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Recommended software

Provides a brief overview on the software I use for adding date/time to video, editing it and producing client-ready DVDs.

Real life scenarios / questions

Scenarios covering most of the things you might want to do with your surveillance video.  I've given a brief answer to each question as an overview. 

Using AVS Video Converter

AVS Video Converter converts almost all types of video files to DVD or any other video file format.  It also can bring up date/time on MTS files and will combine multiple files types of different aspect ratios (16:9 and 4:3 file types) into one DVD with the correct aspect ratio throughout.

Using SuperDvdate

SuperDvdate will add time/date to the following file types; MOD, MTS, M2TS, AVI, MP4, MOV, TOD.  It will also work with MP4 and 3GP, which have been taken on your mobile / cell phone.

Using AVS Video Remaker

AVS Remaker allows you to take multiple files of the same file type, edit them and then re-make them (without any re-encoding) thereby giving you no loss in quality.  Very accurate (by Key Frame) editing can be done, photos can be taken off the video and you can exclude audio on the DVD before burning.

Using AVS Disc Creator

Both AVS Video Converter and Remaker produce a full DVD structured file before giving you the option to burn a DVD.  That file is perfect for archiving your video on a PC.  AVS Disc Creator can then take that DVD file and re-burn additional DVD copies.

Using Freemake Video Converter

A quick, easy and free way to get date/time on your HiDef MTS video files and burn them to a DVD with no edits.

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10 Jan 2012 - Dale emailed to say he was having a lot of trouble getting his finished video files from SuperDvdate to AVS Video Converter in the right time sequence.

Response:  SuperDvdate works on two files at the same time and if the second file (in time sequence) is smaller than the first, it will finish adding the date/time first.  Therefore you cannot then use the date created/modified selection to get your finished mpeg files in the correct sequence.  

The trick is to know how your camcorder names the file order.  If your camcorder records the files in a full numerical order (say, 001 to 087 for 87 files) then it's easy.  But, if your camcorder uses an obscure method, then it's a bit harder.  One of my SD camcorders I use for covert work records the files names in the following sequence:-

001 to 009, then 
00A to 00F, then 
010 to 019, then
01A to 01F, then
020 to 029, then
02A to 02F, etc.

That takes a bit to get your head around, but once you know the correct sequence, it's much easier to work with.

TIP:  When selecting multiple files for a drag and drop into AVS Video Converter, select them in sequence holding down the CTRL key to highlight them, then left click on the first file in the sequence (not the last) and drag the files into the program.  If you clicked on the last file and then inserted them, the last file would be the first on the list.