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[Eric 151]

Can any one help?
I have a sony DV camcorder. I bought Creator 9 software.
Imported video from cam corder then burned it to DVD disc. quality is rubbish.
have been told by a friend that uses U-Lead version 10. that ther should be a drop down menu giving dv as an imput, mine do's not give me the choice of DV tape

Eric 151

[grandpabruce]

Can any one help?
I have a sony DV camcorder. I bought Creator 9 software.
Imported video from cam corder then burned it to DVD disc. quality is rubbish.
have been told by a friend that uses U-Lead version 10. that ther should be a drop down menu giving dv as an imput, mine do's not give me the choice of DV tape

Eric 151

It sounds like you attached your video camera, to the computer, via USB.  That won't work.  You need to be connected via a firewire cable to capture as DV-AVI files.

Edit:  The preceding applies to DV camcorders that use MiniDV tape.  If you have a MiniDVD camcorder, then you don't need to capture at all.

Edited by grandpabruce, 02 October 2007 - 01:14 PM.

[Eric 151]

It sounds like you attached your video camera, to the computer, via USB.  That won't work.  You need to be connected via a firewire cable to capture as DV-AVI files.

Edit:  The preceding applies to DV camcorders that use MiniDV tape.  If you have a MiniDVD camcorder, then you don't need to capture at all.

Thank's for the imput Bruce, i was using a Usb cable that was supplied with the camcorder.
I will go to the pc shop tomorrow and get the right cable.
thank's for pointing me in the right direction.
I'll let you know how i get on/.

regards

Eric 151

[grandpabruce]

Thank's for the imput Bruce, i was using a Usb cable that was supplied with the camcorder.
I will go to the pc shop tomorrow and get the right cable.
thank's for pointing me in the right direction.
I'll let you know how i get on/.

regards

Eric 151

Eric, don't buy a cheap firewire cable, and make sure you get one that has the right connections for your camcorder and firewire input on your computer.

A decent firewire cable is going to cost you between $35 and $40.

[REDWAGON]

Not knowing what model of Sony camcorder you have, also make sure that your camcorder "HAS" a Firewire port. And Bruce's suggestion is really a good one to make sure you check the type of firewire cable port is the exact size as your camera or computer takes if it has one. I made that mistake some time ago with my HP notebook computer. It has a Firewire port, but the size of the port was the one that is very small. Where-as the normal size of a firewire port cable end is lots larger (i.e. typically the size that most desktop computers have).

So both ends of a firewire cable can have different port sizes. One size for the computer and the other end for the camera.

Frank...

[Eric 151]

Thank you To Bruce & Frank
I Have been out today (Oxford, England) to the sony shop and paid £35 GBP for the cable.
Expensive, however what's the point of capturing the moment if you cannot then reproduce and share it with friends & family.

thank you

Eric 151

[grandpabruce]

Thank you To Bruce & Frank
I Have been out today (Oxford, England) to the sony shop and paid £35 GBP for the cable.
Expensive, however what's the point of capturing the moment if you cannot then reproduce and share it with friends & family.

thank you

Eric 151

You are welcome.  Let us know if it works well for you.

[Eric 151]

You are welcome.  Let us know if it works well for you.

New Sony i link cable installed, enables me to control sony DCR PC101E, directly from my Vaio laptop.
and gives me the option of DV input.
I have imported video from cam corder to pc. the Quality when replayed on the television DVD player is very good.  The import time 60 minutes of film takes 60 minutes (to be expected) however to then burn the same information to a DVD disc also takes 60 minutes approx. is it possible to speed this up?
On another point is it possible to burn from pc to DVD disc without having a menu.  So i can just make un edited master copies of my tapes?

Regards

Eric 151

[james_hardin]

If you can get a 1:1 burn time, your really doing good!!!

It is directly tied to your cpu speed. If you double your cpu speed it will cut the time in half!

If you half your cpu speed, it will take twice as long…

Just a few years ago, my 550 took in excess of 8 hours to do a 1 hour DVD. And if you did anything else while it was running, it took longer!

[ggrussell]

So i can just make un edited master copies of my tapes?

You can create DVDs without menus, but those would still have to be converted to MPEG 2 so technically not 'masters'.  If you want to keep the original quality, back up the original, unedited DV AVI files to a data DVD. Depending on the length, you may have to span the file(s) across several discs.

[momof2boys]

Hi Eric,

I am a newbie here myself and can't figure out much, but today I did learn one great thing.  I can plug my camcorder into my computer via firewire and use MyDVD to do a direct "plug and burn" to make myself a direct copy with no menus.  It was quick and gave me an easy copy to hand over to my son to watch.  Now, I just have to figure out how to actually make a movie!

good luck, Gina

New Sony i link cable installed, enables me to control sony DCR PC101E, directly from my Vaio laptop.
and gives me the option of DV input.
I have imported video from cam corder to pc. the Quality when replayed on the television DVD player is very good.  The import time 60 minutes of film takes 60 minutes (to be expected) however to then burn the same information to a DVD disc also takes 60 minutes approx. is it possible to speed this up?
On another point is it possible to burn from pc to DVD disc without having a menu.  So i can just make un edited master copies of my tapes?

Regards

Eric 151

[james_hardin]

Hi Eric,

I am a newbie here myself and can't figure out much, but today I did learn one great thing.  I can plug my camcorder into my computer via firewire and use MyDVD to do a direct "plug and burn" to make myself a direct copy with no menus.  It was quick and gave me an easy copy to hand over to my son to watch.  Now, I just have to figure out how to actually make a movie!

good luck, Gina

Plug & Burn is easy and prone to many failures. Very few people use it.

If you plug your camcorder into a Firewire, Windows will prompt for action and one of the choices is Capture with Media Import.

That puts you on your way to 'making a movie'…

Bring the captured file into VideoWave to do any edits you want and save the project. (dmsm)

Open MyDVD to create the DVD interface you want and Add Title to bring in the VW Project file you saved (dmsm)

Help files in both programs will assist if you read through them.