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I used my DV Camera's AV/DV feature to record from a VCR analog video
and capture it on my PC as an AVI file. It is 1:40 mins and the size
states that is is 22 gigs. I used Pinaclle Studio 8 and when I try to
burn it I receive an Error that it is to large to fit on a single DVD.
Need some basic help on compression, What software to compress? What
software to Burn? Any help along with maybe a site on howto's would
help greatly. Thank in advance.

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"wizof103" <wizof103@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
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> I used my DV Camera's AV/DV feature to record from a VCR analog video
> and capture it on my PC as an AVI file. It is 1:40 mins and the size
> states that is is 22 gigs. I used Pinaclle Studio 8 and when I try to
> burn it I receive an Error that it is to large to fit on a single DVD.
> Need some basic help on compression, What software to compress? What
> software to Burn? Any help along with maybe a site on howto's would
> help greatly. Thank in advance.
>

Have a look at http://www.videohelp.com/ -- lots of good info there,
tutorials etc. What you need to do is convert from the DV format
avi file you got from the camcorder to mpeg2 for the DVD ( I am
assuming you are trying to burn a "normal" DVD, not just use the
DVD to store the avi file you captured). One popular encoder is
tmpgenc from http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tp.html
Vegas (now from Sony) is a very good editor that includes a
encoder etc. ($$$). Sony Screenblast movie studio ($99 ?) is not
bad. Another one is Ulead DVD movie factory that you can see
at http://www.ulead.com/dmf/runme.htm (I have an older version but
it is OK). There are ways to get there for free, but that should get
you started along the path of confusion ...

mikey

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Convert your AVI file to an MPEG2 so it can be viewed and stored on a DVD

plenty of free encoders to do the job found here:
http://www.videohelp.com/tools?s=40#40

Let us know how it goes


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