Almost posted this in the Home Theatre forum, but figured it's a little too off-topic.
I am involved in an organisation that will be holding a series of on-stage competitions where they wish to record the performance (video & audio) and provide the contestants with a DVD copy of their performance at the end of the contest, when the contestants will also receive judges' evaluations.
They have considered using a professional company to handle the recordings, but don't really have the budget for it as the contest runs for quite some hours, with gaps between each performance.
Any suggestions as to the best hardware/software combination to achieve getting the recorded detail from camera to DVD in a timely manner?