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 DVDSanta
Creating Your Own DVD Movies
Doesn't Have to Cost You Hundreds, or Thousands. You DON'T Have
To Be An Expert Or A Geek to Start, dvdSanta has a topnotch, easy-to-use
user interface that requires no technical knowledge from you whatsoever.
It's child's play! Converts and Burns All Video Formats, such as
DivX / XVid movies, AVI format videos, Mpeg movies, VCD/SVCD movies,
WMV videos, Real videos, Quicktime videos DIRECTLY into DVDs so
that you can watch them on your TV with your family and friends.
Copy your DVD movies (Does not copy encrypted discs). No more fear
of scratches ruining your precious DVDs! Can compress 9GB dual layer
DVD movies and fit them onto 4.7GB single layer DVD discs.Turns
your static digital photos into exciting DVD movies with transitions,
pan and zoom animations, musics and narrations.Easily Transfer your
digital camcorder tapes Directly into crystal clear DVD movies.Turns
your MP3,WMA musics into 8-hour long music DVDs. Listen to your
non-stop favorite musics all day long without changing the disc!Supports
DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW format discs. A DVD burner on your PC is required.Supports
Major video file formats, such as AVI, WMV, MPG, ASF, VOB, RealVideo,
Quicktime, M2V, DAT...Supports Major audio file formats, such as
WAV, WMA, MP3, MP2, OGG, RealAudio...
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Key features are:
- Easy
to use interface: Intuitive user interface that requires no technical
knowledge whatsoever.
- Converts
and burns video files directly into DVD movies so that you can
watch them on TV.
- Can
mix multiple video files into one DVD disc.
- Converts
photo files into DVD movies, with 35 transition effects, pan and
zoom motions, background musics and narrations.
- Can
automatically sync the background music with photo slide shows.
- Real-time
captures and transforms miniDV camcorder tapes directly to DVD
video format
- Can
fit 9GB double layer DVD movies into 4.7GB single layer DVD disc.
- Burns
DVD ISO Image or DVD VIDEO_TS folders to DVD
- Auto-Rate-Controller
technology maximizes disc space by
- squeezing
the highest quality video onto a disc.
- Supports
major video formats such as AVI, WMV, ASF, MPG, VOB...
- Supports
major photo formats such as JPG, PNG, BMP...
- Supports
major audio formats such as WAV, MP3, WMA...
- Supports
DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW format discs and burners.
- Supports
4:3 and 16:9 video aspect ratio
- Supports
both NTSC and PAL video standard
- Supports
Interlaced and Progressive Sources
- Supports
output to hard drive
- Intergrated
High Speed DVD MPEG-2 Encoder
- Rm,Ram
,Rmvb to DVD.
FAQ:
What
is dvdSanta and what can I do with it?
dvdSanta
is an All-in-One software that helps you copy, convert and create
DVD movies. It can convert video files (include DVD videos) into
DVD format, can turn your digital photos into DVD movies with motions
and background music, can transfer your digital camcorder tapes
directly into DVD video, can burn DVD videos onto DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R or DVD+RW discs. It's extremely easy to use and lightning
fast.
Can
I join 2 or more avi files to make one DVD? Ex: cd 1 and cd 2 of
a movie so that these 2 become one on the same dvd?
Yes!
Just load all the avi files into dvdSanta and click the "Create
DVD" button and the joining will be done.
Does
dvdSanta allow conversion of a PAL DVD to NTSC DVD?
Yes it
does! I have done that many times. Just load your PAL dvd into dvdSanta
and click "Create DVD", make sure NTSC is checked.
How can I take a DivX/Xvid movie (or any other video formats)
that I have and burn it onto a DVD so I can play it in any DVD player?
Before You Start...
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dvdSanta supports almost all kinds of video formats, such as AVI,
DivX, Xvid, WMV, ASF, MPG, VOB.... To ensure that dvdSanta can burn
your most up-to-date video files onto DVD. You need to have some
latest audio and video codecs installed on your PC. If you do have
all the codecs you need on your PC, skip this part and read Step
1.
1) Install
latest Microsoft DirectX 9.
2) Install
latest Microsoft Windows Media 9.
3) Install the latest Official Xvid codec from http://nic.dnsalias.com/XviD-Dec.exe
4) Install the latest Official Divx codec from DivX.com
NOTE: It is VERY important to have the latest DivX/Xvid codecs installed
on your PC. Old codec versions may cause problems when encoding
the newer video files.
Step 1, Load your video files into dvdSanta
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Click "Video Files to DVD" button to convert video files.
Click
"Add Media" button to load video files from the hard disk.
Select
the video file you want to burn on DVD.
Step 2, Convert the video files to DVD video format.
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Click "Create DVD" button to start converting the video
file.
Wait
until the conversion is complete.
Step
3, Burn the DVD.
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dvdSanta has done preparing the DVD video, now it's time to burn
your disc.
Before you burn the disc, you can use a software DVD player such
as PowerDVD to examine the DVD video created by dvdSanta. The DVD
video is stored under c:\TempDVD\VIDEO_TS folder.
Now you can insert a blanc DVD-R/+R disc in your DVD burner now
and click "Yes" to continue.
If you want to burn this DVD disc later, you can click "No"
button now and quit dvdSanta. The DVD video is stored under C:\TempDVD\VIDEO_TS
folder. You can burn it later using dvdSanta and follow "How
to Copy a 4.7GB Single Layer DVD movie"
If you
are a using DVD+R/RW disc, just click "Burn!" and wait
dvdSanta finish the burning job. If you are using a DVD-R/RW disc,
you should select burning speed to 1x,2x,or 4x, then click the "Burn!"
button to burn the disc.
And that's
it! When the burning is finished, you can play your newly made DVD
in your DVD player and watch the movie on TV!
How to Copy DVD Movies with dvdSanta.
Before
You Start... You need to have a MPEG-2 video decoder installed on
your PC so dvdSanta can use it to read DVD video format. You can
download and install a Free MPEG-2 decoder here: MpegDecoder012.msi
(255Kb). The second thing you need to know is dvdSanta Does NOT
Copy CSS encrypted DVD movies or copy protected movies. If you insist
that you have the right to backup your own copy protected DVD movies,
use the internet to find answers about how to decrypt or rip your
DVD movies to your hard disk.
The following instructions assume that you have aready transferred
your DVD movies to your hard disk and you want to burn them back
to blank DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW discs.
So, What's
the trick to copy DVD and what can dvdSanta do here?
Most dvd burners can only burn single layer DVD discs, which hold
only 4.7GB data each. However, many movies come in double layer
DVD discs, which hold 9GB data each. In order to copy the double
layer DVD movies, you need to "Shrink" the DVD movies
and make them fit on 4.7GB sigle layer DVD discs. Luckyly, you can
do it with dvdSanta! If what you want to copy is a 4.7GB single
layer DVD movie, you can also use dvdSanta to make an IDENTICAL
copy without "Shrinking" your original movie.
Step
1, Rip the DVD movie to your hard disk
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Remember, I assume that you know how to rip your DVD movie to your
hard disk. If you have a copy protected DVD movie and don't know
how to rip it or decrypt it, find the answers on the internet. If
your DVD movie is NOT copy protected, just do the following to copy
your dvd movie to the hard disk:
Step 2a, Copy a 9GB double layer DVD movie
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Before you run dvdSanta, make sure your DVD burner is Empty, yes,
no blank DVD-R/+R disc in your burner now. You will be intructed
to insert your blank DVD-R/+R disc later.
Now, Run dvdSanta, and Click on "Video Files to DVD" button:
(If you wamt to copy a 4.7GB single layer DVD movie, please read
Step 2b instead.)
then
click the "Add Media" button ...
Open
the DVD movie's VIDEO_TS folder in your hard disk...
Click
the "Create DVD" button...
And this
window will appear, wait until it is done...
dvdSanta
has done preparing the DVD video, now it's time to burn your disc.
Before you burn the disc, you can use a software DVD player such
as PowerDVD to examine the DVD video created by dvdSanta. The DVD
video is stored under c:\TempDVD\VIDEO_TS folder.
Now you can insert a blanc DVD-R/+R disc in your DVD burner now
and click "Yes" to continue.
If you want to burn this DVD disc later, you can click "No"
button now and quit dvdSanta. The DVD video is stored under C:\TempDVD\VIDEO_TS
folder. You can burn it later using dvdSanta and follow Step 2b
(How to Copy a 4.7GB Single Layer DVD movie)
If you
are a using DVD+R/RW disc, just click "Burn!" and wait
dvdSanta finish the burning job. If you are using a DVD-R/RW disc,
you should select burning speed to 1x,2x,or 4x, then click the "Burn!"
button to burn the disc.
And that's
it! When the burning is finished, you can play your newly backuped
DVD in your DVD player and watch the movie on TV!
Step 2b, Copy a 4.7GB Single Layer DVD movie from your hard disk
to a DVD disc
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Run dvdSanta, click the "Disc Image or DVD Video folder to
DVD" button...
Open
the DVD's VIDEO_TS folder in your hard disc, select any file in
that folder, than click "Open" to continue...
Now insert
a blank DVD-R/+R disc in your DVD burner. If you are a using DVD+R/RW
disc, just click "Burn!" and wait dvdSanta finish the
burning job. If you are using a DVD-R/RW disc, you should select
burning speed to 1x,2x,or 4x, then click the "Burn!" button
to burn the disc.
And ...Done!
When the burning is finished, you can play your newly backuped DVD
in your DVD player and watch the movie on TV.
How to Transfer miniDV Camcorder Tapes Directly into DVD Movies
with dvdSanta.
Yes, dvdSanta can transfer miniDV tapes Directly into DVD video
format, which means, you don't have to prepare a Huge hard disk
space to dump your DV tapes first, then encode the video to DVD
video format later. (Do you know? a 10 minute DV video can eat up
2-3GB of your hard disk space. Using dvdSanta can save you a lot
of time and disk space.)
Here are the things needed for this job:
1) a miniDV Camcorder.
2) a PC with IEEE 1394 (Firewire) port, running Windows 2000 or
Windows XP. In order to do the real-time DVD conversion, you PC
should be Fast Enough, which means the PC should have at least a
Pentium 4 2.0GHz or faster CPU, at least 256MB RAM, and at least
5GB free hard disk space.
3) an IEEE 1394 cable.
4) dvdSanta 3.00
Step 1, Connect an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) cable to miniDV Camcorder.
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Connect an IEEE 1394 (Firewire) cable to your miniDV camcorder.
Turn on your camcorder and switch the mode to VCR mode.
Step 2, Connect the IEEE 1394 (Firewire) cable to your PC's IEEE1394
port.
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Connect the other end of the IEEE 1394 (Firewire) cable to your
PC's IEEE 1394 port. (If your PC does not have IEEE 1394 port, you
will need to purchase and install an IEEE 1394 card on your PC.)
Step 3, Run dvdSanta and burn the DVD.
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Run dvdSanta, click the "Digital Camcorder Direct to DVD"
button
Use the
buttons on the left side to control your camcorder. You can play,
stop, rewind your tape. If you want to transfer a whole tape, click
the "Rewind" button to rewind the tape to its beginning.
Then,
click "Play and Capture" button to start transferring
the miniDV tape into DVD video.
Now the
transferring begins. Wait until it ends. If you want to stop in
the middle, click the cancel button. After the transferring completes,
click "Create DVD" button to burn your DVD video.
dvdSanta
has done preparing the DVD video, now it's time to burn your disc.
Before you burn the disc, you can use a software DVD player such
as PowerDVD to examine the DVD video created by dvdSanta. The DVD
video is stored under c:\TempDVD\VIDEO_TS folder.
Now you can insert a blanc DVD-R/+R disc in your DVD burner now
and click "Yes" to continue.
If you want to burn this DVD disc later, you can click "No"
button now and quit dvdSanta. The DVD video is stored under C:\TempDVD\VIDEO_TS
folder. You can burn it later using dvdSanta and follow "How
to Copy a 4.7GB Single Layer DVD movie"
If you
are a using DVD+R/RW disc, just click "Burn!" and wait
dvdSanta finish the burning job. If you are using a DVD-R/RW disc,
you should select burning speed to 1x,2x,or 4x, then click the "Burn!"
button to burn the disc.
Done!
When the burning is finished, you can play your newly made DVD in
your DVD player and watch the home video on TV!
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