Welcome to cdfreaks, Steve.
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Originally Posted by policeman  Now i've hit a wall. My wife bought me a cheap (use this term loosely) HD camcorder for fathers day. The very expensive  Aiptek ActionHD. It takes great daytime video and pretty good photos if you have a steady hand, no image stabilization is a drawback and the night mode is not that good, anyways..... |
I saw this at Walmart a while ago. Pretty slick.
In case you haven't search, this is the
Aiptek website.
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Aiptek video records in .mov files. I've figured out this is a quicktime format (i think). Here's the problem, I can't edit them w/ windows movie maker in .mov format. I have to convert them to avi files and loose quality. I'm not wanting to do this. I want to edit then burn them to a standard dvd, which i can't figure out how to do or if it's even possible.
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Your video is saved in MOV H.264 format.
I don't think Movie Maker will do it. You need to install the Cyberlink Power Director Pro that came with the package.
Not sure what's the difference between Power Director Pro and the Ultra or Deluxe but I'm sure the Pro can process your video to DVD or perhaps Blu-ray. Here is Cyberlink Power Director website:
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So the reason i'm in this particular part of the forum is that i'm considering buying an blu-ray burner, in particular the LG GGCH20L, it's a little high would like to spend $250.00 or less though.
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GGC-H20L is only Blu-ray reader. If you want blu-ray burner you want the GGW-H20L or wait for the new GBW-H20L. You can get GGW-H20L for around $250. It will burn to blu-ray disc as well to DVD discs.
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Will I be able to "drag and drop" the .mov files onto a blank blu-ray disc with say imgburn or nero? Will the included software (cyberlink?) allow me to edit the .mov files like movie maker?
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You will be able to use the included software Cyberlink Power Director to edit the .mov file. You can also use other softwares such as Ulead Video Studio, Pinnacle Studio etc.
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Will the blu burner allow me to burn .mov or any hd video to a standard dvd? And if so do standard dvd players read hd video off of standard 4.7 dvds? You know since the media is on a standard disc?
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Blu-ray burner will burn to a blu-ray disc or DVD discs. However playback HD video is different thing.
Lets say that you processed (with software) your HD video as blu-ray structure and burn it to a DVD disc as the medium. You can playback on your blu-ray burner/reader, dvd burner/reader, standalone blu-ray player or PS3. You cannot play it on your standalone dvd player. But if you burn it on a blu-ray disc, you can only playback on blu-ray burner/reader, standalone blu-ray player or PS3. You cannot play blu-ray disc from dvd burner/reader/player.
If you want your standalone DVD player to playback your video, you will need to process as DVD-Video, which will reduce the video quality.
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Since blu burners have been out a while now, how's the "back up" software for you personal purchased blu-rays? Easy two step methods like dvdfab to shrink (imgburn)?
Could I convert the .mov files to another HD format and then burn them to blu or standard?
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It depends on the blu-ray movie. If the movie is in 25GB disc, then it will be an easy process, eq rip to harddrive and burn to BD-R/RE 25GB using imgburn. If the movie is in dual layer 50GB and you want to shrink to 25GB disc, then the process will be longer. There's no easy shrinking software that can maintain the menu yet. Current option is to take only the main movie (without menu) and include only an audio stream your choice to be able to fit into a single layer 25GB disc.
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And lastly, what's the cheapest blu burner?
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LG GGW-H20L is actually the cheapest (around $250).