Capture directly to DVD

[R. Hewitt]

I doubt if you will find any software solution able to do that. To be able to record to DVD in realtime from firewire will need a hardware solution, in particular if you are recording to DVD as an MPEG2 standard playable DVD. To write data to a DVD for later editing with no additional compression will give you only around 20-minutes at approx 5-mins/GB per single layer DVD.

Many of the recent consumer DVD recorders with built-in hard disks can do this however.

[Mike Velte]

There is a number of DVD camcorders that capture video directly to DVD inside the camera. Many folks who inadvertently buy these should be willing to sell cheap as editing is a bit of a challenge. One of these could be connectd to your cam via A/V cables and burn vid from your cam in real time, although the DVD cam will need “Analog in” feature.

[Mike Cohen]

You need to do what everyone else does, selectively capture only the good portions of your tape. You can play the tape, and log the clips you want, then batch digitize, which will control the camera and save separate clips as you have directed. That is how to save disk space. If your clips are small enough, you can back them up to DVD as AVI files, so you can always edit them later.
Or just buy a big hard drive, as they are now very cheap, and keep it on a shelf until you are ready for it.

[Travis Dickie]

Thanks guys.

I was pretty sure that I was looking for something unattainable, but I thought I should check it out with the pros first. I’m going to keep on truckin with the analog out to VHS for the time being. Once a new video card with an analog video in lands on my doorstep, I’ll change my ways.

Cheers!

[David J]

If what you want is the ability to capture analogue video, and you already have a DV video camera capable of DV-in, then you may be able to use that as a 2-way bridge to link analogue in/out to FireWire into the computer. Consult camera documentation about Passthrough (for Sony – may be called something different for others).

[Travis Dickie]

Nada, my camera has the 1394 out and that’s it. Come to think of it, I have only really seen sony DV’s with the function to playback and recod digitally from other sources. Mine is a JVC GD-R30

[Perry Cheng]

Your Camcorder should be JVC GR-D30US If so, it has the capability of DV in and out.

https://www.jvc.com/product.jsp?modelId=MODL026953&page=2

i.Link Digital Input/Output (IEEE 1394 compliant) DV in/out

Perry

[David J]

If it is a JVC GR-D30US, you may be out of luck. See https://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/t118010.html.

But you should still be OK for getting analogue out that way.

Passthrough (or whatever it’s called) is one of those great features that seems never to make it into the headlines in camera adverts. Worth a lot if you have it. Great loss if not.

[George Socka]

How about – buy a DVD recorder since it appears that you will not edit, but simply pass through. There are several with DV in. There is aso a Pyro/ADS box AFIaK with myDVD that will do what you want. They are rather inexpensive

[Mark Perez]

try to see if the sony vrd-vc20 will work, priced @ 250.00, with the abality to capture analog/dv & dual layer, this might be a solution, just a few $$$ more than a standard external dvd drive. I do not know/confirm that you can record uncompressed raw footage, but it does, if I understand correctly create mpeg video.

https://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/758300242

thanks
mark