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Downloading and editing video files from DVD camcorder?

We have a DVD camcorder. We shoot home movie. We when shoot the movie, we then finalize it and put the disk into the computer. The only option it gives us is to watch what is already there, and it is called ‘read only’. When we put the disc back into the camcorder and connect it via usb. We see the files, but they read as IFO. These files are not able to be used in a video editing, like Pinnacle or Windows Movie Maker. How can we change these files to MPEG or AVI.
Never mind, the videos are not IFOs thats something else but I still cant use the video.

Try it this way

Use a programme such as Ulead VideoStudio – you take the mini-disc out of your camcorder and put it into the DVD tray of your PC making sure it sits centrally in the little depression made for it. You may have to ‘finalise’ the mini DVD your camera manual will tell you how to do that – but you should note that once a DVD is finalised you cannot record any more video on it.

Inside VideoStudio you select “Insert DVD” and point the programme at the DVD and follow the prompts and the video is copied from the disc into the timeline of VideoStudio so that you can edit it – add lots of different videos together – add titles/music/narration – make a file that you can e-mail or upload to ‘Youtube’ etc. and finally burn to a full size DVD to play in a standard player.

Full details and a one month free trial of VideoStudio from :-

www.Ulead.com

or

www.Ulead.co.uk

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iphone 3GS Camcorder – Video Editing