camcorder to dvd player

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 5/7/07, norman <norman at littletank.org> wrote:
>
> > I use DeVeDe for converting *.avi files into DVDs, although it's not
> > very challenging. It uses a wizard-like interface that steps you
> > through the process. The result is a disk image file (e.g., movie.iso)
> > that you burn to the disk in the usual way.
> >
> > It's in the repositories.
>
> I realise that this might be a stupid question but, about how long
> should it take to burn say a 200MB image? I ask because my hard drive is
> going like mad and there is no sign of any other activity. This is after
> about 20 minutes.
>

It takes me about 1.5 hours, maybe a bit more, to burn two TV shows
from AVI format, to MPEG, and then to create the ISO. And that's on a
2.8Ghz process, so adjust accordingly. It takes a while.

-Eamonn