Copying video to disc

[earmic]

I have a video camera that uses an SD card.  When I transfer the video to a disc, I have to actually "play" the video from the camera through the computer to disc.  Time consuming.  I have a card reader and would like to cut the transfer time.  Is there an "app for that" or program I can use that would read the card, store on drive, then burn quickly "quicker..." To the DVD? Thanks

[Squashman]

What file format is the video?

[Geek-9pm]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_Flick

About DVD Flick
DVD Flick aims to be a simple but at the same time powerful DVD Authoring tool. It can take a number of video files stored on your computer and turn them into a DVD that will play back on your DVD player, Media Center or Home Cinema Set. You can add additional custom audio tracks, subtitles as well as a menu for easier navigation.

Worth a try.
Warning. Some sites 'piggy-back' this download and try to put junk in your PC. Sorry about that. It is a great program if you can find it.

[earmic]

File format is .MP4.  FAT32 shows up also I think that's the hard drive.

[Salmon Trout]

When you say you "transfer" the video to a disc, do you mean you start with an .mp4 in the camera, and end with a DVD disk? By that I mean a video disk that will play in a regular ordinary DVD player? In other words you have software on the computer (possibly it came with the camera) that does this for you? Is this absolutely essential? Most DVD/BluRay players, even low end ones can play mp4 directly, either on a disk or via a usb port, so you could possibly put the card in a card reader on a PC and burn a data disk with one or more mp4 files on it, or copy the mp4 to a pen drive, or plug the card reader in a usb port on a DVD/BluRay player. I find I am burning fewer and fewer disks these days.

[Salmon Trout]

FAT32 shows up also I think that's the hard drive.

Probably the format of the file system on the camera's memory card.

[Squashman]

Sounds like the File Association for MP4 is setup to play with your camera or something like that. Weird that it would only play through the camera though because you should have software on your computer that can play MP4 files.  Pretty sure Windows Media Player does.

[Salmon Trout]

you should have software on your computer that can play MP4 files.  Pretty sure Windows Media Player does.

Mine does (Windows 7 SP1)

[earmic]

When I say I'm saving it to a disc, I am using our computer to record a DVD from the SD card that is in the camera.  I have to use the camera as a "player" and then send it through a "Dazzle" converter which is connected to the computer.  The main issue here is that I have to play the video from start to finish, at regular speed, to transfer to disc.  Ideally, if I could remove the SD card, not an issue, and plug it into our card reader, also not an issue, download it to say, the hard drive temporarily, and burn it faster than regular speed, I'd be golden.  I've never tried it that way, don't know if one of the programs on Windows 7 can do that, like media player, or whatever,.....

[Salmon Trout]

Why don't you give it a shot? This is how I transfer video from my camcorder to my PC. I don't use the USB lead that came with it, I remove the SD card and insert it into a card reader. Then I just copy the file or files. I also do this with digital still cameras.

[patio]

What you are doing is a wasted step as the vid is playing while copying.
Do as Salmon suggested...select the file...copy it to HDD...then burn it to DVD using the app of your choice.

[Salmon Trout]

Even at 4x burning speed, I would think you are going to transcode and burn a 90 minute DVD in less than 90 minutes, and at 8x or 16x the gain will be greater.

[earmic]

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

[harijaja]

When I say I'm saving it to a disc, I am using our computer to record a DVD from the SD card that is in the camera.  I have to use the camera as a "player" and then send it through a "Dazzle" converter which is connected to the computer.  The main issue here is that I have to play the video from start to finish, at regular speed, to transfer to disc.  Ideally, if I could remove the SD card, not an issue, and plug it into our card reader, also not an issue, download it to say, the hard drive temporarily, and burn it faster than regular speed, I'd be golden.  I've never tried it that way, don't know if one of the programs on Windows 7 can do that, like media player, or whatever,.....

Have you tried AppGeeker DVD Creator? you don't need to paly the video from start to finish when "burn" your camera videos to DVD. All you need to do is extract the video from camera and save on your computer, then use the program to burn it onto disc.

See: How to Burn a MP4 to DVD on Mac/PC

I generally have pretty good results with that. Give it a shot.