making divx or mpeg clips

[blueindian]

so i've got several hours of video from my digital camcorder and I want to put it all on the computer and back it up to cds so i can reuse the tapes.

where can i read up on how to do this?

[coleslaw]

www.vcdhelp.com (and its permutations of other various video media - svcdhelp, dvdrhelp) among others