Which quality to pick "Capture wizard" burn to DVD, quality looks

I have a canon zr800 minidv. I am using xp movie maker to capture
the video to computer an then would like to burn to dvd (on occasion
would like to edit first). My question is, when the Video capture
wizard pops up, I am not sure wich quality to select (dv-avi, high
quality ntsc, video for Lan 1.0 Mpbps, etc). I tested several of
the different options and the only formats I end up with is avi or wmv
format. The video colour and quality does not look that great.
Which format do I need, with the goal of eventually getting that video
burn on a dvd? Do I need a different software and is there a free
one that you can recommend? thanks.

John
Thu Jun 12 20:40:53 PDT 2008

lbbss wrote:
> I have a canon zr800 minidv. I am using xp movie maker to capture
> the video to computer an then would like to burn to dvd (on occasion
> would like to edit first). My question is, when the Video capture
> wizard pops up, I am not sure wich quality to select (dv-avi, high
> quality ntsc, video for Lan 1.0 Mpbps, etc). I tested several of
> the different options and the only formats I end up with is avi or wmv
> format. The video colour and quality does not look that great.
> Which format do I need, with the goal of eventually getting that video
> burn on a dvd? Do I need a different software and is there a free
> one that you can recommend? thanks.
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Importing DV-AVI via FireWire IEEE
1394 is the recommended method.

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lbbss
Fri Jun 13 04:50:34 PDT 2008

I was told that 20min worth of video equals to about 4.7gb on dvd.
But the biggest file I get is about 330MB out of 20min of video wmv
format on my computer. Or do I then need to convert to a different
format once I burn to dvd? tx

John
Fri Jun 13 05:08:57 PDT 2008

lbbss wrote:
> I was told that 20min worth of video equals to about 4.7gb on dvd.
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That reference is for DV-AVI.

Did you read my previous reply?
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> But the biggest file I get is about 330MB out of 20min of video wmv
> format on my computer. Or do I then need to convert to a different
> format once I burn to dvd? tx
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The DVD Authoring software will
do the necessary converting .

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Digital Media MVP

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