>Also has anybody got recommendations for software that will allow editting of the video segments for burning to the fullsize dvd?
you can use microsoft movie maker2... it might be not the best of the beast ;) but it has the feature which can't be beaten-it is free. Also, take a look over Pinnacle Studio 9.x
http://desktopvideo.about.com/od/softwarereviews/ss/bestfreesw2_ro_2.htm
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