Hi Ray, We do not have aDVD recorder in line with our TV. I was hoping to be able to use the DVD burner on my computer to transfer from the miniDV. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Boyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:58 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] camcorder to dvd
Hi A. To transfer your 8mm/Hi8/miniDV/Digital8 tape to a DVD Recorder, just follow the following steps if using either standard Composite or S-video connections on your camcorder and DVD recorder. 1. Make sure you plug the camcorder directly into the DVD Recorder and NOT the TV. In addition, you have to make sure that your switch your DVD Recorder from its tuner to its AV inputs in order get the signal from those inputs to record on DVD. This is done with either an input select button on the DVD Recorder's remote or front of the DVD recorder. If your DVD Recorder has both video inputs on the front and back, the back inputs are usually labeled Line 1, AV1, Aux1, or Video 1 and the front inputs may be labeled Line 2, AV2, Aux2, or Video 2. 2. Plug the Audio/Video cables supplied with the camcorder to the AV outputs of the Camcorder, and the other ends to the AV inputs on either front or back of the DVD Recorder. Switch the DVD recorder to AV-in, Line-in, or Aux in (depends of brand). 3. Put the tape to be copied in the Camcorder, and also put a blank DVD in your DVD recorder (make sure the DVD is formatted or initialized - depends on format used). 4. Press play on the Camcorder, then press record on the DVD Recorder and you will be able to copy your tape. 5. When your recording is done, press record stop the DVD recorder and stop on the camcorder. Depending on what format of disc you use in the DVD recorder, you may need to go through a finalization step before removing the DVD from the DVD recorder. If you need to finalize your DVD, this step takes several minutes. On formats that require finalization, this process allows the finished DVD to be playable on most standard DVD players. ADDITIONAL NOTE #1: On a miniDV or Digital8 camcorder you also have the option to use the iLink interface to copy your video to a DVD recorder, provided the DVD recorder also has an iLink input. Most DVD recorders have this input on the front panel, but some DVD recorders do not have an iLink interface. If you have this option available, however, this method is preferable for copying miniDV or Digital8 camcorder video to DVD. You need a 4-pin to 4-pin iLink cable (also referred to as Firewire or IEEE1394) to connect the miniDV or Digital8 camcorder to the DVD recorder. ADDITIONAL NOTE #2: If you have a DVD Recorder/Hard Drive Combo unit, you also have the option of transferring your camcorder video to the hard drive first, make any changes that you may need, depending on the capabilities of the hard drive's firmware, then copy your completed video to DVD at a later time. This method also allows you to make multiple DVD copies (one-at-a-time) of your camcorder video using the same source (the video stored on the DVD recorder hard drive). This insures the same quality on each DVD copy, which is great for distributing DVDs to friends and family. I Hope this is helpful. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "blind handyman" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:57 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] camcorder to dvd > Hi, > Does anyone know hat computer hardware/software is needed to make a dvd > from a camcorder that only has av cables? > My daughter just purchased a Panasonic gs29 camcorder. It uses mini dv > tapes and the only output is the av cable with the red, white and yellow > connectors. > She would like to use my computer to convert the tapes to dvd. I don't > think that she would want to do any editing so software that is jaws > friendly would be a great plus. > Thanks > Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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