Tech: Sony MiniDV to PC to DVD?

Subject: RE: Tech: Sony MiniDV to PC to DVD?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Jul 08 - 03:42 AM

??? I was wondering about that too.

And why I try to type anything before at least two cups of tea in the morn.

Subject: RE: Tech: Sony MiniDV to PC to DVD?
From: gnu
Date: 20 Jul 08 - 03:41 AM

Tattie... "Don't I wish I'd bought a hard disk camcorder now?! or is it just as bad?"

I was wonderabout that too.

Subject: RE: Tech: Sony MiniDV to PC to DVD?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 19 Jul 08 - 01:39 PM

Oh, and Panasonic, tell me why you don't give us a hard copy of the handbook? It's all in a massive pdf file, 200 pages to print if you must, and the print's far too small for my aging eyes!

Subject: RE: Tech: Sony MiniDV to PC to DVD?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 19 Jul 08 - 01:33 PM

Finally made my first DVD from my own DV tape: it was NOT as simple as I thought at all! AS the footage was taken in fairly wild winds (and I hadn't then found the "wind noise reduction" button) I thought I would add music and wipe the original soundtrack. While I was copying the music I wanted from my I-tunes library to the video-editing suite (i.e. all going on INSIDE my computer, or so I thought!) I managed to pick up some unmistakeable hammering and sawing from the next room, where my other half was replacing the lounge floor. Eventually traced that to the open mike on the webcam attached to computer! (So tip: remove all mikes before doing such manoevres!)
Then the actual exporting and disc burning seemed to take for ever as it went through "transcoding" ( 2 hours nearly for a one-hour video)and another half-hour or so to burn the disc.
Then realised I had several copies of same files in various places on my hard disk, and was down to only 1/4 of memory free having started out with 3/4 free, so a lot of deleting, defragging, etc to do.
Don't I wish I'd bought a hard disk camcorder now?! or is it just as bad?

Subject: RE: Tech: Sony MiniDV to PC to DVD?
From: gnu
Date: 01 Jun 08 - 10:29 AM

I tried again this AM and got one step further. I plugged the USB cable into a different USB slot and the Hardware Wizard came up. So, at least I got the PC and the camera to shake hands. I was smiling... until... it said, repeatedly, "There is no disk in the target drive." Anyway.... I guess I'll have to call Sony... sniff.

Subject: RE: Tech: Sony MiniDV to PC to DVD?
From: gnu
Date: 01 Jun 08 - 03:21 AM

It's called Sony Picture Package. I wrestled with it again yesterday afternoon. It won, again.

Subject: RE: Tech: Sony MiniDV to PC to DVD?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 31 May 08 - 07:12 PM

Did the camera not come with a software programme to put on your PC for video uploading and editing?
I bought a mini-DV (tape) Panasonic camera 18 months ago: so only recently put the software (Motion DV studio LE) on PC, so still wrestling with it, but was advised that the picture and sound quality were better with the tape format than with DVD or HD.

Subject: RE: Tech: Sony MiniDV to PC to DVD?
From: Darowyn
Date: 31 May 08 - 06:17 PM

I'd expect the Sony Camera to have a USB or possibly Firewire, connector to copy the movie to the PC.
After that you would use Movie Maker or something similar to assemble the shots, edit and add soundtracks, titles etc.
Then you'd export the rendered movie to DVD.

Cheers
Dave

Subject: Tech: Sony MiniDV to PC to DVD?
From: gnu
Date: 31 May 08 - 05:43 PM

I can't sort it. Anyone got an easy answer? Besides asking Sony?