In a message dated 5/11/2003 10:33:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, reburn at mts.net writes: > > He currently uses a Sony DSR PD100A for DV footage - what he is wondering > is, does the capability exist to burn DVD's directly from the camera in real > time through the computer? Or does the DV footage need to be dumped to the > HD before burning? You import DV footage to iMovie, Premiere, or whatever editing software you might have. And then burn to DVD. If there is a direct path into DVD record mode from input I sure don't know of it. If anyine does please advise. > > Another option he is looking at and doesn't completely understand is > purchasing a stand alone Panasonic DVD burner which contains a 40G HD and > running it that way. > > He has hours of footage to burn and wants to find the most > efficient way of > dealing with it. (cost is not a consideration for him) > If you are strictly going to archive without edit, the stand alone DVD pleyer/burners are the way to go. MBurke