Posted by Ben Wallace on 10/09/05 03:49

"spinach47" <spinach1947@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Oops. Sorry. I see you have answers to my reply embedded in my questions.
> I captured my video by using the original camcorder that created the tape
> and passed it through my Digital camcorder.
> It takes 2 hours to copy the 2 hour tape to my hard drive. Where would the
> conversion program come into play. How long would that take? By
> extrapolation, you're saying about 1 1/2 hours minus the 5 minutes to
burn?
> Sorry about the additional questions but I'm definately not an expert in
> this area. Sounds like you have it down. I am open to trying new software.
> thx
> "Impmon" <impmon@digi.mon> wrote in message

It will of course take 2 hrs to capture 2 hrs of video via tape, it's done
in real time.

Once captured you need software to convert the video to dvd compliant files.
Others have mentioned ulead, but there are many out there.

Depending on the software you are using it could convert it in a few hours
or up to as much as 10-12 hrs to finish.

Once the files are dvd compliant it should burn rather quickly, depending on
the speed of your burner and media.

It's hard to give you specifics but here's an example from personal
experience.

Using dvd workshop i captured a 1 1/2 hr tape of old home video.

I then spent about 20 minutes cutting out stuff I didn't want, adding menus,
etc.

Clicked on convert and about 3 hrs later it had converted and burned the
dvd.

I sometimes need to convert different file formats that DVD Workshop can't
handle. For this I use Canopus ProCoder. This is a great converter,
excellent quality but slow.

A 2 hr video takes about 10-12 hrs to convert. It does however create the
necessary IFO's and leaves me a folder ready to burn. Burning takes 6
minutes.

Hope this helps.

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