Transfering Analogue Video Panasonic E95 DVD Web ?

Please can someone advise me. My ultimate goal is to upload analogue
video footage onto a web server.

Right now I have a Panasonic E95 which I have used to capture the
analogue footage and convert it to digital using SP mode. I have edited
and burnt this footage onto a finalised DVD-R disk and also onto a
DVD-RAM disk.

Both disks play back OK on the E95. The DVD-R disk plays back OK on my
Pioneer DVD player.

Unfortunately however when I put these disks into the CD drive on my
W'XP computer Windows Explorer refuses to recognise that there is
anything there. In fact it commands "Insert Disk into Drive" (or
something like that).

What do I now need to do to make at least the DVD-RAM disk recognised
by Windows, and better still to be able to upload the digital footage
onto the hard drive and thereby upload it onto a web-based server?

In message .com, CJB
writes
Transfering Analogue Video Panasonic E95 DVD Web ?

Please can someone advise me. My ultimate goal is to upload analogue
video footage onto a web server.

Right now I have a Panasonic E95 which I have used to capture the
analogue footage and convert it to digital using SP mode. I have edited
and burnt this footage onto a finalised DVD-R disk and also onto a
DVD-RAM disk.

Both disks play back OK on the E95. The DVD-R disk plays back OK on my
Pioneer DVD player.

Unfortunately however when I put these disks into the CD drive on my
W'XP computer Windows Explorer refuses to recognise that there is
anything there. In fact it commands "Insert Disk into Drive" (or
something like that).

What do I now need to do to make at least the DVD-RAM disk recognised
by Windows, and better still to be able to upload the digital footage
onto the hard drive and thereby upload it onto a web-based server?

Your prime need is obviously a PC drive that will support both DVD-RAM
and DVD-R. I'd suggest that you have a look at the Panasonic (Matsui)
SW-9573-C (about £118 plus VAT). Alternatively, if you have either/or
firewire/USB2 you could go for an external Panasonic (Matsui) SW-9583-C
(about £123 plus VAT). Both of these are "combi" drives, which (in
addition to the DVD support) give you full CD functionality. With the
former (internal), if you have a spare drive bay in your PC you could
keep your current CD drive. I might in passing mention that I've
replaced my CD drive with an inexpensive NEC DVD RW ND-2500 combi that
reads/writes just about anything other than DVD-RAM. This allows me to
easily "dupe" DVD-R and DVD-RAM onto either DVD-R or DVD+R (as well as
give me full CD functionality).

You don't mention what version of Windows you are running. If you're
running XP then XP should include driver support for these drives, but
the Panasonic drives do come with drivers on CD.

If you are intending to distribute your video over the web, IMHO the
best is the Real/Helix option. You can get details he
http://www.realnetworks.com/audience/index.html. This gives what is
called "streaming video".

Other options include Quicktime and MPEG-4, one option for creating
these distros is Quicktime 6 Pro.

A number of video editor programs include support for various
distribution formats.

Finally, if you want to distribute video in a way that people can
download and burn their own VCD/SVCD/DVDs, you might be advised to
create RAR/PAR sets, upload them to one of the 'alt.binary' newsgroups,
and let folk know by e-mail where to find them. Again most video editors
allow you to produce VCD, SVCD and many allow DVD distro production. For
RAR/PAR sets you'll need WinRAR and QuickPAR. People downloading will
also need these utilities to rebuild the video to allow them to burn
onto CD/DVD. This last option gives good quality video, but the download
times are relatively long - even with broadband.

I should perhaps add that there are other distribution options. Other's
will no doubt come in here.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.rhylonline.com

Thank you very much Tony. Can I buy an external DVD-RAM / DVD-R player
/ recorder that will plug into the USP port much like a RAM drive? If
so I guess my problems might be solved!! Cheers - Chris B.

Tony Morgan wrote:
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CJB
writes
Transfering Analogue Video Panasonic E95 DVD Web ?

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Tony Morgan
http://www.rhylonline.com

On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:33:23 GMT, "CJB"
allegedly wrote:

Thank you very much Tony. Can I buy an external DVD-RAM / DVD-R player
/ recorder that will plug into the USP port much like a RAM drive? If
so I guess my problems might be solved!! Cheers - Chris B.

You can buy an external enclosure to fit the drive into, which will allow
hot swapping of the device via USB, must like a RAM drive.

I wouldn't go for the recommended Panasonic though. There are much
cheaper options around.

In message .com, CJB
writes
Thank you very much Tony. Can I buy an external DVD-RAM / DVD-R player
/ recorder that will plug into the USP port much like a RAM drive? If
so I guess my problems might be solved!! Cheers -

You *must* use a USB2 port for an external - USB(1) is too slow.

--
Tony Morgan
http://www.rhylonline.com

In message , Dave R
writes
On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:33:23 GMT, "CJB"
allegedly wrote:

Thank you very much Tony. Can I buy an external DVD-RAM / DVD-R player
/ recorder that will plug into the USP port much like a RAM drive? If
so I guess my problems might be solved!! Cheers - Chris B.

You can buy an external enclosure to fit the drive into, which will allow
hot swapping of the device via USB, must like a RAM drive.

I wouldn't go for the recommended Panasonic though. There are much
cheaper options around.

Which one's (that are cheaper) support DVD-RAM?

--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

In message , Tony Morgan
writes
In message , Dave R
writes
On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:33:23 GMT, "CJB"
allegedly wrote:

Thank you very much Tony. Can I buy an external DVD-RAM / DVD-R player
/ recorder that will plug into the USP port much like a RAM drive? If
so I guess my problems might be solved!! Cheers - Chris B.

You can buy an external enclosure to fit the drive into, which will allow
hot swapping of the device via USB, must like a RAM drive.

I wouldn't go for the recommended Panasonic though. There are much
cheaper options around.

Which one's (that are cheaper) support DVD-RAM?

I should perhaps have added Dave, that the LG GSA 4082B (for example)
will set you back about £400.
--
Tony Morgan
http://www.rhylonline.com

In message , Dave R
writes
On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:33:23 GMT, "CJB"
allegedly wrote:

Thank you very much Tony. Can I buy an external DVD-RAM / DVD-R player
/ recorder that will plug into the USP port much like a RAM drive? If
so I guess my problems might be solved!! Cheers - Chris B.

You can buy an external enclosure to fit the drive into, which will allow
hot swapping of the device via USB, must like a RAM drive.

I've just reflecting on what you've suggested, and it's occurred to me
that you'd be hard pressed to buy an external enclosure with firewire
and/or USB2 for £5 (the difference between the SW-9583 and the SW-9573).

--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

In message , Simon Patten
writes
Snipped...

This is actually the hardest part of the problem and it depends on
whether the OP wants to distribute it publicly or privately. Finding
web space with sufficient bandwidth to share decent quality video will
be tricky. I'll be interested to see what options people suggest too.
All I can think of is that http://1and1.com offers quite a good deal;
it's in the US but is better and cheaper than their UK subsidiary.

IME Simon, few people will even consider downloading a sizeable binary
if it is unidentified in the .nfo file from a non-porn and non-movie
binary newsgroup. There are a good few alt.binary.* newsgroups that
rarely (if ever) have any posts in - and subsequently unlikely to be
subscribed to.

--
Tony Morgan
http://www.camcord.info

So OK - thanks for the help.

The analogue conversion of VHS to digital using the E95 and then stored
on its HDD is superb . No messing around with capture parameters etc.
And the results burnt to DVD_RAM and DVD-R are also equal to the
original.

Hmm - USB2 - I'll have to see what I have.

And it looks like the Panasonic external multi-format drive is what I
need (if I have a USB2 port). Not too expensive.

But I don't need to upload video footage in bianry form to the
newsgroups, and I ain't into porno. The subject matter is actually
traditional English and Irish dance!!

Actually when transferred in DVD-RAM format (whatever that is as burnt
by the Panasonic E95 - MPEG2 / 4?) to the PC I then need to convert
this to a highly compressed format either as a single file (smallish)
or for video streaming. I already have an ISP lined up.

I also want to create a small animated gif as a 'teezer' for the main
web page.

Cheers - Chris B.