Whats the best way to transfer the video recorded from my meets to dvd?
Should I buy a dvd recorder for the TV (not within a computer)?
Also, should I buy a dvd video camera, rather than a miniDV video camera?
Im looking to buy a video camera that will last for at least 5 years and wont be outdated in about 2 months. Thats why Im considering a dvd video camera
DVD video camera's are retarded, DO NOT buy one unless all you want to do is take video then watch it on a DVD player (no editing, transfers, etc) miniDV is much better quality.
As for getting it to DVD, I would get a miniDV camera and use a computer-based DVD burner.
nononono wrote:
DVD video camera's are retarded, DO NOT buy one unless all you want to do is take video then watch it on a DVD player (no editing, transfers, etc) miniDV is much better quality.
As for getting it to DVD, I would get a miniDV camera and use a computer-based DVD burner.
That takes a long time (im impatient). You have to save the video to hardrive and then transfer it. I have a dvd burner, but it seems way too time consuming
I do lots of this and use a program called Pinnacle Studio. It works great and is well worth $100.
It's pretty god damned simple and it does not take a long time.
You can try "DVD Burning Xpress" from http://www.dvd-burning-xpress.com . It is very easy to use for transferring video from miniDV to DVD.
Cooter, M.D. wrote:
I do lots of this and use a program called Pinnacle Studio. It works great and is well worth $100.
I'm piling on this thread to get some info because I don't know a thing about digital camcorders.
I want to do the following:
Buy a decent camcorder for less than about $600 that my wife can use to record my daughter's track meets and son's baseball games while I'm deployed overseas.
It needs to be fairly simple or by the time she figures it out I'll be home. She is so busy with the kids she needs to be able to transfer the video to DVD rather painlessly. We also would like to be able to edit and make movies.
Canon seems to have gotten some good reviews. Any thoughts or preferences? Do these little things really work when shooting from a distance?
Thanks