DVD-R onto computer?

Question

me and my friends have been filming for about a month for our new skate video but then we found out the cam corder we've been using saved everything onto a DVD-R disc. I wanted to know if theres a way we could transfer all of our videos from that disc onto our computer.

(P.S whenever we connect the cam to the computer with a usb cord it says its not the right format.)

Answer 1

You cannot do it with a USB Cable.

You will have to 'finalise' the mini DVD first - your camera manual will tell you how to do that - but you should note that once a DVD is finalised you cannot record any more video on it.

then try it this way

Use a programme called Ulead VideoStudio - you take the mini-disc out of your camcorder and put it into the DVD tray of your PC making sure it sits centrally in the little depression made for it.

Inside VideoStudio you select "Insert DVD" and point the programme at the DVD and follow the prompts and the video is copied from the disc into the timeline of VideoStudio so that you can edit it - add lots of different videos together - add titles/music/narration - make a file that you can e-mail or upload to 'Youtube' etc. and finally burn to a full size DVD to play in a standard player.

Full details and a one month free trial of VideoStudio from :-

www.Ulead.com

    

or

www.Ulead.co.uk

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Answer 2

If your computer has a DVD drive, you can rip the video with HandBrake... http://handbrake.fr/

Warning: Video from DVD based camcorders is not meant to be edited. The video quality will not be so good.

Advice: If you want good editable video, hard drive or higher-end flash memory is better... and MiniDV Tape is best available video quality.