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Camcorder to DVD using Nero

Jan 18, 2005 11:23PM PST

Hi there. Am new to this, and my first attempt was pretty poor.
When I am viewing the footage through pc then the quality is perfect, but as soon as I try to record to transfer to DVD the quality suffers a huge amount, with around 1/3 of frames being dropped. I am using Nero6 and for everything else it is spot on. Can't afford to invest in new software right now, so is there anything I can do, or any free software that will help me.
ps using firewire port for transfer.
Cheers

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Camcorder to DVD using Nero
Jan 19, 2005 12:07AM PST

I have never used nero software. All I can say is this - When you capture and process your video: check all the options for video capture and processing, make sure you have selected everything (whereever there is an option to choose) as the best. Also, if you have an option for bitrate, choose constant bitrate over variable bitrate. When burning video, choose everything - best. Hope it works for you.

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Help with Nero
Jan 20, 2005 11:02PM PST

I too have a copy of Nero 6 Burning Utility. I have tried to do this with Nero also. What I found was that if you use the capture wizard you will get poor results. It really helps if you have a mini-dv camcorder that comes with an usb cable so the quality does not drop as much. At the moment I have an old, analog camcorder and the quality sucks! I will be going out in the near future to buy a Canon Elura.

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Very simple tutorial
Jan 20, 2005 11:54PM PST
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carmer to dvd
Jan 21, 2005 6:39AM PST
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camcorder to DVD using nero
Mar 9, 2005 6:47AM PST

I have the Nero ultra package and it works great in everything except video capture, editing and burning. I got a real nice AverMedia video capture card and wound up using their software for my DVDs with no problems at all. I have a web page that goes into detail about this.

http://dvautier.home.comcast.net/video/video.htm

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use AverMedia EZDVD PCI
Mar 9, 2005 8:32AM PST

I use AverMedia EZDVD PCI .It comes with video capture card firewire and software for 50 dollars.It is very easy to use.