DVD recorders are available to transfer the video from the camcorder to the DVD directly. If you don’t have a DVD recorder, well, you can use a PC and transfer the video from the camcorder to the PC and then burn it into a DVD. For this purpose you might need a Fire Port 1394 in your PC and software to extract the video from the camcorder and then record it in a DVD. With the software it is possible to burn the DVD directly from the camcorder without dumping the video to your hard disk. This would save you a lot of space in your hard disk.
Software like Nero 7 and dvdSanta are available for this purpose. You can also search the web for some more similar software that is available commercially. If you computer does not have a fire port then you have to buy it and install it in your computer so that you can transfer the video to your computer faster. You can also first transfer the video from your camcorder to your hard disk and then later convert it to DVD format for recording. Choose the mode that suits you.
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