The raw footage has to be buffered via the hard drive. I think it would be technically possible to burn it in real time, but there's no software available currently that will do it. Existing burning software, such as Toast, expects the sources file(s) to be on the hard drive. ------------------------------------------------- Ronald Woodland -- St. George, Utah 84770 ------------------------------------------------- This email is a natural human product. Slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty and should in no way be considered flaws or defects. On Sunday, May 11, 2003, at 11:22 PM, Bill Reburn wrote: > On 5/12/03 12:06 AM, "mburke6225 at aol.com" <mburke6225 at aol.com> wrote: > >>> In a message dated 5/11/2003 10:33:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, >>> reburn at mts.net writes: >>> >>> 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 > > Yes, I believe he wants to just get the raw video down to DVD for later > tweaking. His major concern was how the stand alone unit > buffers/caches the > video - does it use that HD as temp storage for burn sessions? Or > would it > be able to take hours of raw footage from the camera and burn direct > to DVD? > > > > Bill Reburn > Associate Member of the > Society of Graphic Designers of Canada