Burning vhs straight to dvd

I have some old family movies that I want to burn straight to dvd. I have a sony hc96 camcorder and am able to import through the camera into imovie but not straight to idvd. Any ideas

You either need to buy a DVD video recorder OR import your video into iMovie and create one movie file of them all. Then you can use iDVD's OneStep DVD from a File method.
The direct to iDVD OneStep DVD approach only works when you have a miniDV tape with an unbroken time code.
F Shippey

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http://www.macworld.com/article/1030972/fromvhstodvd.html   <<< click here.
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http://www.ehow.com/how_6515774_convert-dvd-mac-os-x.html   <<< click here.
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http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/26/roxio.vhs.to.dvd/   <<< click here.
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http://www.daniusoft.com/tutorial/burn-vhs-to-dvd-on-mac.html   << click here.

New to PE 11. What quality to expect burning miniDV input to DVD?

Hello:
Thanks for reading. I am tyring to burn a "decent" quality DVD of a recent wedding. I have tried iMovie, Final Cut Express 4, and now PE 11, and all 3 give me lousy quality on the DVD burn. I need your help, please.
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Other discussion is at http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1118765
Sticking with one discussion for a continuation of the same question is actually better, so you don't miss an answer
As I said in the other discussion, I am going to reply here and figure you have been answered "over there"
Your captured tape is "roughly" the same quality as a DVD (I no longer use tape, but when I did, my DVD output was the same quality as the input)
So... please provide step by step DETAILS of what you are doing
Especially... are you using ANY effects while editing the video?
Then, post a screenshot of your output settings - http://forums.adobe.com/thread/592070?tstart=30
Creating a DVD does compress the file (13Gig per hour from a tape down to "about" 4Gig to fit on a DVD) but you SHOULD see very little difference when you play the DVD

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I'm starting to convert my old VHS tapes to DVD using a Canopus ADVC110. The transfer process itself works just fine, but there is a thin line at the bottom of the screen of "static" or "interference" that shows up on the digital end (iDVD). Does anyone know what this is, and how do I get rid of it?
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Hi Maestra
Welcome to this forum. You'll find all kinds of great info here from many talented people.
What you are seeing is over-scan lines from the VHS transfer. The good news is that once you burn the DVD and it's viewed on a TV, you won't see those lines. When you author a DVD, you should make sure you check the TV safe area so you'll see exactly what will appear on screen. If you don't, some titles or buttons may not be displayed as you had intended.
If you ply the DVD through to a projector you may still see the scan lines. Most people will play it on a DVD.
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Regards
Carl

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Dear friends
I have decided to back up a small part of my vhs library via dvd
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I am importing via eye tv and need to convert the files to a format capable of being burnt wherever appropriate and as quickly as possible.
What I have experimented with so far is very long-winded, ie export to imovie, export to toast, encode and burn. This may take some 8 hours!
Does anyone have a quick fix available?

Skip the iMovie step. Use EyeTV to Import in MPEG-2 format, edit, and send the output directly to Toast (using the "Toast" button). Assuming use have one of the EyeTV units with hardware MPEG-2 encoding (EyeTV 200 or 250), there will be no software encoding, or re-encoding, in the entire process.

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Frank Caggiano wrote:
Are you sure neither player has a digital output? FireWire would be the most likely connector on that type of equipment.
Both VHS & Hi-8 are analog tape formats so it is extremely unlikely that VHS players or Hi-8 camcorders would have built-in analog to digital converters. That's why you need a product that includes a hardware A-D converter like the three mentioned by the OP.
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There is free open source software called Burn that will burn DVDs. Here is a link.
If you wish to pay for software, there are many, including TOAST TITANIUM from Roxio. Apple's retail copy of iLife 11, and Apple's Compressor.
Of these, I would say that iDVD is known for being able to create very professional looking DVDs with intros, menus, lots of interesting templates.
Toast is much simpler and the menus and templates are more plain.
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Burn, I have never tried, since I have iDVD and Toast for those ocasions when I need to burn a DVD. However, since it is free, I think it is worth a try.
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when i start up i tunes i get the message,"The registry settings used by the i Tunes drivers for importing and burning CD's and DVD's are missing. This can happen as a result of installing other CD burning software. Please reinstall i Tunes." I tried reinstalling and still get the same message. when I ran the i Tunes diagnostics is says that the high and low filters are missing.
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