Recording DVDs

[Dennis Hays]

Hello All,

The best way to handle this is to import the VCR signal into the
computer and, by using most COTS, render the resultant file(s) and
burn a DVD with both menus and chapters.

Software: Nero, Roxio, Pinnacle etc. will do this quite well.

Best,

Dennis

Thursday, September 27, 2007, 5:08:02 PM, you wrote:

> As far as I've ever found, you have to use a computer to author the DVD
> in order to set it up with chapters and a menu.  I don't know of
> anything that will edit an existing DVD that was burned by regular A/V
> hardware.

> However, you could take that DVD made by you're a/V hardware, import it
> to your computer, and as far as I know, almost any DVD-authoring (not
> just copying, but authoring) software can then take those DVD-format
> files and make a new DVD from them, with whatever chapters and menus you
> define.

> HTH,

> Seonaid Welch
> AEC Inc.
> seonaid.welch at aecinc.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-framers at omsys.com [mailto:owner-framers at omsys.com] On Behalf
> Of Dauphin, William M.
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 2:00 PM
> To: Rick Quatro; framers at lists.frameusers.com; framers at omsys.com
> Subject: RE: Recording DVDs

> FWIW, Apple's iDVD application does this. I'm not familiar with non-Mac
> alternatives, but they must exist.

> -Bill Dauphin 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-framers at omsys.com [mailto:owner-framers at omsys.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Rick Quatro
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 4:27 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com; framers at omsys.com
> Subject: OT: Recording DVDs

> I am sorry for the seriously off-topic post, but here goes. I need to
> record

> some VCR tapes onto DVD. I can buy hardware to do this, but is there a
> method for making a "menu" for the DVD so I can navigate to different 
> sections on the DVD (like a commercial DVD)? Thanks in advance.

> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com


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