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Posted by GMAN on 09/30/06 13:57
In article <GOqTg.23042$rb6.9366@reader1.news.jippii.net>, "Jukka Aho" <jukka.aho@iki.fi> wrote:
> wrote:
>
>>> If it has a Video_RM folder it was recorded on a set top recorder so
>>> is probably in VR mode which does give problems in some older
>>> players.
>>>
>>> If you have a DVD burner and Nero, it is a fairly easy process to
>>> make a "proper" DVD from it.
>
>> Can you explain what this set top recorder is and what VR mode is?
>
>"Set top recorder" is a stand-alone device for recording DVDs - one that
>works autonomously, without there being a PC involved. Much like a
>normal DVD player, but with a recording capability.
>
>"VR mode" is supposedly some kind of intermediate or auxiliary data
>format used by these stand-alone recorders to facilitate direct on-line
>recording. The DVD video format was not originally designed with direct
>on-line recording in mind.
>
>(The problem lies in that with stand-alone DVD recorders, arbitrary
>video clips will be recorded on the disc, possibly in a number of
>separate recording sessions, without knowing in advance how long they
>will be or how many of them the final disc will contain. The original
>DVD video format was designed on the presupposition that the contents of
>the disc be fully known in advance and set in stone before any of the
>data structures on the disc will be produced.)
>
>> I do have a DVD burner and Nero. Can you explain how to make a proper
>> DVD from this? Would simply making a DVD copy using Nero make it
>> right or do I have to tweak it somehow?
>
>I have not had to deal with discs produced by stand-alone DVD recorders
>myself, so I don't know the details. However, I would assume that merely
>cloning the DVD on another DVD without changing any of the data in the
>process in any way won't do. You will probably need to re-author the
>disc (i.e. import the MPEG-2 video clips from the original disc and
>create the standard DVD video data structures around them that normal
>DVD video players would expect to see) using a DVD authoring
>application. Whether Nero contains sufficient tools for this, I don't
>know, but there are several DVD authoring applications on the market.
>Google for "DVD-lab", "Ulead DVD Workshop", and "Adobe Encore DVD", for
>example.
>
>I would expect this is a common problem among the users of stand-alone
>DVD recorders, so there are probably tutorials about this on the web.
>
With my Sony RDR-GX7 , i can choose either VR mode or DVD mode
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