How to Put a Home Movie Film on a DVD

by Lynn Holmgren

Overview

Don't let your family memories become lost among changes in technology. If you have a DVD recorder, transferring your home movies to a disc is a breeze. The disc can serve as a backup to your film and allow you to easily make copies to share with family and friends. If you learn the simple steps to hooking up your video camera to a DVD recorder, you will have your film preserved in no time.
How to Put a Home Movie Film on a DVD

Step 1

Plug the audio/video cable into the rear outputs on the DVD recorder and attach the other end to the inputs on the TV. Turn on both the TV and recorder.
Step 2

Plug your camcorder into an outlet. Avoid using battery power.
Step 3

Turn on the camcorder and select playback mode. Insert the tape you want to record to DVD.
Step 4

Connect a firewire or analog cable from the output of the camcorder to the input on the DVD recorder.
Step 5

Use the DVD recorder remote to match the input on your DVD recorder with the input you are using. Use the DV input for firewire and L1 or L2 for analog cables.
Step 6

Change the input on the TV (video 1 or 2) to allow you to view what you are recording.
Step 7

Check the video signal to make sure that it is coming through to the DVD recorder and TV. Play back the video from the camcorder, and the video and audio should appear from the TV simultaneously.
Step 8

Change the record speed to SP, allowing you up to two hours of recording time. Insert a blank DVD into your DVD recorder.
Step 9

Start the tape at the beginning and press record on the DVD recorder.
Step 10

Stop recording by pressing stop on the DVD recorder. Consult your DVD recorder's manual to learn how to finalize the DVD so it is capable of playback in other devices.

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Camcorder TV Audio/video cable DVD recorder Blank DVDs
Camcorder
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Audio/video cable
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Blank DVDs
To record more than one tape on a DVD, pause the recorder as you switch tapes. After you start playing the next tape, press pause again to continue recording. Make sure you use a DVD format that works with your DVD recorder.
To record more than one tape on a DVD, pause the recorder as you switch tapes. After you start playing the next tape, press pause again to continue recording.
Make sure you use a DVD format that works with your DVD recorder.

Overview