live recording to DVD

[wlinares]

Need help recording live sermon to Dvd.

This is how I have setup but the quality on the dvd comes really blur.

1 Canon Gl2 from the church to a 20in tv (100ft S-Video Cable)
the second Canon goes to a Laptop using Dazzle 80 or 90 to capture live feed into media shout 3.0 for text over video. (100ft S-Video)the output from this laptop goes to a video mixer (v4-ediol) for fades between both camaras. these go to a video converter (datavideo 200) to convert the sound from mixer board + the video from Edirol to Pc. Firewire. these is capture for later to be edited for dvd(on MAc) or web Video.

from the mixer one of the out put's goes to a dvdirect(sony) & the sound from the mixer. last week I did the first one under sp(6hrs) but this week I try with (1:05) the quality still the same.

The reason why I need to burn to a Dvd right away is because the members from church ask and sometime they are not willing to wait a week after, thats when I have finish the one I take on the external Hard drive then put on a Dvd. Can someone please help me, I don't know if the installations are wrong or the equipment that I have is not good. If someone near Canoga Park, Ca. can come to our church & help with installation, or better ideas to setup our equipment..


Thank you

GodBless

[tlsmith083]

We've not had very good success recording directly to DVD with the setting at more than 2 hrs. We actually try to keep it set @ the 1 hr setting, and only record the sermon directly to DVD. We generally record the choir songs as well as the Sermon to a hard drive.

If the sermon goes over an hour those DVD's have to be rendered and burned from the computer version, so folks simply have to wait a week for them.

I also wonder if maybe come out of your video mixer via the S video into the Dvdirect. I would play around with some of those options if the 1 hr setting isn't giving you good quality.

Good luck

Tom

[smtv]

Can you get other camera to go into the recording DVD unit/computer directly? This way you would not need to go into all the other equipment?

[jeffpkoon]

We opted to record everything to a Pioneer HS640 Digital Video Recorder. I mix everything in real time and run it to the DVR. At the end of the first service, I burn the file to a DVD. The burning process for a 50 minute sermon is about 5-6 minutes. Right now we're in "sea-trials" mode, so the DVD is only used for converting to wmv/mp4 for our streams, but I anticipate buying a multi-DVD duplicator very soon. We're getting very positive comments about the possibility of offering DVDs to the masses.

Good Luck!

Jeff

[benwilhelm]

Could you describe the blur a little more? I would think if it were the DVD recorder doing high compression you'd describe it as pixelated or something along those lines. After better understanding what you mean by blur we can maybe determine if it's an analog signal issue or a digital compression issue.

Ben

[st1x10]

We run a video out from our VT3 Switcher into a DVD Recorder. I use the 2 hour setting, it ends up good for sermons. We record from start to finish. For special services we do record to a DV tape deck and then edit it later. Hope this helps.

[bltpearce]

We're a couple of steps behind Jeff with the Pioneer 640. To us, it looks like it will do the job. We've recorded to HDD with one button, and will find out soon if copying to a DVD is as easy as the manuals and reviews say it is. We'd love to stop by and compare notes the next time we're visiting our granddaughter in OC! We grew up in the east valley.

[wlinares]

the video don't look like if is a video it seem like the dvdirect uses a high compression on the video and it look like an old vcr tape, the quality is not a good one trust me. I have stop doing that until I get a solution. Thanks all for you help...

God Bless you.
Wilmer

[agmedia]

Well first of all why do you send one feed to the laptop then to the mixer to switch between the two cams? We send all camera feeds to the mixer first so we can switch between cams and if we want lyrics can be over any cam feed. Next go buy a DVD recorder (VCR/DVD recorder) so as soon as the service is over your DVD is done.

[agmedia]

You can buy a Distapution amp (DA) to split the feed if you need it to go to different places. for example have the output feed from the mixer go to a DA Then it splits to go to the computer for text over video, a TV on the stage, the nursery, etc.

[nevmoor]

Without much more info it sounds like your firewire converter is the problem. We resord driect to a DVD recorder set to 2HR mode. If you go any longer it looks like a VHS tape. I prefer 1HR mode but it is never quite enough for the sermon.

[bltpearce]

As a followup to my previous post, you may want to know that I can make a DVD, complete with the finalization process, in less than five minutes with the Pioneer 640. We mix live during the service, select a pre-recorded introduction, the current service, then a pre-recorded conclusion, copy and finalize all in less than five minutes. Sounds like that would meet the need of providing a DVD quickly. The only step I'm leaving out is making whatever number of copies you need, but there are some really fast duplicators available. We take our DVD to the local cable company to run it on the public access channel. Hope this helps!