DVD-RAM to DVD+R
I love the Panasonic line of DVD recorders. They have some shortcomings, but I really like what they've done with the technology.
I have some tv shows recorded that I wanted to transfer over to DVD+R's so that I could share them and I spent a couple hours trying to figure out how to get them from the DVD-RAM to my hard drive.
Turns out, Nero does just fine importing the video clips. Actually better than fine, because after it imports them, encoding them takes just minutes, when usually my poor old slow, 3 year old laptop usually takes a couple of hours to encode an hour long show.
I wish I knew what the difference was, because this would be an ideal format for people to share recorded tv programs with, rather than what is typically used.
Even nicer would be a DVD recorder with two trays. And, while I'm wishing, an unprecidented two sided read/write, so that double sided DVD-RAMs, (or store bought DVD videos for that matter, although I'm happy that that is going out of style, because I like the artwork to look at while I'm deciding if I want to see the movie) wouldn't have to be flipped over.
If I was to wish for something a little more modest, fixing the chasing playback so that when the recording should go from one recording to another it actually does. If you are watching chasing playback on timed recordings and the recording switches from one program to another, it goes out of record mode. This is a terrible way to have it set up. The workaround is to be attentive of the time, and before the hour turn off the recording, let the new program start and then find your place again in what you were watching.
That's not fancy. Not fancy at all.
But the rest of it does pretty well. The thumbnails are nice. I really like the chasing playback. And even though they are a little pricey, I even like the DVD-RAM format. I like the cases they typically come in, which make it all but impossible to scratch the surface. I think they should sell just the cases for parents so that they can put their kid's movies in them so they won't be scratched.
I have some tv shows recorded that I wanted to transfer over to DVD+R's so that I could share them and I spent a couple hours trying to figure out how to get them from the DVD-RAM to my hard drive.
Turns out, Nero does just fine importing the video clips. Actually better than fine, because after it imports them, encoding them takes just minutes, when usually my poor old slow, 3 year old laptop usually takes a couple of hours to encode an hour long show.
I wish I knew what the difference was, because this would be an ideal format for people to share recorded tv programs with, rather than what is typically used.
Even nicer would be a DVD recorder with two trays. And, while I'm wishing, an unprecidented two sided read/write, so that double sided DVD-RAMs, (or store bought DVD videos for that matter, although I'm happy that that is going out of style, because I like the artwork to look at while I'm deciding if I want to see the movie) wouldn't have to be flipped over.
If I was to wish for something a little more modest, fixing the chasing playback so that when the recording should go from one recording to another it actually does. If you are watching chasing playback on timed recordings and the recording switches from one program to another, it goes out of record mode. This is a terrible way to have it set up. The workaround is to be attentive of the time, and before the hour turn off the recording, let the new program start and then find your place again in what you were watching.
That's not fancy. Not fancy at all.
But the rest of it does pretty well. The thumbnails are nice. I really like the chasing playback. And even though they are a little pricey, I even like the DVD-RAM format. I like the cases they typically come in, which make it all but impossible to scratch the surface. I think they should sell just the cases for parents so that they can put their kid's movies in them so they won't be scratched.
posted by David at 9:34 PM
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