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I have had this burner for a couple of years and am becoming increasingly suspicious that it is faulty. It appears to write to DVD+R blanks reliably, but video written to DVD-R blanks frequently plays back erratically with the picture glitching and freezing. Both types of blank media are TDK. Has anybody else experienced this problem? Is a firmware/driver upgrade likely to help? If I...

I'm in the market for a relatively inexpensive digital video camera (under $500 US). I've heard quite a bit about Canon, and am trying to figure out the difference between their ZR line (200, 300 & 400) and their Elura line (85, 80). The Eluras use a combo of miniDV Tape and SD Memory Card (the ZRs use only mini DV tape), and the Eluras use Secure Digital and Multimedia cards while the ZRs only...

"Roger R" wrote in message ... snip I expect you will put me right if I have this wrong :-) I'm not really into DVD authoring myself, but there are plenty of people who are on the news:uk.rec.video.digital group, may I suggest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4719833.stm Couldn't of happened to a nicer company, yes I'm sorry for all the staff and customers but I hope the robbing b*sterds at the top suffer for their years of ripping people off left, right and centre.....

Hi all. I'm very new to digital video. I want to know what is the best file format (PC) to store video/clips for future editing. Currently I am saving the files from my DV camera in AVI format. Is this a "lossless" format, or should I archive in some other way? Mike.

Is there any free software that will do this? I don't want to edit, just change the format. Thanks, Mike

I have adobe premier pro 1.5 (on Windows XP) and if possible I'd like to make use of the dual monitors I have on my PC. My graphics card is an Nvidia GF4 Ti4200. I've hunted around inside APP but can't find anywhere where it allows you to make good use of dual monitors - or maybe I'm not looking in the right place. What I'd like is to run APP on the primary monitor and output the preview...

SCART to firewire? I have a firewire connection in my PC and a pile of VHS tapes I'd like to transfer over to my PC for later editing. I suppose some electronic gadgetry would be needed in between?

Trying to make a 7.2 v external battery pack (NiMh) but when I connect it to the camera,"Use Info Lithium" comes up on the LCD and the camera switches off. Is there a way to defeat this,or fool the camera into accepting external power ? I am connecting up by removing the Infolithium battery and connecting to the pins on the camera,the pins (+ and -) the normal battery uses,the centre pin is not...

The 2.5" LCD display Monitor in NV-GS5B stopped displaying. It's completely black (like it is not turned on). First it still displayed image when the LCD display was opened a bit, and when opened further it was black again, but later it didn't display any image even when a little opened. It's black all the time no matter in which position it is opened. Please advise what happened and how can I...

Any one got an opinion re the Panasonic NV-GS150EB? Seems to get Ok reviews. Are there real advantages with 3ccd at this price (circa £500)? Are there better with 1ccd for the same price?

What are the benefits of AVI DV over MPEG-2, if any? I am looking for a new camcorder and see that MPEG-2 format recordings are creeping in. Is there any particular reason? How about editing? Are there any practical differences in the two? Thanks. DG

Hi all, I have been trying to turn my MiniDV home videos into DVDs but it takes many hours to encode the MPEG for the DVD on my AMD Athlon XP 2700+ with 512MB RAM and 7200RPM hard disk, using Ulead VideoStudio. It seems to take even longer to convert MPEG2 (captured from my digital TV card) into MPEG2 suitable for DVD. I'm guessing CPU is the main problem and there aren't many faster CPU...

I know most new DVD players will play most anything, but it there a more compatible media (DVD+R or DVD-R) for the older players?

Any software that will do the above (see subject line) ??

Hi There I have a pioneer 3100 DVD recorder.It has just gone out of warranty and as does happen a fault has developed.Put in a disc and the screen shows it is loading then the Disc ejects and everything stops.Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Bill

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hi all I have WIN XP. I have a digital camera Canon Power Shot A40 It uses the software Zoom Browser. I used to be able to e-mail my 20 second movie clips that my camera had taken. They are stored in their own folder. I can play them to watch on my computer, but noone can open the attachment anymore. I have tried sending them from Zoombrowser and also sending as an attachment. the attachment's...

Hi all. Can anyone tell me what I need to transfer video from this camcorder to my hard disk and (hopefully) from there to a DVD? In terms of hardware, software, cables, ports, etc etc? I have read (am reading) the instruction book but it isnt as clear as I'd like and I thought I'd see if anyone could help me in plain English. Thanks. Nat

Not sure if this is the best or right newsgroup for this, but as I have looked elsewhere and found nothing,here's hoping. I have got a Sony Handycam Vision CCD-TRV208E PAL Video Hi8 Camcorder and I am looking at transferring all the Video that I have on the tapes onto my PC so that I can put them onto a DVD for a more reliable storage media. I would be extremely greatful if anyone could provide...