Posted by GMAN on 11/03/05 01:59

In article <iy6af.23605$6e1.7445@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, "Industrial Mineral" <industrial.mineral@nospam.net> wrote:
>I bought a sony set top dvd recorder and recorded a movie from cable. It
>used a weird format. The folder was DVD_RTAV. and inside it were files
>VR_MANAGER.IFO and VR_MOVIE.VRO.
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>The dvd in my computer will not play the video, only the recorder that made
>it will play it. I took the expensive Sony recorder back and told them it
>did not work. I got my money back. If this is the furure of video
>recording, it sucks.
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If you had RTFM, it would have told you that you can record in either VR
format or Video format (DVD compatible) . The VR format is more of a random
recording mode mainly used for time shifting and stuff where you intend to
delete and add shows to view randomly on the unit.

If you had formatted that DVD-RW disk in the VIDEO format, it would have read
just fine in your PC or Settop player.


>I can record ro capture the same videos from cable to my computer with a ati
>video card in it and burn a dvd using win producer, and they play in any
>player. I was trying to get rid of the computer beside the TV, by using a
>set top recorder, but the Sony model sucked. It recorded fine, picture was
>great, but it used a weird format that nothing else would play, so I dont
>want it or the format.

You suck because you didnt RTFM, it had nothing to do with the sony.



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>I went to vegas with the money from the returned dvd recorder and said fuck
>sony, while rolling the dice at the crap tables.
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