Playing DV out through firewire

It will work for AVIs if you have the right codecs installed.... (ie if they
are encoded with DIVX, you'll need the DIVX codecs installed). It may or
may not work with MPEG2. WMM really doesn't like MPEG2 editing, it's hit
and miss. But if you have other video editing software (PowerDirector,
WinDVD Creator etc) they should also have a Send Back to DV Camera feature
and they are better at editing MPEG2s!
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"Paddy" <Paddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AD796910-629D-427D-A927-D792FEE9F57C@microsoft.com...

> Most helpful, I'll try that (I wonder if it'll work for a range of
> filetypes
> or just WMV's? Experiemnts ahead )
>
> Cheers!
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>

>> Windows Movie Maker.... send to DV device (may be labeled as send back to
>> camcorder)
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
>> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>>
>> "Paddy" <Paddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:031DCD7F-D65A-45F9-8E30-21728E908DF5@microsoft.com...

>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I want to play my video files out through my firewire port straight to
>> > DVD
>> > Recorder. I can do it through Avid, but that seems like an overhead.
>> >
>> > Apple have an app SimpleVideoOut X (for OSX) which plays anything
>> > Quicktime
>> > can read out through firewire - have we got anything similar (and
>> > similarly
>> > free?!) in the MS camp?
>> >
>> > Ta for your thoughts,
>> >
>> > Paddy

>>
>>
>>

Definitely do the trial version for Cyberlink's PowerDirector
(www.gocyberlink.com) and/or Intervideo's WinDVD Creator
(www.intervideo.com), because they may do exactly what you want... they work
well with MPEG2 and even VOB files.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"Paddy" <Paddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EB0DBC19-6A62-4DDC-A32D-C6739A7E273C@microsoft.com...

> Cheers Cari,
>
> I've had a good explore and play, and it seems to me that I'm not gaining
> a
> whole heap over using Avid for the DV Out - I still have to load the files
> into a timeline and then export to DV. I guess I was hoping for a
> straight
> player that would just play out through the firewire as opposed to
> importing
> the file into something before having to export out again! Especially
> those
> pesky MPEG-2's (Avid Xpress DV doesn't like them either)!!
>
> Thanks for all your thoughts and considerations though, truly appreciated
>
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>

>> It will work for AVIs if you have the right codecs installed.... (ie if
>> they
>> are encoded with DIVX, you'll need the DIVX codecs installed). It may or
>> may not work with MPEG2. WMM really doesn't like MPEG2 editing, it's hit
>> and miss. But if you have other video editing software (PowerDirector,
>> WinDVD Creator etc) they should also have a Send Back to DV Camera
>> feature
>> and they are better at editing MPEG2s!
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
>> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>>
>> "Paddy" <Paddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AD796910-629D-427D-A927-D792FEE9F57C@microsoft.com...

>> > Most helpful, I'll try that (I wonder if it'll work for a range of
>> > filetypes
>> > or just WMV's? Experiemnts ahead )
>> >
>> > Cheers!
>> >
>> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Windows Movie Maker.... send to DV device (may be labeled as send back
>> >> to
>> >> camcorder)
>> >> --
>> >> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> >> Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
>> >> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>> >>
>> >> "Paddy" <Paddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:031DCD7F-D65A-45F9-8E30-21728E908DF5@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > I want to play my video files out through my firewire port straight
>> >> > to
>> >> > DVD
>> >> > Recorder. I can do it through Avid, but that seems like an
>> >> > overhead.
>> >> >
>> >> > Apple have an app SimpleVideoOut X (for OSX) which plays anything
>> >> > Quicktime
>> >> > can read out through firewire - have we got anything similar (and
>> >> > similarly
>> >> > free?!) in the MS camp?
>> >> >
>> >> > Ta for your thoughts,
>> >> >
>> >> > Paddy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>

>>
>>
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