How to Make DVDs from Digital Camcorder

When you have recorded your home movies with digital camcorders, you may also want to keep your memories safely. The best choice to do that is to make a DVD from camcorder videos. You will not only keep your videos safe, but also you can share your moments with your friends and family.

Wondershare Video to DVD Burner is designed so that even those with little or no computer skills can completely convert camcorder video to DVD. This tutorial will take JVC as an example to show you how to make DVD from camcorder.

How to convert video from camcorder to DVD?

Step 1. Download and install Wondershare Video to DVD Burner

Step 2 Upload videos to computer from camcorder

Transfer video from camcorder to PC by connecting the camcorder to your computer with the supplied USB cable. Turn on the camcorder and open the LCD screen. The LCD screen on the camcorder will give you several options for managing your files. Select the option "Backup" or "Backup to Computer." Select your JVC camcorder on the computer screen and click "OK." Be sure to remember the folder where you store the videos. All JVC camcorder videos will have the file extension ".MOD." Once the backup is complete, close the program.

Step 3. Load camcorder videos. Launch Video to DVD Burner that was just installed. Click the option that reads "Load Video". Locate the video files you just stored. Once successfully imported, there will be thumbnails displayed on the left interface. The right interface allows you to view the loaded video file. Drag and drop loaded video files to storyboard below to organize slideshow.

Step 4. Edit camcorder videos. The plug-in video editor lets you edit your videos quickly and easily. Select a video file in storyboard and click on Edit selected video file button to crop, trim, add watermark, plug in subtitles or adjust video effects, according to your specific request within minutes. For a better visual effect, you may want to set some transition effects to your slideshow.

Simply click on Transition tab and there will be more than 60 transition effects displayed on the left interface. The right window will display the visual transition effect by randomly clicking any one of these effects. Simply drag and drop the selected transition effect to the between of two videos in the storyboard to apply it. Or click on Apply the selected transition button to apply.

Step 5. Make DVD from camcorder videos

Here comes the burning step. Click on Burn button to make DVD from camcorder. Before that, you may select your output options: DVD disc is your choice. Also, please set the aspect ratio, etc. Place a blank DVD in your burner and click "Burn to make a DVD of your video from camcorder. This process can take from several minutes to an hour or more, depending on the length of your video. This DVD should play in both computer DVD players and stand-alone players connected to your television.

Soon, you will be done with converting video from camcorder to DVD.

You have just completed to make DVD from your JVC camcorder. If you have other brand of camcorder, the above guide also helps. Try and enjoy.

Tips: the guide also helps when transfer JVC mod to DVD, JVC tod files to DVD, Sony HandyCam to DVD.

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