Newbie is lost

marceggers wrote on 4/13/2002, 7:14 PM

Yes, I'm new to this. And boy am I lost. I got VF2 for one reason: to download from my digital camcorder and burn the video onto a CD to save for 1000 years or longer. I'm not much interested in all the other great features it includes as I don't plan to edit or use special effects. My primary concern is to get the best quality video possible from the CD. So I have (numerous times) followed the directions in the manual I downloaded, and I have mimicked the examples in the tutorials, but my result is always the same. I now have a pile of finalized CD-R's but not with the video I thought I had burned. The CDs contain folders, not videos! The folders are: CDI (empty), MPEGAV (holds a .dat file), and VCD (it holds four.vcd files). Obviously I'm missing something-something big! If anyone out there feels so inclined I need a step-by-step instructional written for someone with a desire to learn, but who is very green. My system is a P4 2.0 gig processor, WinXP, 512RDRam, 40 gig HD, IEEE1394 conx, Canon ZR20 digital camcorder, and a CD burner that has Roxio Platinum installed. Tham\nks.

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chuck1948 wrote on 4/13/2002, 7:53 PM

It sounds like you did everything right. You should be able to pop the cd into a dvd player and watch all your efforts. You should also be able to view the .dat file with windows media player.

Former user wrote on 4/13/2002, 9:18 PM

You are burning your CD's as VCD or SVCD. These are primarily designed to be played on a DVD player. If you are wanting to save them as a DATA file with mpeg or avi files on them. YOu need to use a different procedure.

The video is there. It is the DAT extension. You can open that with media player. But if you don't want VCD's, then just copy the video files after you capture them to a CD. Of course, DV files are very large so you have to create MPEG files first normally. Then burn the mpeg files to CD as if you were burning any data files. This disk will not play on a DVD player if that is your intention. Plus, I wouldn't plan on them lasting 1000 years. But by then, we will have a different media format anyway. :)

Dave T2

VinceG wrote on 4/14/2002, 4:29 AM

<< The CDs contain folders, not videos! >>

You are half right. Your CDs contain folders and video files. You should be able to insert them into a stand alone DVD player and watch them... providing your DVD player recognizes CD-R discs. Be warned that many don't.

Sounds like you did everything right so far except try them on a DVD player.

marceggers wrote on 4/14/2002, 7:20 AM

Thanks.

marceggers wrote on 4/14/2002, 7:20 AM

Thanks.

marceggers wrote on 4/14/2002, 7:33 AM

Thanks