Hi,I am having a Sony Camcorder of model DCR-HC96(minidv cassette)?

Question

I dont know how to convert the videos i had taken to DVD's with same quality.I got Dazzle DVD recorder to convert my videos onto DVD.I did convert my videos to DVD throuh that DAZZLE Instant DVD recorder but the quality is very poor like

* The Audio and Video mismatch with each other

* Video quality is very poor like its playing frame by frame

CAn anybody help me out with this problem.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Hello...

well.. Fovere talks about the good software, but doesn't solve the main problem -

using dozzle with miniDV camera is no good. Dozzle was made for analog camcorders/VCR players such as old VHS or Hi8 camcorders. The quality from those sources with dazzle would be OK... But it totally degrades miniDV quality.

So, before you try any of the softwares Fovere suggested, you need to transfer the video from your camcorder (from the miniDV tape) via Firewire port. ANY other way (such as Dazzle) will degrade the quality drastically (as you already know).

So, if your cojputer does not have Firewire aka iLink aka miniDV port aka IEEE 1394 (all different names for the same think, manufacturers like to confuse us), you have to buy the card AND cable... if your comp has the port, just buy the cable.  (Go on ebay - the cheapest way, around $10 for combo card + cable)

Then connect the camcorder, turn into play mode (do not press play button, just turn it on) and windows recognize it (no drivers needed, that is part of both Windows XP and Vista) .

You can use any video capturing software - some you might receive with your firewire card (I've got Ulead Video Studio with it and it works great), if not, Windows Movie Maker as free part of every Windows will do the job as well.

Open that software, navigate to "Capture", choose your cam from pull down menu as video source and click Capture. The software will automatically rewind tape, play it and capture it.

It is real time capture = one hour tape will take one hour to capture.

Then you will get huge (13GB) AVI file in extreme high quality.

Now comes Fovere's help - use that or any other software (again, even Windows movie maker will do, but not with all the fanciness as better softwares) and create high quality DVD

have fun...

Johnny