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[joe doc]

Can I transfer Video8 tape from my Sony TRV480 camcorder directly to a DVD? Thanks.

[malatekid]

joe doc, on Oct 10 2006, 10:58 PM, said:

Can I transfer Video8 tape from my Sony TRV480 camcorder directly to a DVD? Thanks.

Looks like this is a new question; just curious though how you made out in that other post of yours since you did not provide feedback to some questions in that thread.

[joe doc]

The answers I got helped me to get the program to see the camcoeder. I can now transfer the tapes fromthe camcorder to my PC but can I eliminate that step and goe directly from Camcorder to DVD, assuming I don't want to edit the video before creating the DVD. Thanks.

malatekid, on Oct 10 2006, 07:20 PM, said:

Looks like this is a new question; just curious though how you made out in that other post of yours since you did not provide feedback to some questions in that thread.

[malatekid]

joe doc, on Oct 11 2006, 12:32 AM, said:

The answers I got helped me to get the program to see the camcoeder. I can now transfer the tapes fromthe camcorder to my PC but can I eliminate that step and goe directly from Camcorder to DVD, assuming I don't want to edit the video before creating the DVD. Thanks.

Open DVDBuilder, bring in the movie and create an image file. Then use DiscCopier to burn that image onto DVD.

Edited by malatekid, 10 October 2006 - 08:36 PM.

[joe doc]

When you say "bring in the movie", do you mean capture or transfer the movie from the camera? If so, I know how to do this. But can I go directly from camera to DVD? Thanks.

malatekid, on Oct 10 2006, 08:36 PM, said:

Open DVDBuilder, bring in the movie and create an image file. Then use DiscCopier to burn that image onto DVD.

[Beerman]

joe doc, on Oct 10 2006, 11:54 PM, said:

When you say "bring in the movie", do you mean capture or transfer the movie from the camera? If so, I know how to do this. But can I go directly from camera to DVD? Thanks.

I no longer have version 7 but I think you can try Plug and Burn......I've never used it more than once and wasn't too keen on it.

[malatekid]

joe doc, on Oct 11 2006, 12:54 AM, said:

When you say "bring in the movie", do you mean capture or transfer the movie from the camera? If so, I know how to do this. But can I go directly from camera to DVD? Thanks.

I mean the captured movie that is already on your hard drive. By the way, what format is the movie in (mpg, avi, etc)?
I am not in front of the PC that has V7.5 (that's what I have) so I just rely on my memory (I can confirm when I get home tonight). You do bring in the movie by clicking the "Add title" in the DVD Builder. You have to browse to the directory where the captured movie resides and click on it to select it.

Edit: I just saw Beerman's post. I haven't tried the Plug and Burn. You may want to try that first.

Edited by malatekid, 10 October 2006 - 09:12 PM.

[joe doc]

Ok. Thank you all. I'll try as you have suggested.

malatekid, on Oct 10 2006, 09:06 PM, said:

I mean the captured movie that is already on your hard drive. By the way, what format is the movie in (mpg, avi, etc)?
I am not in front of the PC that has V7.5 (that's what I have) so I just rely on my memory (I can confirm when I get home tonight). You do bring in the movie by clicking the "Add title" in the DVD Builder. You have to browse to the directory where the captured movie resides and click on it to select it.

Edit: I just saw Beerman's post. I haven't tried the Plug and Burn. You may want to try that first.