Burning VCD on XP/SP2?

Any suggestions on a good product for a novice user to "plug and play" in
order to burn VCD's from a SONY Handycam? Just trying to share holiday
movies with family in far away places (warm places). PC should be able to
handle it from a hardware/resource point. Thx.
--
HDFatboy

Use a USB Port or Firewire. First transfer your movies from your handycam to
pc. I think that all sony handycam has a picture package software, install
this application to your pc then click or push the button on your handycam
"Burn your VCD" Please make sure that your handycam is on and detects
properly by your pc.

Happy New Year!

"HDFatboy" wrote:

> Any suggestions on a good product for a novice user to "plug and play" in
> order to burn VCD's from a SONY Handycam? Just trying to share holiday
> movies with family in far away places (warm places). PC should be able to
> handle it from a hardware/resource point. Thx.
> --
> HDFatboy

Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, I'm doing something wrong with Sonic
MyDVD, I think. I'm connected using USB and Windows "beeps" when I connect
the camcorder, but MyDVD doesn't recognize the device. When I go to record
settings on MyDVD, I can not choose any of the dropdowns to change settings,
except TV standard...? I can view the video on Windows Movie Maker, but it's
very distorted, and as well, I can't change any settings there.

Any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated.

Happy New Year as well!
--
HDFatboy


"Gethelson Nicdao" wrote:

> Use a USB Port or Firewire. First transfer your movies from your handycam to
> pc. I think that all sony handycam has a picture package software, install
> this application to your pc then click or push the button on your handycam
> "Burn your VCD" Please make sure that your handycam is on and detects
> properly by your pc.
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> "HDFatboy" wrote:
>
> > Any suggestions on a good product for a novice user to "plug and play" in
> > order to burn VCD's from a SONY Handycam? Just trying to share holiday
> > movies with family in far away places (warm places). PC should be able to
> > handle it from a hardware/resource point. Thx.
> > --
> > HDFatboy

if it's a digital8 or mini-DV handycam, you should connect it with iLink
(firewire), not USB... to get full video quality. Movie Maker expects a
firewire connection.
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"HDFatboy" <HDFatboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:55D1DF24-8BF8-40A9-9FE4-D3BD462C09F8@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, I'm doing something wrong with
> Sonic
> MyDVD, I think. I'm connected using USB and Windows "beeps" when I
> connect
> the camcorder, but MyDVD doesn't recognize the device. When I go to
> record
> settings on MyDVD, I can not choose any of the dropdowns to change
> settings,
> except TV standard...? I can view the video on Windows Movie Maker, but
> it's
> very distorted, and as well, I can't change any settings there.
>
> Any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Happy New Year as well!
> --
> HDFatboy
>
>
> "Gethelson Nicdao" wrote:
>
>> Use a USB Port or Firewire. First transfer your movies from your handycam
>> to
>> pc. I think that all sony handycam has a picture package software,
>> install
>> this application to your pc then click or push the button on your
>> handycam
>> "Burn your VCD" Please make sure that your handycam is on and detects
>> properly by your pc.
>>
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> "HDFatboy" wrote:
>>
>> > Any suggestions on a good product for a novice user to "plug and play"
>> > in
>> > order to burn VCD's from a SONY Handycam? Just trying to share holiday
>> > movies with family in far away places (warm places). PC should be able
>> > to
>> > handle it from a hardware/resource point. Thx.
>> > --
>> > HDFatboy

Then after importing the video to Movie Maker you will have the option of
saving it as a DV-AVI (press CTRL+P to open the save movie wizard). The
DV-AVI can be imported into MyDVD for burning to VCD.
-Wojo
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"PapaJohn (MVP)" <PapaJohn@CharterMI.net> wrote in message
news:uXXwfeiDGHA.2664@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> if it's a digital8 or mini-DV handycam, you should connect it with iLink
> (firewire), not USB... to get full video quality. Movie Maker expects a
> firewire connection.
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
>
>
> "HDFatboy" <HDFatboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:55D1DF24-8BF8-40A9-9FE4-D3BD462C09F8@microsoft.com...
>> Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, I'm doing something wrong with
>> Sonic
>> MyDVD, I think. I'm connected using USB and Windows "beeps" when I
>> connect
>> the camcorder, but MyDVD doesn't recognize the device. When I go to
>> record
>> settings on MyDVD, I can not choose any of the dropdowns to change
>> settings,
>> except TV standard...? I can view the video on Windows Movie Maker, but
>> it's
>> very distorted, and as well, I can't change any settings there.
>>
>> Any suggestions or help will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Happy New Year as well!
>> --
>> HDFatboy
>>
>>
>> "Gethelson Nicdao" wrote:
>>
>>> Use a USB Port or Firewire. First transfer your movies from your
>>> handycam to
>>> pc. I think that all sony handycam has a picture package software,
>>> install
>>> this application to your pc then click or push the button on your
>>> handycam
>>> "Burn your VCD" Please make sure that your handycam is on and detects
>>> properly by your pc.
>>>
>>> Happy New Year!
>>>
>>> "HDFatboy" wrote:
>>>
>>> > Any suggestions on a good product for a novice user to "plug and play"
>>> > in
>>> > order to burn VCD's from a SONY Handycam? Just trying to share
>>> > holiday
>>> > movies with family in far away places (warm places). PC should be
>>> > able to
>>> > handle it from a hardware/resource point. Thx.
>>> > --
>>> > HDFatboy
>
>