Is there software for PC that can record via analogue straight to dvd-r drive?

[\AX]

this would be something similar to the standalone units you can buy now that do the same thing...

not sure if this should go in capturing or here because its like 50% both sides.

I have not seen any software that can do this like the standalones yet...you seen any?

[leisuredoc]

ax,

This can be done by "capturing" the video from your analog signal through an analog-to-digital convertor. Hollywood Dazzle has one called the "DV" bridge and I love this thing. The output of the bridge goes to an IEEE-1394 firewire cable that goes to your computer's firewire port. If you have digital signal (S-Video cable plus the RCA audio jack cables), the quality is going to be much better. The DV bridge takes in either analog video or digital. You didn't say what your source was, but if it's a TV, most new ones have the digital output. The only time you are going to have only an analog signal is from a VHS tape player or a security camera, something like that.

The capturing is best done using a decent DVD authoring prog such as Ulead's Video Studio 6 (up to ver. 7 now, I think). There are others. That prog will have to convert your captured "avi" file to MPEG-2, which is the format of DVD +/- R disks and it takes a long, long time. On the other hand, you can add menu's, titles, special effects and the like, which is cool if you are mastering home video's to end up on DVD media for your standalone player or computer.

doom9 also has a forum for capturing, click [/URL]

I would also suggest [URL=http://www.dvdrhelp.com/] (http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?forumid=10)

Good luck!

leisuredoc;)

[atreides93]

WinDVD Recorder seems like it can do it. I haven't tested it yet. I think it only works if you have a DVD-RW in the drive.

I tried it on a DVD-R and it wrote it first to the hard disk and then started to burn it afterwards. Not what I had in mind!

[\AX]

seems like that would have to be the option...to cache first. Any other way it would easily mess up with just a tiny glitch. However, that is what i mean aswell...NOT to cache. Be nice if the DVD drives themself had atleast a s-video input with L/R audio :-).

Im assuming, if it was to be captured in real time straight to the dvd writer...the writer would have to be atleast 2x correct? Since DVD can do like 10mbs this data rate would be too low for most of us. So a 2x could do 20mb???

either way the calculations would have to be faster than the drive though...i mean you couldn't have the drive sit there and wait for the video, that could lead to misfortunes.

However the standalone units do it...but arent they 1x? Or are they mimcing the Tivo units and using a HDD aswell??

[atreides93]

I would think the recorder would be limited to 1x recording if you were doing it in real time. Otherwise there's no way you'd have enough information for faster than that.

[Gil T Pleasure]

Originally posted by \AX
Is there software for PC that can record via analogue straight to dvd-r drive?

WinDVD Recorder
Mediostream NeoDVD
Sonic MyDVD
Ulead MovieFactory2

But I think these app only support burning straight to DVDRW discs though.

[dvd_maniac]

I thought 1x=1.3MB/s and 2x=2.6mb/s?
I think that either it has to capture at low bitrates or have some sort of buffer to cache the data to perform this. This is why all the video input-dvd-r takes alot of time...

[\AX]

im not sure exactly on that...

i didnt know those apps could record directly...if its only DVDRW than that would sorta suk.

also i found this on the new features for "nero 6 ultra"


"...capture video from DV and analogue devices, as well as realtime recording to DVD."

realtime recording??? looks like a possible replacement for standalones aswell? yes? possibly support DVD-R? I dont know because its not out yet :-)

http://www.nero.com/en/index.html#c1055950278882