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Any free Softwares to convert from MiniDV to DVD?

May 9, 2005 11:01AM PDT

Anyone know if there are any free softwares available to convert MiniDV to DVD. I do have Arcsoft Showbiz on my laptop but the 60 mins MiniDV file it created on the system is more than 12 GB. Whats the easiest way to convert MiniDV's to DVD. Any Ideas?

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Any free Softwares to convert from MiniDV to DVD?
May 11, 2005 3:19AM PDT
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Quality lost, when convert to Raw DV versus Mpeg2?
Jun 2, 2005 2:18AM PDT

Hi,
I noticed your article said it takes less space with mpeg2 versus Raw DV format? But is there any quality loss?

Thank you

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converting mini DV to AVI files using Ulead
Jun 5, 2011 1:11AM PDT

I have a similar question:
I convertd mini DV from my JVC camcorder to AVI files using EasyCap and Ulead. conversion was OK, although some quality was lost, but the main problem was that 1 hour of ini DV turned into a file of about 100GB
Anyone know how I can convert without losing quality and reasonable disk space? I want to burn it on a CD or DVd to be able to send overseas Tnx

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For DV that's reasonable.
Jun 6, 2011 1:06AM PDT

But I think I would have taken the next step with DVD FLICK (free and found with google) Some don't know that conversion will lose some quality especially if we use analog capture methods. I'd see if we can use Firewire next time (no model number and this is a 2005 discussion.)
Bob