How do I verbs video from a TDK Mini DV 60 to a viewer-friendly format, potentially on DVD or YouTube?
Answers: If you have a video in mini-DV format, you obligation some kind of playback deck (eg, any mini-DV camcorder ought to work). This connects to a PC via a Firewire cable. On the PC, you entail some kind of DV getting hold of software, which knows roughly speaking camcorders. On top of that, you need at lowest a DVD authoring package that will do its own MPEG-2 encoding. And finally, a DVD writer that can burn a DVD-R or DVD+R disc.
So, what do you hold? Virtually all DV camcorders support Firewire output; if you don't own one, you probably know someone who does, DV is the most popular format. Just be sure he didn't shoot in DVCAM or DVpro, or you may be within trouble (eg, try this out on a camcoder).
Many laptops include a Firewire interface, as do the better PCs. If not, such an interface will typically run you $25-$50 as a PCI or PC-Card.
Some consumer friendly video programs will capture your video, agree to you do basic edit, and burn a DVD... something like Sony Vegas Studio is an example for the PC, it'll run you roughly speaking $50. Macs come with iMovie, which also does this.
There are some freeware tools, but it's more work. An excellent site to find and try some of these tools is http://www.videohelp.com. They hold out complete tutorials on things such as capturing video from a camcorder, making DVDs, etc.... which are a bit too complex for the compass of this site.
Of course, your easiest bet is to find a friend or friend-of-a-friend who's a videohead. A guy like me could turn your cassette into a DVD in a couple of hours, remarkably if you don't care give or take a few editing. The "friend" part is how you catch this for free :-)
what format did it record as .avi.mpeg
doesn`t matter what format it is, you can use nero and convert the file from its hative format to anything you want nero to recode it as. mpeg4 is nice. use the biggest compression possible. -9 or 4.7 is your standard dvd comperession. than you can burn it onto a dvd, and most dvd players will play mpeg-4...
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