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I didn't find anything related to what I am trying to find out.. so here goes.
I am using PE4 to catalogue and organize my video files (which I am editing in PE2).
One project has 9 AVIs, each of which is less than 4 gigs, and which I copied individually to 9 DVDs with the BURN\move files option.
A second project has 3 AVI's, each of which is roughly 28 gigs. I thought that rather than breaking these up into small 3-4 gig files (as I did with the first project) that I would just let PE4 tell me how many DVDs I would need.
It said this AVI was about 188 minutes and that it would need 1 DVD (only). It would appear that PE4 is basically determining the best DVD copying rate to make it fit, in as few DVDs as possible.
I'm afraid that this will create an inferior copy, which I don't want, as these AVIs are my best, captured off of original 8mm tapes.
Is there a way to control the DVD copying speed for maximum quality?
Thanks.

Well I'm no expert and I don't have a lot of experience with many kinds of video cameras. My very first was a video 8 Olympus when these first came out in the late '80's! It languished unused until this year, I started using it to capture, and then it promptly died. I had to borrow a co-worker's 8 to finish capturing the old stuff.... a family history project I began in '95.
I finally decided to get back to this project, and after balancing the features/cost, decided the 3CCD was worth it, this one in particular because it includes optical image stabilization rather than electronic, and various forums stated this made quite a difference.
I'm very pleased with it. It has a manual focus ring, an external mike input (a real must for me), great pictures even indoors with natural lighting, and an easy to get-used-to menu toggling switch.
There is now a newer model of this discontinued 250, and the reviews are really mixed. It's actually a dumbed down version of the 250! The reviewer said: "Get a 250 while they're still around." No manual focus ring, no mike input I believe, and a few other things.
So, maybe this will help. Stay away from DVD recorders though, as they make editing not only difficult but the edited results are degraded... Better to record with a DV tape and capture directly to DV-AVI, avoiding the DVD compression those cameras have to do before you even get started.
Well, this really belongs in the Pr.Elements2 forum. I think the PE4 and the PE2 are both great products though.

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