Video recorder?

Question

Hopefully that is the right name a video recorder.
Well i have a few questions about them and they should seem easy.

Is the only difference between video recorder is how good the picture will be and size? if not what is the difference between each one?

Does it depend on what cd i insert is the length it can go on for?
example i can record me or someone for an hour if the cd can hold it?

Is it very easy to put it onto your computer edit it and words and upload it to youtube?

Answer 1

What kind of video recorder??? DVD recorder? I will answer your questions based on the assumption you mean DVD video recorder.

Difference in DVD recorder vs VHS recorder is like recording on a cassette tape deck and a CD burner. One is analog (VHS/cassete) and the other is digital (DVD/CD). The picture quality on a DVD recorder depends on the recording speed just like on VHS recorders.

You cannot use CD's to record to in a DVD recorder you must use DVD's such as DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R/W, DVD+R/W. The recorder will have several different recording speeds. One hour speed will give you the best picture quality. Six hour speed will give you a picture similar to a six hour VHS tape.

If you have video editing software you will be able to upload and edit your video. However, be aware that video editing software is very CPU, memory and hard drive intensive. If you don't have good equipment it will take longer to do.

Answer 2

There are many differences.

You computer also is a factor.

Mini DV (tape) units record in AVI format which is most compatible with software and computers.

DVD and Hard Drive units record in MPEG format and encode these into strange file names that require converters and aren't as good as AVI.

You Tube is a new and strange format. Not sure what they take.

Most web casts sites can easily work with MOV, WMF and MPEG in the 320 or 160 format at 15 FPS.

Most editing software and make such files.

If You Tube requires something else, then you need to find conversaion software for that.

When I did a project I took my 720 x 489 AVI files and turned them into DVD-R, VCD (400 x 400), MOV (320 x 200), MPEG (320x200), WMF (320 x 200) and RA files all from the same software (Studio Deluxe 7).