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Panasonic HDC-SD1
Panasonic HDC-SD1
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HQ Grade: D-
A is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of camcorders.
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BryanH (hartlenb) 0 pts

Can I create standard format DVD's with the Panasonic HDC-SD1?

My old digital camera just died after my son dropped. Would like to get HD camera as that's all we watch but need to be able to create std DVD's for the grandparents. Nothing fancy, we just use Pinnacle and Roxio software. Need to know if I can get the video off the camera or card in a format that is recognizable by these programs.

Thanks in advance, Bryan
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Shari (Shari) 218 pts
June 29, 2007 12:33 PM
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Using a computer you can convert HD video into DVD. Of course using a mini DVD camcorder would save you that step of using the computer.

Roxie Easy Media Creator 9 supports HD-v input and output. Below I have copied all the supported formats for Roxie.

Pinnacle offers "Pinnacle HD DVD Authoring Pack: Showcase Home Movies in Vivid HD"
Pinnacle Studio 11 supports HDV input and output.

One important thing to keep in mind is that some DVD players, especially the older ones, will not play all DVD formats, even DVDs that have been finalized.

It may be a good idea to see what kind of DVD player the grandparents use, for instance, if it is new, the manual may say "plays Dvd Video Dvd-r/-rw" then there should be no problem.

If they have an older dvd player, you might just want to upgrade them since the cost of multi DVD format DVD players has dropped.



Supported Input Formats for Roxie Easy Media Creator 9:
Video: AVI, DV, HD-V, DV-AVI, MPEG-1/2/4, MPEG2-HD, IFO/VOB, DivX, DivX HD, XviD, DVR-MS, TiVo, ASF, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, 3GP, MPEG2 Transport Stream, H.264, OpenDVD
Audio: Audio CD, MP3, WAV, WMA, Dolby Digital AC-3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, M4A, MP4, Playlists (WPL, ASX, M3U, PLS, XSPF)
Image: JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF
Supported Output Formats:
Video: AVI, DV-AVI, HD-V, MPEG-1/2/4, MPEG2-HD, DivX, DivX HD, WMV, WMV HD, H.264, MP4, 3GP
Audio: MP3, WAV, WMA, Dolby Digital AC-3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MPEG-1/2, M4A, AAC, Playlists (M3U, PLS, XSPF, WPL, HighMAT, MPV)
Image: JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF
Video disc formats: DVD, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Mini DVD, BDAV
Recordable Formats:
Supports all popular recordable formats: CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD-RAM, BD-R/RE, BD-R/RE DL
Supports popular image formats: ISO, C2D, and BIN/CUE
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Mehtasaaab 0 pts
January 4, 2008 12:42 PM
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Hi,

I recently I have purchashed Panasonic HD dvd camcorder. How can I convert HD dvd into std dvd. So my relatives can play dvd on their old tv and computer? Please send me step by step intructions.

Thanks in advance.
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