how to burn dvd directly from firewire import

paul soffe

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how to burn dvd directly from firewire import

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Hi i am trying to figure out a way to burn to dvd as i import the signal direct from my sony camera.Do i have to first import it into prgramme like imovie ?Or to burn direct on the fly do i need another programme.I do not have idvd at present I basically want to get the videos off the tape onto dvd.I don't need to edit etc just copy them straight. I did import into imovie but ran out of space. I do have a second disc - called space - that has lots of room but i can't figure out how to get imovie to write to that space disc.I tried copying over the imovie programme to space disc but it still writes to the the first disc.Any help would be greatly appreciated Thankyou
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If your goal is to create a DVD that can be played on a set-top DVD player, then you will need iDVD or some other DVD mastering software. The DV data which comes from the firewire port of a DV camcorder is NOT in the correct format for burning directly to a DVD, so it must be converted first. DVDs use MPEG2 video, but the audio is in a seperate file, encoded as PCM or Dolby Digital. Very odd!

I think you can set iMovie's preferences to capture to a different hard drive. Try the Preferences under the application menu.
 
Also, I believe that iMovie has a capture file size limit of 2GB, so if you're trying to capture a long segment, you may have hit the limit of 2GB on that file. May wanna try importing in smaller segments.
 
Thanks.It looks like it would be best to get idvd and import that way. I did record i think about 3 gb using imovie but as i mentioned it is saving on my smaller disc and still can't figure how to change the preferences. I have checked preferences in imovie but it looks like nothing can be done
 
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