From DV camera to DVD - help!

[lali]

Bit new to all teh digital video malarky...

I've got soem stuff on DV tape that I want to get onto my pc and then I can burn them to DVD.
What software do I need? is there any decent free stuff downloadable from anywhere?

thansk

[406tm]

I did this with Pinnacle Studio 8. Worked well for me although not free.

HTH

Dave

[beanbag]

Firstly you need a firewire connection on your PC. Easy done by buying a firewire card for nowt.

Next, you need to import your video. Windows Movie Maker works a treat if your on a budget, otherwise Adobe Premier is great (but not cheap).

Next you need to author the DVDs. Export your edited video from Windows Movie Maker into AVI DV format (same in Premier), and use either Nero to convert the video to DVD VOB MPEG2 files or better still, use Adobe DVD Encore to create some really neat menus, and all sorts for your DVD creation. Again it's not cheap but I bought this and it's worth the money!

Also, be very very patient as authoring can take a long time!

[ErnestM]

What's the spec on your PC? If it is slightly low end then video can be an exercise in futility regardless of which software package that you use.

ErnestM