Video to DVD via PC

[Rock Charogne]

I am interested in copying to DVD via PC - seen a programme advertised "Davideo" anyone tried it, know anything about it - is there any alternative ?

Is it better to use a DVD recorder for this purpose and if so any recommendation ?

Thnaks guys

Rock

[Cornish Chris]

I believe Adobe Premiere Pro would do the job nicely.
If its VHS copy it via your Camcorder onto Mini DV then capture and burn to DVD.

It simple Rock.....honest.

CC.

[Rock Charogne]

Thankyou CC - guessed you would know!!!

Only thing that crossed my mind - that's a two-stage rather than a one-stage process - double loss of quality ?

Guess you would lose (inevitably) copying from VCR to Camcorder - but presumably not therafter as it's digital anyway ?

Right ?

Keep up the good work

[Cornish Chris]

You will get minimal loss from VHS to mini DV...then zero loss of quality from DV to DVD.
I can guess whos vids your converting....

CC.

[Peter]

How do you copy from a bog standard VHS player to a miniDV?

(If it involves buying anything, i'm not interested, I just want to copy a 12 year old 3min music clip)

[Rock Charogne]

Hi CC

How right you are!!!

I am fed up with some of her work being on video only - not merely does video degrade in quality but you don't have the easy ability as with most DVDs to "jump to scene" and have to wade through many "also rans" to get to the star!!!!!

Thanks guys for your replies

Rock

[Matt - A-W-D]

Capturing from an anologue source (IE: VHS or DVD player - composite or SVHS output), your best bet is to use Pinnacles Movie Box USB and Studio 9. http://www.pinnaclesys.com/ProductPage_ ... angue_ID=2
As ghostdog mentions in an earlier post theres a DV version also available but the USB movie box would be the better choice for analogue equipment.
You could also buy a cheaper standard TV card and capture from that also.
If you want to spend a bit more cash (?500) you could buy The Matrox RTX10 suite which captures from both analogue and DV. Pretty expensive, but is fantastic and comes with a realtime rendering card, breakout box and Adobe Premier Pro, Adobe Encore and Adobe Audition.