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Hi, I`ve got a Mico R311 which seems great, also an older PC, 400mhz P3, etc. I want to make DVD`s out of my DV movies. Using the PC takes ages but i can control things more (I think), encoding can take 3-4 days (yes really), but it does work. Or i think i can just connect the videocam to the MICO and burn directly? using s-video connector on the Mico, or firewire on the PC. Will the quality of recording be better on the PC than the Mico? if so, any way i can modify the recording on the Mico to bring it up to more pc-like standards? thanks

S-video is a high quality connection.
At 3 to 4 days rendering i think think i would just connect it to the mico.
Most people won`t notice the difference
(pepsi test,you think coke is better but you really don`t have a clue)
always keep the original DV tape if you can so you do something better
in the future if you want.
Blank DVD-R is dead cheap just have a test.
I got 100 Arita DVD-R from Silicon in Edinburgh for £16 to
use on my Tosh RD-XS32 used about 50 to record stuff for my kids
and not one failure.
Disclamer
The guy in the shop told my brov not to touch them
with a barge pole so although i have had no problems i would not use them
for important stuff. :/

Not surprised about that processing time on that PC spec.

It`s a shame the Mico doesn`t have a DV/Firewire input, but I`d still go for going to the standalone. The MPEG encoding on a standlaone is better than any software encoding I`ve used.

If you want to get any editing done, what I`d do is stick a re-writable in the Mico, record to that, transfer it to your PC, then do any editing you want on the PC, but make sure your editor handles MPEG properly (i.e. it doesn`t try and re-encode all of your footage). I recommend Womble MPEG Video Wizard.