First off, congratulations to ULEAD for being the first product I've tested that was able to produce a good/great quality DVD of an ENTIRE unedited DV tape without screwing up either the sound sync or the 16:9 aspect ratio from my Canon ZR600! I thought I was never going to have success!
Is the following possible using DVD MovieFactory 5?
In one simple step:
Capture a full DV tape from my Canon ZR600 via firewire, putting it direct to DVD, KEEPING the 16:9 aspect ratio, auto-creating a menu with chapters or titles based on date of clips, and display the date/time for ~5 seconds when each clip begins?
I know that's a lot to ask in one simple step, but that's about all I care to do to save my DV tape contents to DVD. If it cannot be done in one simple step, can it be done period?
BTW - this is basically the view I get from the viewfinder on the ZR600 when I play back the tape, minus the menu of course.
thx
Easy with quality results - possible to do this?
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maddrummer3301
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jmartin325
Hey Maddrummer, if it'll do all that too, I'll take it. Anything that gives me more time to play, rather than sitting editing and transcoding videos all day/night long...
Aparently I AM asking too much, as I have yet to see anything that will even take my DV tapes straight to DVD, KEEPING the 16:9 ratio intact. I haven't seen all the programs yet, but I'm getting close.
I'd be happy just to get my 16:9 footage straight from DV to DVD without spending hours screwing with the software/settings, or waiting forever for the transcoding to occur. Give me EXACTLY what I see when I replay my DV tapes on the camera itself (plus a simple menu to jump to the clips), on a DVD...that's all I'm asking. Sounds pretty simple, huh? Apparently it's not...
It's not like I'm asking for a three-stroke roll, or even a paradiddle!
Aparently I AM asking too much, as I have yet to see anything that will even take my DV tapes straight to DVD, KEEPING the 16:9 ratio intact. I haven't seen all the programs yet, but I'm getting close.
I'd be happy just to get my 16:9 footage straight from DV to DVD without spending hours screwing with the software/settings, or waiting forever for the transcoding to occur. Give me EXACTLY what I see when I replay my DV tapes on the camera itself (plus a simple menu to jump to the clips), on a DVD...that's all I'm asking. Sounds pretty simple, huh? Apparently it's not...
It's not like I'm asking for a three-stroke roll, or even a paradiddle!