From DVD to Hard Drive
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Good day all
I attended my 4 year old's christmas concert last night. And like 20 other dad's, I had my DV video camera in hand and got some great footage (really cute watching these 3 and 4 year olds try to belt out Jingle Bells). So I burned the footage to a DVD this morning using my LG DVD burner. Now I want take some of the footage from the DVD and create an AVI or MPG to send to friends and family via Email or to post on a website.
Does any body know of some free software the does this and is easy to use.
Thanks
Paul
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If you still have the original DV video, it's much easier to go to AVI or MPG from that.
What software did you use to make the DVD? I hear Windows Movie Maker isn't too shabby, but I've never used it myself (being a Mac guy).
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I didn't use any software to make the DVD. I used my LG DVD recoreder in my audio rack, not my computer by using a DV cable that syncs both devices.
How would I hook up my DV camera to the computer. I still have the footage on the tape.
Paul
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Do you have firewire ports on your pc? Or does the camera have a usb port? You could connect it to the pc that way.
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Quick and dirty way is to use handbrake to convert the DVD to an AVI or MPEG file.
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Thanks, that link really helps. I think I will push it straight to my PC from now on.
Paul
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Ok, I did this last night and it worked great!
Thanks all
paul
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glad to hear everything worked out ok
-David
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