Chari and Bob, I'm looking for a way to bypass the need to first upload the tapes to my pc---I would like to find software/hardware that permits the video transfer to go directly to DVD. You guys know of anything that'll do that? My camera has USB 2.

EDIT: If I am reading you correctly, the only hardware your are using is the firewire connection. What software do you use and what procedure do you follow? Thanx.