dvd burning

[allotment10]

hi, wondered if any kind soul out there could help me, i am VERY new to this sort of thing so might sound a bit daft to you! I have a dvd drive & cd rewritable drive on my computer,i've just purchased a camcorder and wondered if it is possible to burn my information from the camcorder on a dvd in my cd rewriter drive? any help would be greatly appreciated,thanks.

[LeMarchand]

Unless your drive is DVD writable, you will only be able to burn CDs. However, there is a format that will burn video footage to CD in "VCD" format. The quality is similar to VHS, the disc will hold up to 80 minutes of footage and will be playable in most DVD drives that accept CDR/CDRWs.

The main difficulty will be getting the footage off your camcorder and on to your computer. If the camcorder records to card, it should be easy enough; if it is a tape machine you may need some extra hardwarre to download the footage onto your computer. Check the manual for more information, and www.videohelp.com for lots of info on VCDs and more.

[allotment10]

cheers lemarchand, am going to study it now, thanks for the videohelp site, don't be surprised if i write in again! i'm a bit slow on learning all this new tech stuff! thanks again.

[Whickerman]

you could buy a dvd writer and swap it for your cd one - it's usually plug and play - ie very easy to swap

[allotment10]

have been and bought an external dvd rewriter now, thanks for your help, i'm slowly getting there!