A mate has asked me if I can transfer a camcorder film onto a DVD for him, does anyone know how easy this is to do ?

I don't want to say I'll do it if I can't.

I've got a DVD writer and Nero etc, it's getting the film off the camcorder thats the problem I think.

if it's a modern (ie digital) camera, and you have a firewire port, then it should be very straight forwards.

If it's older or you don't have firewire, then you'll need some sort of capture card, or at a very minimum a video in port on your graphics card.

You'll also need some software. Most capture cards come with basic software, I think pinacle makes some. You might also find it on a magazine disk or be able to download a trial if you look around.
If all else fails, windows comes with something called 'windows movie maker' (xp only), it's not great, but it will do the job.

Covered in detail here:

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28158&highlight=video