DVD Movie Making Articles

ADS Instant DVD-DV

ADS USB Instant DVD 2.0

ADS Dual Link Drive

Magix Movie Edit Pro (DVD Authoring)

Pioneer DVD Burner Review

Vegas Video with DVD Architect

Video Editing Systems with DVD Burning

Copying DVDs

Navigating the New Dynamics of DVD Authoring & DVD Publishing 
Mobile DVD Burner

DVD D'Mystified

Use muvee AutoProducer3 to automatically create edited videos with music and effects - perfect for burning to DVD

Digital Rights & Wrongs - Who Gets to Copy What?

to get the best prices on DVD burners and recorders
 

DVD Burning Tips - from VideoGuys

1. Burn to a folder first
   While you can use your authoring software to burn directly to DVD, we prefer to create the DVD on our hard drive first. This gives you the chance to test the DVD and make sure all your links work correctly and all your footage looks great. Once you have 'approved' your DVD on your hard drive, burn it to DVD using either your authoring software or 3rd party software like Prassi Primo DVD.
   
2. Use 3rd party burning software
   We've seen that on some systems, you will get a much better "burn" using 3rd party software like Prassi Primo DVD or VOB InstantCD/DVD 6. 
   
3. Buy & use a couple of Rewritable disks
   You are just getting started in DVD creation, and the whole technology is pretty new. Mistakes will happen and you will want to experiment. By having a couple of rewritable disks you don't have to worry about spending a fortune on blank media while you learn how to master this new technology. You can also use these rewritable disks for traditional removable storage applications like backing up, sharing large files and taking your work with you.
   
4. Make sure you've got adequate storage
   This is one of those things that is so important but so easy to overlook. A DVD can hold about 2 hours of footage. Well, lets do some math. Each hour of raw DV footage takes up 13GB so that's 13x2 = 26GB!! You probably have almost 3 hours of raw footage you want to edit down to 2 hours. That works out to 13x3=39GB for the raw footage, plus 4.7GB for the DVD footage and another 4.7GB for the DVD in a folder. That's about 50GB of total drive space to produce a 2 hour DVD from DV. For best results we recommend adding one of our 120GB Medea VideoRaids (or larger) to your NLE system. This will give you enough storage to work on several projects at the same time. Not only are VideoRAIDs massive, they have extremely fast and consistent throughput.

    

5. You can adjust your compression to get even more footage on a DVD
   Not every project has to be at the highest video resolution. You can get more video on your DVD by using a higher compression and slightly lower video quality.

   ---

Cool DVD Burning Programs include DVDxCopyNot only will it reproduce copy protected DVDs, it can now also squeeze the entire movie onto a single DVD (get it before it's banned)

Also check DVDRHelp - you can find everything about DVD burners and players at this site. Start at the FAQ to find out the info you need. Wondering if your DVD player will work with your DVD burner - check out their incredible DVD player database!

What do you do after your DVD is done? Check out Verbatim’s innovative Touch-Less™ system that will improve your ability to apply labels efficiently and smoothly as well as reduce the amount of wasted labels.