I can't transfer my videos to dvd that will play on my tv, they only play on my pc

A lot depends on what type of video tape you use and where do you want to play the DVDs (CDs are for audio recording only). If tape is compact VHS then you can buy a simple DVD Recorder VHS VCR combo player and transfer across easily provided you have the compact VHS cassette module.
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For other type of video camera tapes you will have to try other methods like connect camera with tape to a DVD recorder and directly burn the DVDs. You can buy attachments and software for PC but I have found these very cumbersome to work with.

Video transfer is very memory and CPU intensive, you should check to make sure you have at least 2 Gb of RAM. Other culprits could be an older, slow CPU, or onboard or insufficient video card.
If you haven't already, you should test the output of your video by playing it on your pc, or making a test DVD and playing in a DVD player. If the video looks good, then the jerky playback on the pc doesn't really matter. If the video's bad, you should check the above possible reasons, also make sure your video drivers are updated, and that you have the most recent driver for the Pinnacle Dazzle.

Hello Ron,
Well that is like you say an old camera, mind you 8mm is still far the best and safest way to store your valued films as it has kept the data on those tapes longer than any DVD ever did, remember unlike we thought 10 years ago a DVD only has around 8 to 10 years life span, we are finding CD & DVD productions that are over 8 years old just wont play any longer.
Kodak put a report on the net 7 years ago that they found even some quite costly DVD recorded media had gone blank and refused to play after a very short time in storage.
I think you ought to look around Ebay, find a nice HI8 digital camera, put your loved tapes in that, plug the new Firewire cable into the camera, and your PC and download your treasured items to another media like DVD.
Keep your 8mm tapes in a draw safe though because they will out-live all DVD recordings I can honestly say that.
David

Hi, have a look at this, it is for burning to dvd, btu it might just do.
When you burn to an SD card it needs to be for the correct format of your tv and there are so many different formats.
But take a look anyway.
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpoint-to-dvd.htm

I hope this helps.

Regards - Anthony

Well you can send the Video Out from the camcorder, to a "Video In" device and record it to your PC's hard Drive. Then you could "Burn" them to DVD or simply play from the PC. You can get USB to Video In devices that have SVGA or Composite Video in. also some Video cards have this feature, Video In, as do TV cards for the PC.

hook the video output from vcr to dvd input at rear, then hook output from dvd to tv input. note; you can not record protected vcr movies you can only record tv shows from sattelite to vcr or dvd recorder. its best to record straight from sattelite to dvd recorder for picture clarity.

You may have to buy a new player! because its not compatable ( you need one that plays DVD+ DVD- and dvd RW!) and the players that play these formats are no more then a regular dvd player (seen them for as low as $30.00 at wall mart!

first let me say that a dvd player and a dvd recorder are different. the dvd player can only play dvd while a dvd recorder can both play and record dvd that is said. what i understand from what you write is currently is - out of your tv box into your dvd player then out of your player into your tv........ ok some dvd has two connections. line one and line two if your tv box is in line one then you should plug the rca cable in line two in. then you select line two on the dvd player then plug the other end to your vcr in line out so that is out of your vcr into line two of your dvd player.(some times one of the connection is at the front of your player hidden) if your dvd player only have one connection then you would have to plug out your tv box and replace it with the vcr cable and when you finish coping your vhs tape you plug in back your tv box to your dvd player. hope i could help.......... Tracy

have you tried formatting?

if you have an s video out as well as audio out on your laptop connect it to svideo and corrasponding audio input on dvd recorder. hook up recorder to a TV to see the movie your transfering then press record on drc that should be good luck