Mini DVD problem

My friend has a sony HD vidoe camera and he has givin me all his deer and elk video so i can put the footage on our next dvd. The thing is, his camera records on Mini DVD's my computer wont except them...is there any program i can get that will make these dvd's work on my computer?
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MuleyMadness
What do you mean it won't accept them? Get a cable and plug it into the video camera (with tape inside camera) and 'dump' the footage onto the computer that way.

This is how I do it, but I'm a MAC user.
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Shedfreak88
when i mean it wont except it i mean i put the mini dvd in the dvd disk drive and my computer wont play it or anything. I can't see the footage that is on the mini dvd or anything like that.
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MuleyMadness
Oh mini DVD, I read the post wrong thought you said MINI DV

humm...never used mini DVD's??
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Shedfreak88
yeah me niether. i dont recomend it. idk if there's a progam i can get to run the mini dvd but im pretty sure there's something that will make it work.
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lifetime hunter
I have a mini DVD camcorder.. and you have to finalize the DVD on your camera before it will play on another player...does it play in your DVD player, if not that might be your problem..? hope this helps
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Shedfreak88
i just tried to play them on the dvd player and it didn't work...how do you finalize a dvd with camera?
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lifetime hunter
on my camera (I have a panasonic) this is how I do it... put the dvd in that you want finalized, then push the menu button then go to disc setup push it, then it should give you an option to finalize, your friends Sony should be about the same format.. hope it works for ya! p.m. me if you need more help.
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Just a heads up!!! You may run into some problems once you get the footage on your computer of not having the correct codecs and stuff to make it look good when you try to put it into editing software.. ex: adobe premiere pro, final cut pro.... In my film class we got warned by our professor of these problems. He said to avoid the cameras that go straight to DVD because of these problems, and that it had to do with proprietary stuff they put on the dvds and cameras.. He tried to do some work with them and he said it all looked horrible. So he recommended always shooting with mini DV.... I never have tried it, but just thought Id pass it on.
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Shedfreak88
well i got one of the dvd's finalized and it still doesn't work idk what the heck the deal is.
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Shedfreak88
hey lifetime hunter i have a license plate cover that says welcome to Utah now go home.....a cal. hunter was pissed when he seen it ha ha
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lifetime hunter
"Shedfreak88" wrote:hey lifetime hunter i have a license plate cover that says welcome to Utah now go home.....a cal. hunter was pissed when he seen it ha ha
 I have one too!! it's funny to watch people read it!!

got a good one for my jeep too.. but hadn't better say it on here!
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lifetime hunter
"Shedfreak88" wrote:well i got one of the dvd's finalized and it still doesn't work idk what the heck the deal is.
 so did you ever get it to play on a regular dvd player?
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Shedfreak88
nope. i finalized it and everything but it still wont work.
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lifetime hunter
after you finalized it.. would it still play on his camcorder? is it a dvd -r or dvd+r
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Shedfreak88
im not sure if it did still play on the camara but i know after the dvd is finalized that you can record on it anymore. it is a DVD-R
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lifetime hunter
dang .... you got me! you got me thinking so I went and put one of mine in the dvd player and it works, (???) the only think to tell ya is to see if it still plays on the camcorder, it's a Sony right? I wonder if it would play on mine... let me know if it plays on the camera still and we'll go from there. I hate not being able to figure simple things like this out! ](*,)
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it seems to me the logical thing to do here would be

GO TO THE CAMERA MAKERS WEBSITE AND SEE HOW THEY SAY TO DO IT !!!!
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