not sure i am posting in right forum, what i want to do is make a dvd made up of different scenes from my favorte comedies. but iam not sure how to do it and what hardware my computer might need any tips would be helpful
You're gonna need DVD Shrink. This is excellent for that. There's a guide available for it as well. Just click on the Guides tab above and got DVD Shrink. Don't know what your source media is but you do need a good video card that allows you to plug in externals like a vcr or camcorder. That's if you're transferring from VHS. You'll need software that allows you to transfer from VHS to DVD should come with card but if not you can find it at this site. A good sound card like SoundBlaster or something like that is a plus but not absolutely necessary. A DVD-Rom drive and a DVD burner or combo drive of the 2 (preferrably a multi-format burner i.e. +/-R +/-RW).You'll spend more money for Dual Layered burner but that's a matter of preference. Of course the usual patch cords i.e audio/video(red, white or black, yellow rca type) cord or s-sync patch cord(silver or gold round tip w/pronges inside) or the vga cord(which is best but your video card must accomadate(red, green, blue rca type)). Remember gold tips are always better and they cost a little more, but if money is an issue the silver will do fine. Finally, you'll need DVD burning software. Some great one's can be found here at this site i.e. CloneDVD2($), Nero($), DVD Decrypter is free and there are many others. That's the kind of hardware and software you'll need. Any further questions, just reply. Hope this helps.
i have a plextor716a , also DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter, also Nero 6.0 software. i have backed up a few of my dvds the ones i watch alot. what i dont know how to do is for an example take the scene from train scene from euro trip and the warm pie scene from american pie and many other funny scenes from different movies and put all together on one dvd. all the clips would come from dvds i own . making a montage of funny clips. i have a sound blaster audigy card but i may need to upgrade my video card its geforce2 mx/mx400.any additional info would help
you can use VirtualDub to "cut" the scenes you like most and save them as different files. You can later on either merge them all together on one single huge file or make different movies with an authoring program.
By the way, the pie scene from American Pie 1 is by far my very best
