CODECS DV vs. computer generated

[Mike Velte]

A DV camcorder’s tape contains only data…no codec yet. When transfered to a computer via firewire, the data file is wrapped in a “header” so Windows and other apps can play it.
I am not sure of how you are going to get video from a PC to a stand alone DVD burner, certainly not via firewire. You would need analog out outputs from the PC which generates an NTSC signal for the burner…OR use the camera as a pass-thru…firewire from PC to cam and then RCA/S/video to the burner…no device control, but dooable.
You would really need to export your finished movie back to DV tape and from there to the burner for device control and precise burn (no extras at front or rear end).

[Rj Hewitt]

Agreed Mike unless you use one of Sony’s recent DVD Recorders that feature a firewire (iLink) port that not only allows control of the camera from the recorder but also does the MPEG2 conversion and writes the required info to the disk to allow playback on any standard DVD player.

Not sure if I understood the original question though! At the end of the day you’re going to end up with MPEG2 but at least you’ll have more control over the encoding if you go via PPro.

[Nick P.]

Here’s the problem.
DVD recorder manufacturers state that their Firewire input will only work if directly connected to a DV camcorder.

They say I would not be able to record directly out of my computer Firewire port into their DVD recorder Firewire because the computer CODEC is not the “same” (?) as the DV camcorder CODEC. Is that true?

Or to rephrase the question.
Does anyone knowledgeable in such matters on this list believe that I will be able to output (or export) from Premiere via Firewire my movie through a DVD recorder onto a DVD?

I have yet to find any documentation comparing computer (in this case Premiere) CODECs to DV camcorder CODECs.

I hope this has clarified my original question.

[Mike Velte]

My experience with several stand alone DVD burners is that they wont “see” a PC connected via firewire, only some camcorders. They are looking for a device that they can control.

[Nick P.]

Thanks for your response.

In my messages I refer to a product the manufacturer calls a DVD recorder. You referred to a DVD burner. What is the difference? Do you believe they respond to Firewire input differently?

[Creig Bryan]

My experience is the same as Mike’s. Gateway said it was MS. MS said it was Gateway(actually Lite-On). I gave up, instead exporting from PPro into my camera(onto tape), then from the camera to the DVD recorder. I only do this when I need a quick turnaround: The quality suffers (though it should not, theoretically).

Keep Smiling

[Mike Velte]

Sorry….DVD recorder.