I have tried Sonic and Ulead and Pinnacle Studios and I like Pinnacle the
best. I would definately avoid direct to disk at all costs. Wat format
are you doing your original capture to and what frame rate and resolution?
This can make a huge difference as it is not possible for you end result to
be better than original capture.

"Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in message
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> Did you try your already installed Sonic MyDVD..... ?
>
> There's also Roxio, Nero, PowerDirector, WinDVD Creator..... I've used all
> of them..... I probably use Roxio 7.5 and 8 and WinDVD Creator the most on
> my desktop and PowerDirector the most on my husband's desktop....
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
>
>
>
> "Timothy" <Timothy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E4F11351-C3A9-4EE2-AEA1-23EF34C675A4@microsoft.com...
>> Are there any third party programs you can recommend?
>>
>> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>>
>>> Try to import it to another third party software.... and while you're
>>> importing, walk away from the PC.... don't use it for doing anything
>>> else.
>>> --
>>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>>> Printing & Imaging
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Timothy" <Timothy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:CC4FEC64-2C37-4057-85C2-CF96D57EF015@microsoft.com...
>>> >I recently purchased a computer with a DVD burner and I'm trying to
>>> >transfer
>>> > all my old 8mm video tapes to DVD. I purchased a Dazzle Hollywood
>>> > DV-Bridge
>>> > that seems to work fine and have Sonic DVD Plus pre-installed on the
>>> > computer.
>>> > When I tried to do the "direct to disc" option, the video was very
>>> > jerky
>>> > and
>>> > lost frames. The only way I have found to be able to do it is to
>>> > import
>>> > the
>>> > tape to Movie Maker, divide it in half into two separate movies, then
>>> > burn
>>> > the projects on Sonic. This all works fine, with the exception that
>>> > the
>>> > final product when watched on TV is nowhere near the quality of the
>>> > original
>>> > tape. I don't really care how long the process takes as I know it
>>> > will
>>> > take
>>> > a while, however, is there a way to improve the quality so that I am
>>> > at
>>> > least
>>> > close to the original?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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