Posted by Rich Clark on 05/02/07 17:51

"DA" <jdonaldallen@charter.net> wrote in message
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>I have a Sony DRX-830U external 2.0 USB DVD Recorder.
> This is a 16x machine.
> Using the Nero Software that came with the machine, it takes it
> about three hours to make a copy of a one hour DVD.
> I do our church services each Sunday on tape, transfer to DVD
> and make copies for our shut-in members.
> Why does it take so long?
> Thanks.
> DA

It sounds like it's transcoding the video each time it's making a DVD.
Instead, be sure to make a disc image file (.ISO) the first time, and then
do all subsequent copies by burning the image to the blank discs. This will
make future copying much easier as well, since you can ditch all the capture
files and keep only the source tape for your archives and the ISO file for
making copies.

It shouldn't take more that 15 minutes to burn an ISO file.

R

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