Sorry couple more questions for you, you mention screen format, well not to sure about this but I think my camcorder would record in 4:3 especially the old tapes I am doing at the moment from my old video8 but I think there is a setting in my new DV camcorder to go widescreen and my Plasma is widescreen, so do I need to do anything or will the plasma figure it all out? It seems to figure out stuff that is broadcast, I don't think it is all broadcast in 16:9. Also would I need to do different between the video8 tapes and the DV tapes, ie the old ones are done but I could set my DV camcorder to record in widescreen from now on?
Also would there be a simple answer to what the difference is between mpeg-2 and 4 and could you record mpeg-4 to a dvd to watch on your tv and would there be any benefit?
Sorry Ron for all the questions but I am like a sponge at the moment and all this stuff you are telling me has me learning loads of interesting stuff quickly, promise I wont ask much more.
made first DVD video and need some guidance
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First, you have to make sure your new camera films in 'true' widescreen. That should be explained in the camera manual. If it is, then by all means use it in future. However, if it is like a lot of cameras, it might only be 'letterboxed' widescreen, stretching out the 4:3 video and cutting off bits of it so that it appears to be widescreen.
Apart from that, though, continue to record your old analogue tapes in 4:3 and process them in that format. Your television should, as you surmise, sort it all out.
Mpeg-2 is compressed video and is the DVD standard. Normal video DVDs *must* use mpeg-2 and nothing else. Mpeg-4 is a much more highly compressed format, though capable of high quality. But it is even more difficult to edit than mpeg-2.
The only exception to the the rule that video DVDs must use mpeg-2, is with DivX. In effect, DivX is a special form of mpeg-4, highly compressed but high quality. Typically, you can squeeze a 90 minute movie into a single CD (not DVD). A DVD can carry several DivX movies.
The downside is that normal DVD players cannot read the DivX signal on the disc. In other words, they will not play. However, an increasing number of DVD players have come out with the capacity to read DivX discs. It will be marked on the player if it does. (I have one, for instance.) Most of these players will only play the DivX movie but not a menu for it. However, there are a small number of players that will play a DivX disc menu. DivX has recently brought out a special authoring program for this purpose, though there are others which will also now create a menu for DivX discs. However, the few players that will play these menus tend to be the most expensive.
For simply playing at home, DivX discs allow much more efficient use of the space on a DVD. However, you cannot really distribute discs made in the format unless you know the person you are giving the disc to has a player which will play it.
Apart from that, though, continue to record your old analogue tapes in 4:3 and process them in that format. Your television should, as you surmise, sort it all out.
Mpeg-2 is compressed video and is the DVD standard. Normal video DVDs *must* use mpeg-2 and nothing else. Mpeg-4 is a much more highly compressed format, though capable of high quality. But it is even more difficult to edit than mpeg-2.
The only exception to the the rule that video DVDs must use mpeg-2, is with DivX. In effect, DivX is a special form of mpeg-4, highly compressed but high quality. Typically, you can squeeze a 90 minute movie into a single CD (not DVD). A DVD can carry several DivX movies.
The downside is that normal DVD players cannot read the DivX signal on the disc. In other words, they will not play. However, an increasing number of DVD players have come out with the capacity to read DivX discs. It will be marked on the player if it does. (I have one, for instance.) Most of these players will only play the DivX movie but not a menu for it. However, there are a small number of players that will play a DivX disc menu. DivX has recently brought out a special authoring program for this purpose, though there are others which will also now create a menu for DivX discs. However, the few players that will play these menus tend to be the most expensive.
For simply playing at home, DivX discs allow much more efficient use of the space on a DVD. However, you cannot really distribute discs made in the format unless you know the person you are giving the disc to has a player which will play it.
Ken Berry
Cheers for all that Ken, couple more questions, sorry, I have downloaded and tested the link given by Ron http://windv.mourek.cz/
Not really a serious problem but quite often when I play back a file made by this program it gives me sound without picture but as soon as I switch programs the new program plays it fine. Not an important one but just thought you may have come across it before and be able to tell me what is happening and if there is anything I should do.
Secondly on this program it says press capture to capture and to pause to pause capture, but there is no stop, is that how it should be? I figured out if I just cancelled or closed the program I still had a captured file but just wondered if I was missing something.
Finally what is the box that you can check with a tick next to the capture button for?
My DV camcorder says that it does proper 16:9 by the way.
Not really a serious problem but quite often when I play back a file made by this program it gives me sound without picture but as soon as I switch programs the new program plays it fine. Not an important one but just thought you may have come across it before and be able to tell me what is happening and if there is anything I should do.
Secondly on this program it says press capture to capture and to pause to pause capture, but there is no stop, is that how it should be? I figured out if I just cancelled or closed the program I still had a captured file but just wondered if I was missing something.
Finally what is the box that you can check with a tick next to the capture button for?
My DV camcorder says that it does proper 16:9 by the way.
Re: made first DVD video and need some guidance
Apologies if this is not ok to do, i.e. to ressurect an old post of mine but I took all the advice and did what we discussed, i.e. using WinDV etc, but recently decided to try Ulead vs 11 again and of course it still has the problem so my question is did they ever resolve this 10 second fail thing. It used to let me capture using pass through my digital camcorder and then fail after 10 seconds. So do they have a fix by now and can anyone guide me how to get it, any help appreciated?