How to Convert Home Movies and Videos to DVD

Most of people like to record special occasions in their life, graduation ceremony, wedding ceremony, Thanksgiving Family Reunion, etc. Everyone would like to make his moments permanent. However, shooting home movies is just not enough to keep your sweet memories.

Edit and burn home movies/videos to DVD is definitely the best choice. You may wonder why need to burn home videos to DVD on a PC. Well, here are the reasons telling you why you'd better transfer home movies to DVD.

Why need to convert home movie/video to DVD?

First of all, show how much you care. Nothing says I love you quite like a polished home video with well-choreographed cuts, tasteful fades, and a running time well less than two hours. Give your family and friends a present they'll love: themselves, looking good on camera.

Secondly, kids have short attention spans. Face it, when you gave Billy an Xbox at age 6, it didn't do much to improve his ability to sit still and watch home videos. Spend some time with an editing suite, and you'll have a program capable of capturing his flighty imagination.

Thirdly, preserve the memories. Write-once DVDs can last 100 years, so they make perfect sense as a long-term storage media for your precious memories. Imagine showing the grandkids Old Faithful after it's dried up or the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge after it's turned into an oil field.

How to burn home movie/video to DVD?

1 Transfer home videos to computer

If you have some troubles to transfer home movies or videos to computer, please refer to this step-by-step guide on "How to Transfer Video from Camcorder to Computer".

2 Download DVD Creator, install it

After transfer home videos to computer, please download the DVD Creator.

If you are a Mac user (Snow Leopard, Lion included), please download Mac version and go to the detailed tutorial of DVD Creator for Mac >>

3 Load your home video files

Click on "Import" button to add photos and videos to the program for DVD authoring. You can combine photos and videos together.

4 Edit home videos

Select a video file and click the edit button beside it to crop, trim, add watermark, or adjust video effects, according to your specific request.

5 Convert home videos to DVD

Before burning, you can also select an output option and set the aspect ratio according to your need. This DVD Creator allows you to set them in your own style. Then tap "Burn" button to convert home movies to DVD, and you can enjoy it on DVD player with your family and friends now!