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"John" <NJJohn@Spamex.com> wrote in message
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> PTRAVEL wrote:
>> "Jay" <aikijay@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:1113256484.847159.146520@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>>> I recently got a digital video camera (Sony DCR -HC32) and edited
>>> some video with Pinnacle Studio 7. It gives you the option of
>>> making the movie as an avi file or an MPEG file, or one for upload
>>> to their website to "share". I tried the AVI and the MPEG and then
>>> used Roxio Easy CD creator software to burn a DVD. Neither disc
>>> could be recognized by my DVD player for use on a TV. Even on a
>>> computer, using Real Player or Windows media Player, it was not
>>> viewable (although images were visible, it din't stream)
>>> What am I doing wrong? This was my first attempt. I appreciate the
>>> help. Thanks.
>>> Jay
>>
>> Okay, no one has really given you an accurate answer.
>>
>> Video DVDs use mpeg-encoded video (with a fairly specific set of
>> parameters) that has been formatted correctly for the DVD standard. This
>> requires two steps beyond simply editing the video and saving as
>> a file.
>> First, you need to transcode your DV-AVI video to mpeg2. My
>> recollection was that Studio 7 could do this, but badly. Someone
>> else suggested tmpgenc. That's an excellent transcoder, but be warned
>> -- it's slow.
>> Once you have your video in mpeg format, you still need to "author"
>> it to DVD -- convert the mpeg into multiple .vob files, generate the
>> necessary index files, etc. Tmpgenc is _not_ authoring software --
>> for that you'd need something else (I use Adobe Encore, which is
>> probably overkill for your purposes).
>>
>> Finally, once the DVD has been authored, THEN you can burn a DVD
>> using Nero or something similar.
>>
>> An alternative is to look at some of the less expensive DVD creation
>> packages, that combine transcoding, authoring and burning in one
>> package.
>
> I think a more accurate answer would be how to burn with Roxio which I
> have never used. I could have mentioned Nero or many others but there is
> always someone that has that answer.
First of all, you missed the key part of what I wrote: you don't create a
video DVD by dumping an mpeg file onto a DVD blank using ANY burning
software. You'll need to author your DVD first -- my recollection is that
Studio 7 does not do authoring, but I may be wrong.
I would assume that Roxio CD Creator, like any other full-feature burning
program, has a "new video DVD" default setting. It's simply a matter of
dumping all the files created by your authoring package in the VIDEO_TS
directory into the VIDEO_TS directory of the new DVD. You can ignore the
AUDIO_TS directory entirely. That's all you have to do -- drag-and-drop the
files from VIDEO_TS to VIDEO_TS, and burn your disk.
> Buy something you don't already have to fix what doesn't work with what
> you do. I say to work your way up with a short clip and get what you do
> have working before you try another. Or... you could use the Roadrunner
> approach and try the ACME burning SW....instead
You received no replies at all that explained the process of going from
edited AVI to a playable DVD. I explained that process. If you don't
believe me, and think you can use Roxio to author a DVD, I'd be very
interested in knowing how you plan to do that.
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