So I finally broke down and purchased an Elgato EyeTV 250 Plus to convert some old home movies we have to DVD. This thing's actually pretty neat, so I'm going to keep it around to watch TV on my MacBook. Oh, I'm using a CD MacBook, 2.0 GHz with 2GB of RAM.
So, I plugged a VCR into the EyeTV using composite connections. I recorded one tape that included about 8 different events (reunions, christmas, thanksgivings, etc.). When I recorded them, I recorded 2 separated files, one with 2 events and one with 6. Each file was about 3 GB and about an hour long.
So I exported them from EyeTV into DV format, which came out to be about 12GB each (where did that extra data come from?). I imported them into iMovie into two separate events. I was thinking I would be able to separate them, but was not able to. What I did was I selected the reunion I wanted, then added them to the project library, added some transitions, and then put them into the Media Browser. This puts them into the .m4v format. This is kind of where I am now. I went to the next step, but had figured out I could have done something better and went back to fix it.
After that, I opened iDVD and created a new project. I made an opening title/menu with the different events on there, dragging them from the Media button. I used the play button to try it out and everything seems to be working fine.
My questions, if anyone read this far...
*Is this the best way to do this?
*Should I have originally broken up the recordings to begin with?
*Do I need to keep those huge 12GB files? If they were originally 3GB, I don't see where the extra data came from. I guess I can keep the original and if something happens I can start all over again.
*In iDVD, I don't understand what the buttons button does. I've clicked on them and tried to double click, right click, command click, and drag the button, but nothing happens.
Alright, this is pretty exciting. It was actually kind of fun to do this once I got everything figured out. Now all I need is a video camera and I can start making some cool home movies. I guess I also need a wife and kids so the movies aren't so boring.....
So, I plugged a VCR into the EyeTV using composite connections. I recorded one tape that included about 8 different events (reunions, christmas, thanksgivings, etc.). When I recorded them, I recorded 2 separated files, one with 2 events and one with 6. Each file was about 3 GB and about an hour long.
So I exported them from EyeTV into DV format, which came out to be about 12GB each (where did that extra data come from?). I imported them into iMovie into two separate events. I was thinking I would be able to separate them, but was not able to. What I did was I selected the reunion I wanted, then added them to the project library, added some transitions, and then put them into the Media Browser. This puts them into the .m4v format. This is kind of where I am now. I went to the next step, but had figured out I could have done something better and went back to fix it.
After that, I opened iDVD and created a new project. I made an opening title/menu with the different events on there, dragging them from the Media button. I used the play button to try it out and everything seems to be working fine.
My questions, if anyone read this far...
*Is this the best way to do this?
*Should I have originally broken up the recordings to begin with?
*Do I need to keep those huge 12GB files? If they were originally 3GB, I don't see where the extra data came from. I guess I can keep the original and if something happens I can start all over again.
*In iDVD, I don't understand what the buttons button does. I've clicked on them and tried to double click, right click, command click, and drag the button, but nothing happens.
Alright, this is pretty exciting. It was actually kind of fun to do this once I got everything figured out. Now all I need is a video camera and I can start making some cool home movies. I guess I also need a wife and kids so the movies aren't so boring.....