X-Doug_Graham
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Aug 9, 2003, 7:10 PM
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Re: without computer?
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You could get a stand-alone DVD recorder. It works just like a VCR, but records to DVD. You don't even need a DV camcorder, any analog camcorder will work, too.
If you want to edit video, your best bet is a DV camcorder, and buy a second hard drive for your computer. They are easy to install, and you can buy them for about $1 per gigabyte. Get an 80GB drive or larger.
Once the video is edited, you need to transcode it from DV to MPEG2. You can do this with a shareware program called TMPGEnc. Then you need to "author" the DVD, adding menus and chapter buttons, etc. Another shareware program called DVDLab from http://www.mediachance.com is a good choice. Finally you need to burn the completed DVD to a disc. For that, you can get a DVD burner that plugs into your computer like a second CD-ROM drive. Pioneer and Sony both make good ones.
If you download still a third shareware program, one that will burn both DVDs and Video CDs, like Nero (http://www.nero.com) you can put shorter videos on CDs instead of the more expensive DVD disks. Many of the newer DVD players will play these discs.
Whether you go with a standalone recorder or an editing and authoring system in your computer, you will spend roughly $500 or so in hardware and software, in addition to the cost of your camera.
More information is available on http://www.vcdhelp.com.
Regards,
Doug Graham
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