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Making DVDs of it
In order to create your own videos, you have to learn every aspect of the operation. I did not know how difficult it would be to do the final step, create a DVD.
I had quite a time getting this on to DVD. My files were 6 gigs, too big for one DVD. My video program had no compression to MPEG 2, the format used for TV DVD players. I could not find any advice that actually worked. I finally figured out a way to play the videos off of the computer through my camera with firewire, and out the camera on to an external DVD recorder with AV cables. The DVD recorder has its own compression selections, and also creates a nice menu for multiple videos, which I found helpful, since I chose to record four 27 minute episodes on a single DVD.
Then, I saved a copy of each DVD created and labeled it "master." I bought a copy of Toast for my Mac, and now when I need to make a copy of the master, I pop it into the Mac, and Toast it. The program makes a duplicate of the DVD in about ten minutes, including burning it onto a new DVD.
I use Avery label maker for the labels of the DVDs.
By the way, the DVDs are available!
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