Explain the basics?

[cluksha]

I am very new to dvd authoring and there seems to be way too much to get my hands around in a short time. I am simply looking to record old home movies from my dv camera and drop on dvd. I don't need any extra abilities by the way of privacy overides or anything.

So how do I go about figuring out what I really need? There is all this talk of dvd +/- R +/-RW r9? What do I really need to know?

I have seen some nice looking dvds on the posts around here in the last hour but what does it all really mean?

Thanks all.
Chrs\is

 

[dunklegend]

The +R -R +RW etc are the different formats DL is dual layer normal DVDs (+R -R) can hold 4.7GB of data DL can hold 8.5GB.
The DVDs you rent from blockbuster are DL so if you want to copy it into a non DL DVD you'll have to shrink it.

What you want to do requires a video capture card, but I don't know enough about that.

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[dunklegend]

<A HREF="http://www.videohelp.com/" target="_new">Nice link</A> to learn about DVDs

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[Crashman]

1.) Many older set-top players won't play +R or any rewritables, so I suggest using -R media for universal compatibility.

2.) Use DVD-Shrink to shink movies to 4.5GB, then burn with Nero. You can do this without noticeable quality loss if you use DVD-Shrink's edit feature to make DVD's with the movie (main title) only, cutting out the extras.

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[Rob423]

-R is the best format for homeset players.. and +RW also works very good. -R is your best bet.

Plextor has some nice standalone hardware items for captureing and stuff, just do some searchin man.

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
80gb Maxtor
200gb WD 8mb cache..
Lian-Li PC-60
LiteOn 52X/LiteOn 811s DVD-RW
AMD XP2800+
LeadTek GF4Ti4200 128mb
Hitachi CML174
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200

 

[Rob423]

can't wait for some new SATA to come out.