Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/22/08 16:32

"Nathan" wrote ...
> What is the best way to quickly produce a DVD for a church service?
>
> Right now what the procedure is...
> 1. Record the church service to the hard drive on the computer.
> 2. Burn a Master DVD - (1 hour)
> 3. Burn High Speed some copies of the master.
>
>
> How can I reduce the 2nd step or remove it. I would also like to make
> our church services dvd's Menu's look professional. Is there a way to
> make the Menu, Cover of the DVD, and Case look nice without spending
> to much since this is a church. When I get the sales to cover the
> current equipment then I can start spending more to make it even
> better.
>
> What are your suggestions?

Why does it take 1 hour to burn a master DVD?
Should take only a few (5-10?) minutes.

Of course, you could do "live to tape" (or "live to DVD")
and record directly to a DVD recorder. Then you would
have a master DVD within minutes of the end of the program.
You didn't mention WHY you were recording to the computer
at all. We are assuming it is because you are doing some kind
of post-production (titles? supers?, credits?) With appropriate
equipment, these could all be done in real-time while recording
"live to disc". And of course many churches and other events
are "broadcasting" live to cable, so they are producing in real-
time whether they are making DVD masters or not.

You could, of course, make pre-printed (full color) covers for
the cases, and just run them through a simple black & white
copier to add the date, sermon title, whatever. Likewise you
can get pre-printed (full color, etc.) DVDR blanks and just
add the date in the space left for it. If the content is just the
worship service, why do you need a menu at all?

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