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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
...doing this shit well isn't hard, but it's extremely time-intensive compared to digital photography. Be warned.
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Agreed it's a bit of a pain. It's comparable to the amount of effort that used to be involved in editing down a videotape, only with a much nicer result. If you never edited when going from camcorder to VHS in the old world, you're not likely to do much digital editing either.
OTOH, if all you are doing is going straight from camcorder to DVD, but you usually make multiple copies of your videos, you're going to spend just as much time copying the DVD as you would loading the MiniDV video onto your computer and burning multiple DVDs. In which case the MiniDV is preferable because you get a higher-quality recording from a lower-priced camcorder.
On topic of DVD authoring, what software do people like for PC these days? I'm ready to shell out a few bucks for a decent program to upgrade the junk that came with my burner.
