Re: Newbie moviemaking, three questions to get going...

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"George" <air1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Wondered if someone could offer insights to a newbie...

As background, the setup here is... the basics... IEEE1394, small Sony DV
cam, WinXP-pro PC, Recordable combo CD and DVD+RW drive (has RW emblem on
front), WinMovieMaker, Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator, Sonic MyDVD. So
questions are...

1) WHAT MEDIA PLAYS ON HOME PLAYER? I'm trying to make first DVD and
wanted
to ask if my home Sony DVD player, about 3-4 years old, will play a
DVD+RW.

This is an unknown issue? As your DVD player is "3-4" years old (that short
space
of time can be influenced by the progress of time!) and we don't know the
model
number?
But I recommend you try DVD+RW, if it is Unsuccesful, you won't have wasted
a
disk, just erase and use agin, if successful - if it plays DVD+RW, it will
definately
also play DVD+R

In other words, is that the correct media to use for home playback? Or do
I
need a one-time recordable DVD like the music CD scenario...where a
car/home
player won't play a PC-made CD unless you use a CD-R...they never play one
made on a CD-RW.

You have got the basic's right, DVD-RW/R is/was the preferred format of the
majority
of hardware manufacturers, but Sony machines are ameniable to both -/+
It is the issue of REwritable disks requiring the lens mechanism to focus to
"lower"
pit reading levels - if it can read a +RW, it will not have a problem with
write once +R
disks. The real issue of compatibilty is with DVD *Writers*, many older
models could
only write to one or the other of the -/+ formats (not so with recent
models).
Playback should not be a cause for concern though with -/+. It is really
only of issue
with recording. Reading should not be a prob for a Sony, regardless of age.

2) CAN I CAPTURE VIDEO USING MOVIEMAKER. Looks like WMM has three options
for capturing... a) use on PC, b) use on DVD, c) custom. Would I just
choose the second one... DV-AVI... the biggest file? Does that preserve
"everything" on the camcorder tape... no loss? Is WMM as good as
anything,
or would Roxio or Sonic be "better" for capturing?

Use DV-AVI, and indeed it is as "faithful" to the source as possible, and
your burning
software is less likely to have problems converting this format to the
required
specific DVD disk VOB mpeg2 format.

3) DO I JUST "BURN" THE DVD, THEN IT'S READY? Is next step to just "save"
it on PC as an "avi" file, then "burn" it using Roxio DVD or Sonic MyDVD
to
a DVD burner? (These are the only two DVD things I have right now.)
Isn't
it true that WMM can NOT at all make/burn a DVD, right?

Yep, you've got it basically in the bag...........
Save as DV-AVI to a folder on HD, and in your desired burning software
import and burn to disk........
You should have no problems.

Thanks, my apologies for elementary questions,
George


No prob's, let us know how it all works out.


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