So much info out there for Mini DV to DVD

[snowdogg187]

I want to make sure I have the best possible video before I start making the dvd's and stuff.

Before I just used WMM to rip then TMPGEnc to set the dvd's up.

And if WMM is fine for this and no other software will do this better then is it fine to use the Best quality to playback on my computer or the DV-AVI where it is like 10-12 gigs for 60 min of video(I have the storage)

Thanks guys!

 

[snowdogg187]

damn, nothing yet?

 

[gsellis]

Something...

Editing in WMM is fine. You have the workflow down. Output to DV-AVI and use Tsunami to convert it (I prefer 8500 avg VBR with Dolby Digital, peak 9000 dual pass). You can get about 1.5hrs on a single layer disc. Yep, DV-AVI is about 13GB per hour. I have 4 250GB drives, a 320, and a 400 R0 set on my editor 😉

 

[snowdogg187]

Thanks GSellis!

I think you mean to encode the dv avi with TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress? Or do you mean another application?

Thanks!

 

[gsellis]

You input via Firewire into WMM. Then Save as and select DV-AVI as your export. Then in Tsunami, make the M2V/AC3 files for whichever DVD Authoring app you are using (I guess you are using the Tsunami one.)

 

[Paladin]

I use this:
Firewire to computer, capture using WinDV. it's free, and very lightweight.

Once the AVI is done, encode the AVI to MPEG2 (DVD) with TMPGenc4.0. Awesome program.

Then I use TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6 to author the DVD. There's 2.0 out now.

It's a fairly easy process, but just takes a little time....

 

[snowdogg187]

Thanks Kevin, WinDV is awesome compared to WMM.

Trying to encode and build dvd's now and I will report back.