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i need someone to take me step by step on how to successfully convert and burn my digital camera movies onto dvd with the best quality i can get. The movies come in mov. and i want someone to tell me the easiest way to do it, cause the way i'm doing it now is not working. Should i convert them to avi or some other format? Help me u smart computer people! I'll be in your dept forever if u can fix this for me! I'll be waiting!

Well boys, i think it will be easier to find either a mov. to dvd converter, or a avi to dvd converter. I tryed many but they r either to complicated, or only work half way. I want to get my movies on dvd, grrrrr! This is so annoying. I want to try Win Avi Video connverter, supposedly there's a crack code for it,but i'm still looking for it..haha. If ya all know it, be friendly and pass it on...hehe. Thanks for all ur input.

Answer 1

Depend whether you want to play them on a DVD player as an avi file won't run on the majority of them. But this is the easiest route to take if you're just storing them for use on your PC. Quicktime Pro can convert .mov files to different formats and you can get a pirated copy or key for it. But you can probably find some freeware on Google that will do the converting without you having to resort to that if you don't do that sorta thing. Just search for mov to [insert format her] convertor.

I know not a step by step answer but hope it helps =:-)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

This is all my own writing...
I hope this works...
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A very nice way to display your digital pictures and/or digital movies is to use Microsoft’s ‘Windows Movie Maker’. These instructions will take you through the steps used to create a short movie presentation.
The situation: Using a Canon PowerShot A540 camera 31 photographs and 4 video clips were taken at an ice cream making demonstration. The pictures and video clips were assembled into a movie presentation. Here’s how:
1. Copy all images to the computer using the Windows Scanner and Camera Wizard or your preferred method.
2. Start the Windows Movie Maker.
3. Click FILE and choose IMPORT INTO COLLECTIONS – Here’s where you gather the pictures, video clips and music that will be used in the project. – See “Getting Music” for information on attaining music files.
4. Locate the files to be incorporated in the finished product and select (highlight) them. – See end notes for tips on selecting files.
5. Click the IMPORT button – Repeat steps #3 through #5 if necessary to import images from other folders.
6. Now you are ready to begin assembling a movie.
7. Click and drag your images from the collection area into the storyboard area at the bottom of the Movie Maker screen. – You can use the same selection methods as used in step #3 above.
8. Images can be rearranged using the drag & drop method.
9. At some point during the early stages of your project, it would be wise to save the progress as a project. A project is simply a work in progress.
a. Click FILE
b. Choose SAVE PROJECT
c. Name the project (note that it will have a ‘.MSWMM’ (Microsoft Windows Movie Maker) file extension)
d. Click SAVE
You can now start to preview your project’s progress. Immediately above the Storyboard, click the REWIND button then click the PLAy button to start the playback in the review window on the right side of the screen. A progress indicator will begin moving from left to right as the program plays. The preview can be paused at any time.

Storyboard vs. Timeline
There are two ways to view your project as you assemble it. You can either use the storyboard or the timeline view. Both appear at the bottom of the screen, but not at the same time.
In the storyboard view, each item is displayed as a thumbnail (small image). The storyboard view plainly shows the images and which transition has been added to the project and whether any special effects have been applied. Pictures can be easily swapped from place to place or removed from the storyboard. The storyboard doesn’t however differentiate between still pictures and videos and you can’t see if titles or music has been added.
To switch between the storyboard and the timeline, click the ‘Show Timeline’ or ‘Show Storyboard’ button located immediately above the storyboard/timeline area.
The timeline not only displays the image and transition, but titles, sounds and music tracks as well. Images are displayed along a ruler-like device that represents the timing of each item; the measured marks indicate minutes and seconds. Something that is only viewed for a few seconds appears as a short object while things that last longer (like background music or a video) are stretched out along the line. See ‘The Timeline’ section for more information.

Adding Effects and Transitions -
Notice that without adding transitions between your images, they switch instantly from one to the next. Adding transitions between images or scenes makes the change between them smoother. Movie Maker has several different transitions to choose from. You can apply a transition to your project to see how well it works or play a sample of it in the preview window.
To view the available transitions, click the dropdown menu at the top of the screen and choose VIDEO TRANSITIONS from the menu. A list of available transitions will appear in the center of the screen. You can click a transition and click the PLAY button on the preview window to see a sample of how it works. When you find the right transition, simply drag & drop it into the box between two scenes or images on the storyboard. The shape that represents a given transition will appear between images on the storyboard when a transition is in place. If you choose to replace a transition, just drag & drop the replacement on top of the existing one.
An example of a transition: The FADE transition between two images will cause the first image to gradually vanish while the next image gradually appears.
While TRANSITIONS are placed between images, EFFECTS are applied to the images. You’ll find the video effects on the same dropdown menu that contains the transitions. Effects can make new movies look like old film movies or play them in slow motion. Dark images can be brightened. Adding a video effect to a still picture can add a subtle motion to it. Multiple effects can be added to an image such as slow motion plus black and white. You can make super slow motion by adding more than one slow motion effect to a single clip.
To remove effects, right-click on the image, select VIDEO EFFECTS from the menu. Then use the ADD OR REMOVE VIDEO EFFECTS box that pops onto the screen.

The Timeline -
Each event in Movie Maker happens at a precise time. Each image or clip stays on the screen for a specific length of time, each transition starts and stops at a specific point during the movie. Pictures, movies and music happen exactly when you want them when you place them upon a timeline.
Background music and titles can only be added to a project while in the timeline mode. The timing of individual events can be adjusted in the timeline. You can use the magnifiers on the timeline to either zoom in to see more detail or zoom out on the timeline to see more of the overall progress of the project.
Imagine, for example that you wanted a particular picture to remain on the screen for twice as long as the other images. All you need to do is click on the image, then select the right edge of its frame. A double-tipped arrow will appear. Drag the edge of the frame to the right to increase its duration. As you drag the edge of the image its duration is displayed in a box. Similarly, dragging to the left will reduce the duration.
Use the same ‘edge dragging’ technique to trim video clips. You can trim a video clip from either the beginning or the end to show just the portion of the clip that you want your movie to feature.
If you’d like to have a long, slow fade between two particular images, the first thing you should do is increase the duration of each image using the method just described above. Next, grab the second image by placing your mouse pointer in the middle of it and clicking and holding the left button down (the pointer will look like a little hand). Next drag the image towards the left so it overlaps the previous image. You’ll see a blue bar appear along the bottom of the image. The blue bar will appear tapered in the area where the images overlap indicating the duration of the transition. The longer the tapered area, the slower the transition.

Adding Audio Tracks -
While in the Timeline mode, you’ll notice an Audio/Music track located just below the video clip audio track. Here is where you can add background music to your project. Music that has been imported into the collection can be dragged and dropped onto the audio/music track. The photo on page 2 shows an audio track named ‘Flying Home’ beginning approximately at the 5 second mark.
The timing of an audio track can be moved along the timeline so it begins and ends when and where you want. You can’t stretch audio or music tracks, but you can trim them by dragging their edges similar to trimming a video clip. Audio tracks can also be faded in or out. To fade an audio track, right-click the track and check the appropriate option by clicking on it.

Controlling the Volume -
If your movie has video that has its own audio track and you also want some background music, you probably don’t want the background music to overpower the clip’s audio track. In this case you’ll want to adjust the balance between the two tracks.
The first button on the left above the timeline/storyboard (SET AUDIO LEVELS) allows you to adjust the balance between the two audio tracks. Simply click the button then slide the volume adjustment to the left or right depending on which track you’d like to be dominant.

Titles & Credits -
The finishing touch on any movie project should be adding a title at the beginning and credits at the end. You can also use this feature to place a text frame between slides or to place text directly onto a slide or video clip.
1. To begin, press the TASKS button in the Movie Maker toolbar and a Movie Tasks panel will appear on the left side of the screen.
2. Click on MAKE TITLES OF CREDITS.
3. Choose the way you’d like the text to appear from the option list.
4. Type the text, as you’d like it to appear. As you type, the preview window shows you how it will look. Press the PLAY button under the preview pane to show the title with effects. Some options allow you to have two lines of text while others, only one.
5. Format the text and animations by clicking an option from the MORE OPTIONS: list.
6. When ready, click the DONE, ADD TITLE TO MOVIE button.
A title, credit or text frame will appear as a separate frame on the timeline as if it were another picture. Text added on top of a picture, will appear in the TITLE OVERLAY bar below the timeline.
Again, the timing of these events can be adjusted by stretching, squeezing or repositioning them along the timeline. Multiple overlays can appear on one image.
Title animations affect how the title appears and disappears on the screen.
Note: Titles appearing in the TITLE OVERLAY bar are NOT linked to the pictures they appear with. If the picture moves, the overlay will also have to be moved. For example: You place an overlay in the title overlay bar at the 6:00 minute mark to coincide with a photo that appears at that point. You later decide to add a one and a half minute video clip at the beginning of the movie. The new clip will delay start of all other pictures following it, so the picture that used to start at the 6:00 minute mark now appears at the 7:30 point. The title overlay is still set at the 6:00 minute mark and will have to be moved if it is to sync with the desired photo.

The Preview window –
The Preview window allows you to see what slides, clips, transitions, effects and captions will look like. You can control the

Auto Movie -
If you’d rather let someone else make the decisions, Movie Maker version 5 has an Auto Movie feature that will take your collection and quickly put into a pre-programmed movie format complete with transitions, titles and credits. Click the TOOLS menu and then select AUTOMOVIE. AutoMovie will do the rest.

Creating a Movie … the final step -
Hopefully, you’ve been periodically saving or updating your progress as a project as you’ve been working on it. When everything is in its place and just the way you want it, it’s finally time to save the project as a movie. Creating a movie combines all the titles, pictures, video clips and music into one massive file. Before proceeding you’ll need to decide how you’re going to want to watch the finished movie. If you intend to watch the movie on a computer, you can save it on the computer or on a writable CD. If you expect to watch it on a television using a DVD player, then you’ll want to burn it to a DVD. You can also send it to the Internet or via e-mail, however the quality of the movie will be greatly reduced to minimize the file size.
You can begin the movie creation process by clicking the FILE menu and choosing SAVE MOVIE FILE from the menu or from the TASKS panel. Follow the prompts to create the finished product.

Getting Music -
If you’d like to add music to the background of your program, you can use music from any compact disk that you own†. Note: These steps may vary depending on which version of Media Player you have.
To obtain music from a compact disk:
1. Place the CD into the computer’s CD player.
2. The Media Player should start automatically, if not, click START, then click ALL PROGRAMS and select WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER.
3. Select the RIP tab (or copy music tab) – The term ‘Rip’ means to copy music to the computer.
4. Check the tracks that you’d like to rip (copy).
5. Click the RIP MUSIC (or Copy) button at the top of the list window and the tracks will be copied to you’re My Music folder as Windows ‘*.wma’ files. (the asterisk (*) represents the song title or file name).
†Notice of disclaimer: Be aware that certain copyright restrictions exist when copying music from CDs or other sources. In general, you usually have the right to reproduce any music that you have obtained legally as long as it is not redistributed or used commercially. Be aware of your rights and the rights of the copyright holders and be sure to heed any and all copyright restrictions.

Transition Hint -
To have the same transition between all (or a group of) pictures without having to add them individually. 1) Drag & drop the first and last image of the group onto the storyboard. 2) Drag & drop the desired transition between the two images. 3) Drag & drop other pictures between the two original pictures and the rest will have the same transition.

Default Duration Timings -
Movie Maker always starts with a default setting which is factory set to four (4) seconds. In other words, if you create a slide presentation with Movie Maker, each of your slides will only appear on the screen for a total of four seconds (including transitions). You can adjust the duration of individual slides. If you’d like each image to remain on the screen longer, you can change the default setting to suit your needs.
1. Click the TOOLs menu
2. Choose OPTIONS
3. Click the ADVANCED tab
4. Raise or lower the PICTURE DURATION and/or TRANSITION DURATION settings as needed
5. Click OK

Handy stuff to remember:
· Select a range of files by clicking on the first file in the range, moving the mouse pointer to the last file in the range (without pressing any mouse buttons) and clicking on the last file while holding the SHIFT KEY down. A “range of files” means a group of files starting at one point and ending at another and including all files between.
· You can select multiple files regardless of their arrangement by clicking on each while holding the CTRL KEY down. – Caution: It is possible to accidentally create copies of all highlighted files using the CTRL KEY method if your mouse is not held very steady while making these selections.