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Posted by graham chapman on 11/10/05 13:17
I've bought a capture card, and now I can transfer my old video tapes to
DVD - or so i thought!!
The first problem i come across is, is that why 2 different formats? For
example, my brothers DVD player only accepts DVD + , my player at home
accepts DVD-. Why?
Also, the quality of the discs themselves. I've recently bought both
types of DVD media, the DVD +RW and the DVD -RW, so that I can first
make a disc, to see which sort is compatible for each player...I bough
Maxell DVD + RW, DVD -RW, so I thought it would be ok, after all, if the
discs are no good to start off with, then why bother wasting DVD discs!
However, I bought Datawrite DVD-R discs. They seem to be temrermental at
times, sometimes they play on some, others not at all Which sort should
you think I should go for, as far as DVD-R?
Next I bought 50 Budget DVD+R from ukdvdr.co.uk and that was a mistake!
When you burn these discs, you usually end up with unplayable copies, or
no copy at all! I must try to ditch these! Again, which type of DVD+R
media do you recommend?
To copy the Video, I do this... First, I use Windows movie maker to
edit, make the titles, transitions etc. I save that as a WMA. file, then
I use DVD santa to convert the file to disc, and then burn it. But it's
getting a bit hit and miss, sometimes, you get a perfect copy of the
video, others, sometimes the player ( a medion player, the other a
Wharfdale DVD-750S ) won't even locate the start of the movie....
So, where am i going wrong? Is the burning process the place to start?
Do you find a better solution to Windows movie maker, that can not only
do all the effects i need, and convert the process, and make a decent
DVD? Or is the choice of Disc suspect? maybe the player could be at fault?
Any ideas?
Graham
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