robinlane

Hi No one seems to be able to answer whether this is possible. Spoken to a few CCTV companies with conflicting answers. I need to be able to switch on the cameras and record direct to an external DVD. The DVD would need to be able to be played in a domestic player for the end user. The use would be to record children's birthday parties up to a max of 2 hours off up to 3 cameras via a switcher and be simple for unskilled employees to just press a couple of buttons and then eject the disk and pass on to the client, unedited and capable of playback in the majority of domestic players. Is it possible to connect say 3 cameras to a switcher and output the signal to a domestic DVD recorder. All of the cameras would be in the same room so therefore it would be best to have one single microphone being recorded for the audio. Anybody help? Robin

Well that's just what I want, when researching this no one said it could be this simple. I didn't want to buy anything without confirmation but I was sure it could be done. My initial intention was to use a camcorder plugged into a DVD player but camera shops said this couldn't be done either, you couldn't record in real time onto an external domestic DVD. I now believe this was wrong advice as well. Does anyone think the audio might be a problem? Is it possible to record the audio from a single microphone regardless as to what is going on with the switcher? Also any advice on the price range of the camera s I should look at? Remember that the use is for parents to have the DVD as a gift showing their kids birthday party at my venue.