Finalizing Discs on the DC330 [Canon DVD Camcorder]
Filed in Shared Discovery on Jun.18, 2008
So, this discovery probably comes from the RTFM department, but I’ll share it anyway because the manual supplied with the DC330 is severely lacking.
If you want to finalize a DVD on several of Canon’s DVD camcorders (I assume) and more specifically the DC330, you’ll probably have to plug in the power. The camcorder doesn’t trust that the battery will last throughout the entire finalization process (which could take a few seconds to several minutes) and won’t take the risk of permanently ruining your precious memories caught on tape DVD.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
kind of like how typically you have to keep your notebook plugged into AC if you want to update its BIOS.
June 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Sometimes even that doesn’t help…
(don’t ask…I had a bad experience…)
June 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
If you don’t want me to ask, don’t mention it
December 26th, 2008 at 10:16 am
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!! You just saved a families christmas
August 19th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Thank you very much man!!! you saved my friends marriage!!!!
August 20th, 2009 at 3:51 am
@Derrick, Alberto
Well, I hope your Christmas/friend’s marriage wasn’t teetering on the success of the video, but I know the feeling! I’m glad you found the answer you were looking for!
February 13th, 2010 at 4:55 am
Well, no i have finalized the disk but how in the hell do i edit the single videos that ive takin, when i put the dvd in the comp. it just gives me one long avi file???
February 13th, 2010 at 9:55 am
It’s been long time since I’ve dealt with this camera, but I believe you just need to copy the video file to your computer and edit it using the video editing software of your choice. The individual videos are contained in that one long AVI file.
If you don’t have any video editing software, try the free Windows Movie Maker that should already be on your Windows computer. If not, go here:
For windows XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx
Vista: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=D6BA5972-328E-4DF7-8F9D-068FC0F80CFC&displaylang=en
Windows 7: http://download.live.com/moviemaker