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Posted by Rick Merrill on 01/23/08 22:31
nobody special wrote:
> Panasonic makes a combo HD and DVD recorder that works like a VHS
> recorder. Record the service live into this for up to two hours total
> for good quality (you can go a 4 hour or six hour mode too but they
> look horrible). This master is done as soon as you fade to black at
> the end of the service. The Panasonic limits you to using a choice of
> about 6 menu styles and colors and you can type in titles and dates,
> etc. for chapters if you like, but you can't do any fancy motion
> menus, you get a tiny picture still and one line of text for each
> chapter. I think they look okay but others can't stand them and
> insiste on a splashy custom menu page. For that you are going to have
> to author the disk in the computers and that DOES take more time.
>
> Finalizing the disk from the Panasonic with 2 hours on it takes only
> two minutes or so. You now have a master to thro into a replicating
> tower which can crank out copies in about seven minutes for a two hour
> recording.
>
> You can also use a free ripping application called mpeg streamclip to
> import the finished disk into your NLE system faster than real time
> and from there you can proceed to aurhor and add chapters, a better
> custom menu, etc, etc. with the Panasonic working as a hardware
> encoder for you. This is a *little* faster than digitizing from
> scratch thru the camera and editing before authoring.
>
> You can use a separate stand-alone printer or use an all-in-one
> machine like the Bravo Primera Pro (I endorse this machine highly)
> that can do up to 100 disks, two at a time, fully automated including
> inkjet printing in 4 colors on the disk and quality control testing of
> the disks. This is a very nice starter unit but it has to be connected
> to at least a laptop to control it and feed it the graohics for the
> labels. Microboards makes 10-drive towers which require no other
> computers or anything, that can really kick out product in a hurry.
What excellent advice! I hope "Nathan" returns to see it.
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