just want to make dvd for family

[netfred]

Hello All
I purchased a hv-20 and i do love it. took about 6 tapes of hd movies while on vacation and now i want to put them on DVD to give to family members to play on TV's. What is the easiest way to get this done. I tried with my vista machine and made a DVD but i can't see the video on any other dvd player. woudl liek at some point to do some editing but not right now, i just want to make dvd's.. Very disapointed with canon for not supplying that type of software and also with Ritz camera for not selling any type of software and not telling me that i would need such software..

Thanks for everyone's help ahead of time!!

[Terfyn]

The simplest way is to buy a DVD recorder. Check that it has a Firewire input. Example Panasonic DMR-ES15.
Canon have not supplied software for the HV20 as no software provided a complete HDV package at the time.
Canon supplied Pinnacle Studio 10.5 SE with my MV960. I have upgraded it to Studio 11.1 Ultimate which will handle HDV and AVCHD formats.
Your question suggests the DVD Recorder route.

[netfred]

I Do Have A Dvd Recorder In My Computer. I Already Rip Moveis With Dvd Express And That Works Fine..

[Terfyn]

If you have a DVD recorder, You just need the Firewire connection to download, assuming your software will accept input from the camera as well as the internet.

[Erik Bien]

netfred,

As Terfyn has suggested, a "set-top" DVD burner is the easiest path to what you're after (I got a Radio Shack cheapie a couple of years ago for $80 which works great). That, a FireWire cable and a spindle of DVD-Rs and you're good to go!

To do the same thing on your computer will require the aforementioned cable and blank DVDs, plus some software which can ingest (capture, download, call it what you will) the data from the camera's tape, convert it to standard-definition DVD format, author it into a DVD(i.e., add a Menu with a "Play" button), burn it to a disc, and finalize the disc so it will play in (nearly) any old DVD player.

A set-top burner reduces all of that to a few clicks of its remote control, so if you just want to dump tapes to SD-DVDs without taking up a second career in post production they're well worth their modest cost.

Just my $0.02.

[netfred]

i have the camera connected to the computer with the fireware. I am also able ot download the movies to my hard drive and edit them.
Then this is where the problem comes up, now i want to put them on DVD and play them in regular DVD players in peoples houses. My VISTA computer does copy it to dvd but only a VISTA computer can play it. It won't even play in XP never mind a DVD player.. :(

[Ian-T]

i have the camera connected to the computer with the fireware. I am also able ot download the movies to my hard drive and edit them.
Then this is where the problem comes up, now i want to put them on DVD and play them in regular DVD players in peoples houses. My VISTA computer does copy it to dvd but only a VISTA computer can play it. It won't even play in XP never mind a DVD player.. :(

UUGGGGHHHHH....the evils of Vista!!!

[Lunchbox]

i have the camera connected to the computer with the fireware. I am also able ot download the movies to my hard drive and edit them.
Then this is where the problem comes up, now i want to put them on DVD and play them in regular DVD players in peoples houses. My VISTA computer does copy it to dvd but only a VISTA computer can play it. It won't even play in XP never mind a DVD player.. :(

What DVD authoring program you use to make a video DVD disc? Did you use Nero to burn a DVD-Video disc? Or did you just copy and paste the video to burn as Data DVD and hope it will be played back on set-top dvd player?

Most of them, have you done any DVD authoring using any software or any SD camcorders before? Maybe the problem exists between the keyboard and chair :)

Shouldn't blame Vista too early even before knowing what the problem is.

[Terfyn]

I have just been looking at my copy of Nero. I expect, as Taky says, that Nero will cover what you need. You can burn the DVD directly from the HV20 output if you want without the video touching Vista. I don't know Vista that well but I dont believe that you can't transfer your edited video to a DVD using Vista.
If you just want to burn DVDs through your computer then Nero will do the job. To me half the pleasure is crafting the final product in a NLE from the raw video. I just wish I was better at it!!!

[Ian-T]

Well from what he is describing it seems he wants the ability to edit in his NLE first and then burn that edited footage to the DVD. He should not have to get an external redcorder to do this.

netfred, what software are you using to burn your DVD's? Is it something that came with Vista (I don't use Vista myself) or is it a third party like Nero? You said you have been ripping movies already with whatever software you are using...are you just drag and dropping in those files or are you actually authoring those files to DVD?

[Lunchbox]

Ian-T, I'm glad you start helping by asking questions instead of giving out verdict like Vista is evil without knowing the issue. :-)

[skraza]

Hi,

I've just purchased canon's HV-20 and joined this forum. In order to copy my miniDV to a DVD, I am thinking of buying Samsung's DVD R130 from eBay. Would this DVR Recorder work okay with HV20 ?

[Terfyn]

Any DVD recorder with a Firewire (IEEE1394) connection will copy from the HV20. There is nothing unusual about the DV output of the HV20.
I use a Panasonic to create backup disks of any critical video.

[Ian-T]

Ian-T, I'm glad you start helping by asking questions instead of giving out verdict like Vista is evil without knowing the issue. :-)

???huh? Verdict? It was a little tounge in cheek...just like this previous comment by yours truly..."Maybe the problem exists between the keyboard and chair ."...but :hv20-smilie77:it's all good.

[Lunchbox]

hehehe. once I was told by a tech support guy at work over the phone. He told me my error code was "I dee ten tee". I said what? He told me to write that down. it is ID10T. :-)

[Ian-T]

:hv20-smilie81:Ha Ha.... I was tech support in another life.... I wish could have used that line...:hv20-smilie87::hv20-smilie79:

[Lunchbox]

Here's another good one

http://www.geocities.com/boxing4d/Q209354.htm

[Erik Bien]

LOL ... I recall having used "RTFM" here at least once ...

[wylds1]

I was doing fine and you guys have my answers for what I needed to know but now I am confused again. Please help this old 80 year man out.

[Lunchbox]

What are you confused about? I hope it's not your sexuality ... hehe

[wylds1]

At my age dont matter (smile). I have everry thing I need to make DVD's just like him only don't know how.

[wylds1]

I HAVE A hITACHI 50v500
LG 16 X burner USB Maybe (buit in)
HV 20

[Lunchbox]

Maybe you should return your HV20 and buy one of those DVD camcorders... so you can just pop the DVD disc to your player and watch clips on TV. that'll be the easiest.

[bluegrass]

I HAVE A hITACHI 50v500
LG 16 X burner USB Maybe (buit in)
HV 20

If you're 80, don't you qualify as a senior than. It says you're a junior. I'm not sure what your Hitachi is but here is what you can do if you have a pc that has enough memory, disk space and CPU speed.

I'll use my video editor as an example. It's Pinnacle Studio 10.7. You can get version 11 now for a little over $100.

1. Shoot your video - DV or HDV
2. Connect your DV20 via a firewire cable to your computer.
3. Start Studio and wait till it has finished loading.
4. Turn your camera on to play mode and rewind your tape to the beginning.
5. You should have heard a sound from your PC when the camera was turned on.
6. Check to see if the capture device is recognized (Canon HV20) in a drop down menu in the Studio program.
7. When you see the camera is recognized, choose capture.
8. After following the bouncing ball and selecting the appropriate answers, let the program continue to capture and save the file to the default location or the location you specified.
9. You can edit the video you just captured or go directly to the final phase of outputting a file or creating a DVD.
10. You can choose to write a DVD or create and save the DVD image. I like to save the image and use my burn program, Nero, later to actually burn the DVD. I honestly have never let Studio burn a DVD directly with the exception of an HD - DVD. I only did about a 10 minute HD-DVD.

I would just create a standare DV DVD if I were you. The above steps or just a basic outline. If you totally new to your video editor, you need to do a lot of reading and trial and error. I didn't get through the above steps without tripping several times. That's part of the learning process we all go through. Other editor would involve different steps more than likely. Studio is probably the easiest editor around to learn. Good luck. Really, creating a standard resolution DVD that can be played on most any DVD desktop player to a TV is not that difficult after you have learned the processes involved to do it.

[wylds1]

I started on youtube making video's about the great depression which I lived through. i Used windows movie maker
I have Sony Video Studio 8 Platinum and it will also handle HD.
My Computer is fairly new and has
AMD 64 Dual 2 5800
2 Gig of ram
2 Harddrives at 250 Gig each.
I really appreciate your time in offering and giving me the help. I will try to print this out to keep. Again many thanks and god bless!