier.
I'd really like to get my film on DVD. I'm hoping that will help better preserve the videos. Some of my old films are loosing their quality.
BW |
Robert Sublett (Rubisco98)
| | Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 07:28 am: |
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Check out www.goterapin.com I have one of these units and couldn't be happier with it. You can use CDr media as opposed to DVDr which is still quite expensive. The quality of the VCDs is very dependent upon the quality of tape and device you used to record the tape. You can take media from pretty much any external source and put it onto VCD. I purchased my unit on eBAY for around $250. Just thought I'd mention that to you.. peace.. Robert Sublett |
perroneford
| | Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 08:15 am: |
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Good stuff Robert. I don't know anything about Macs since I'm allergic to them.
-P |
Al
| | Posted on Monday, August 12, 2002 - 01:50 pm: |
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Thanks for the tip Robert, been looking for something like this to transfer some of my videos to VCD. What can you recommend as far as video editing software? |
jim
| | Posted on Monday, August 12, 2002 - 04:19 pm: |
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idvd works pretty good for a cheap solution on a mac. you just have to becareful because there are multiple dvd formats out there. I use a pc and use avidxpressdv. But at work I use a sonic o a mac to do my encoding and writing to dvd.
take a look at idvd. |
Steve Andrews (Sillybus)
| | Posted on Monday, August 12, 2002 - 04:44 pm: |
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FWIW, if you are burning to SVCD format, not all DVD players will recognize it but...
I use a standard CD-ROM burner and Nero to burn SVCD which is good on any computer and most DVD players. |
Axel Haakonsen (Axel)
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 13, 2002 - 01:32 am: |
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You shouldn't need a Terapin VCD recorder if you already have a DVD burner. VCD is just MPEG1 files. In order to make a DVD that can play on a regular DVD player, you need to get your movie into MPEG 2 format first. That creates a video file, and a wav file. The total bitrate of the two files combined can not be above about 9Mbps. Then you import that into a DVD authoring program (There probably was one bundled with your DVD burner, but it may not run on a Mac, so you may be SOL there) Then you build your DVD, and burn it once you are happy with it. You may want to get a couple of DVD/RW disks to test with, you can reburn them about 1000 times before the dye wears out. That way you can test your DVD before you commit and burn it to a DVD-R.
I export my MPEG2 files from Adobe Premiere and use Sonic DVDit or Pinnacle's Impression to author the DVD. Then I use Nero to burn the DVD image to a CD-R. From reading your post, it looks like the authoring program is your missing link. Take a look at www.videoguys.com for more info. |
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