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Panasonic VDR-D200
Panasonic VDR-D200
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HQ Grade: F
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"No transfer movies to my Laptop"
  • 3 out of 5
"trouble with finalising"
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Stacy (stacy) 0 pts
April 18, 2007 7:40 PM
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Video Editing and Backup on HDD

Hi Gurus,
I bought a Mini DVD VDR 230 camcorder. Shot movies on a mini DVD-R disk. The software that came with this says it can only record on DVD-R disks, and do nothing else.
1. Is there a cheap(or free) software to edit the recorded movies (after copying them to HDD)

2. How to keep a backup of these mini DVD's on my HDD?

Any ideas?
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Piero Foto (ifotomedia) 7096 pts
April 19, 2007 2:39 AM
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Hey, Stacy.
First, as far as free editing software goes, if there is, its not going to do much of anything for your video editing needs.

DVD disc camcorders were never designed to interact with video editing on computers, unfortunately, but it still can be done. There are many video editing programs available on the market and some are more sophisticated than others in fancy movie editing.

Here is a editing conversion software I recommend for beginner/intermediate videogrphers which works for Mac and PC. Plus, it has very good versatility in converting video files to many formats for video DVDs/CDs, Media Player, QickTime movies, and even emailing. This software will convert the MPEG-2 video format from your DVD camcorder for any other digital devices. With this software, you should be able to also create some cool movie effects with picture, sound, and titles.

As far backing up your video footage goes, you can store it on your computer's hard drive, or just make a DVD disc copy from your computer after you have downloaded your video and then trash the video from your hard drive.

Here is the link to PYRO Digital Video Kit:
http://www.bestpricecameras.com/prodetails.aspx?prodid=193405

http://www.bluesquad.com/usa/prod.php?pid=2133

I hope this helps out.


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Stacy (stacy) 0 pts
April 19, 2007 9:46 AM
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Thanks Piero...I have one more doubt..

Can I copy 3 or 4 mini DVD's to a single 4.7GB DVD? using ..maybe roxio?
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Piero Foto (ifotomedia) 7096 pts
April 19, 2007 12:12 PM
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Stacy.
Yes, it should be no problem. The editing software also allows you to convert your original video footage to different file formats, which means that you can store even more than 4 mini discs on a one DVD disc. To maintain the best quality you should be able to put at least 3 mini discs on one DVD.
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Piero Foto (ifotomedia) 7096 pts
April 19, 2007 1:21 PM
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Stacy.
Also try this software, it should make it much easier to download MPEG files from DVD discs and manage them to edit on your computer.


This software is the "Mpeg Video Wizard". Its your best free option.
http://www.womble.com/

30 day free trial download:
http://www.womble.com/download/


http://www.shareit.com/product.html?productid=196928&DELIVERY=EML&random=137a21eb6b43464deb80eb9dfb5998c7

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Stacy (stacy) 0 pts
April 19, 2007 3:32 PM
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Thanks Piero .. I appreciate your time!!
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Piero Foto (ifotomedia) 7096 pts
April 19, 2007 3:38 PM
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You are very welcome, Tracy.

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We will happy to answer any new questions you decide to post.

Thanks in Advance and happy movie making.
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