[ernet]

.......if you don't mind;


- does Panasonic DMR-E95H have " backup disc " mode.I mean if I record MY OWN DVD ( e.g. from DV Comcorder ) so can I make a copy of it ?


- does Panasonic DMR-E95H have "navimark " mode which put the choosen frame as the picture of the chapter ?


All over mentioned modes are avaiable in Pio 520.


Ernet

 

[VideoBob]

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- does Panasonic DMR-E95H have " backup disc " mode.I mean if I record MY OWN DVD ( e.g. from DV Comcorder ) so can I make a copy of it ?

Yes, you simply copy the programs/files to the Hard Disk and then Back to a new DVD. You can even edit them and commbine them with other videos to create custom disks.


This will not work with Macrovision protected disks, however.


I highly reccommend turning High Speed Copy on, as this makes copies in a fraction of the time it takes to view.

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- does Panasonic DMR-E95H have "navimark " mode which put the choosen frame as the picture of the chapter ?

Yes and no. Programs have selectable icons and a disk han have multiple programs. Unfortunately, the chapters witin a program are not accessable by the menu. They are, however, accessible for skipping to.


bob

 

[vferrari]

Note that you CANNOT high speed DVD-Video discs (e.g., DVD-R) back to the HDD. Those are only allowed to be copied in real time mode and hence are re-encoded when transferred to the hard drive. You can, however, high speed dub DVD-RAM discs back to the HDD. I think that's what the OP was asking about.

 

[VideoBob]

That's True. I use DVD-Ram almost exclusively for temporary storage, and I forget about the limitations of *reading* DVD-Videos. I do, however, *write* to DVD-Rs in High-Speed mode, all the time for archiving purposes. I just never save them back to disk.


bob

 

[Benfica]

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Originally posted by ernet - does Panasonic DMR-E95H have " backup disc " mode.I mean if I record MY OWN DVD ( e.g. from DV Comcorder ) so can I make a copy of it ?

The only HDD/DVDR combos that have this feature are pioneer recorders 510, 520, 420.


Not sure about the new upcoming models.

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Originally posted by ernet [B- does Panasonic DMR-E95H have "navimark " mode which put the choosen frame as the picture of the chapter ? [/b]

You have to think like this: One disk can have 1..N titles; 1 title can have 1..M chapters. Having said that, the majority of DVD recorders that allow menus with thumbnails only allows thumbnails for titles, not chapters. Only exception that I know of are toshiba recorders.


HTH

 

[richard6552]

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Originally Posted by VideoBob That's True. I use DVD-Ram almost exclusively for temporary storage, and I forget about the limitations of *reading* DVD-Videos. I do, however, *write* to DVD-Rs in High-Speed mode, all the time for archiving purposes. I just never save them back to disk. bob

Hi Bob,

how do I set the DVD recorder so that I can dub from HDD to DVD-R at High-Speed. I have recorded TV program onto HDD with recording mode on high speed. However, when dubbing from HDD to DVD, I have never been able to achieve high speed. Your expert advise would be most appreciated. Thank and hope to hear from you soon.



Richard

 

[DaveC E100]

I'm not Bob but I can tell you what I do. Since the program was originally recorded to your HDD with HS mode set, you should be given that option after you select "DUBBING" under the FUNCTIONS menu. On my E100, the 2nd line down from the top is "Record Mode". To the right of those words it should say "High Speed". If it doesn't, press ENTER and a list of choices should appear. One of your choices should be HIGH SPEED. On my E100 there is also a 2nd high speed choice at the bottom of the list called HIGH SPEED (MPEG4). Do not choose that one.


Dave

 

[VideoBob]

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Originally Posted by richard6552 Hi Bob, how do I set the DVD recorder so that I can dub from HDD to DVD-R at High-Speed. I have recorded TV program onto HDD with recording mode on high speed. However, when dubbing from HDD to DVD, I have never been able to achieve high speed. Your expert advise would be most appreciated. Thank and hope to hear from you soon. Richard

Since you already said that you recorded it with the Mode in High Speed, I won't go into how to set that up, other than saying that if you ever do a factory reset, it turns that feature off and you have to reset it in the setup menu. If it is off, you can still dub high speed to DVD-RAM, just not to DVD-R.


As for how to dub in High Speed mode, it's the second choice down on the dubbing menu (right after direction). Just chose High Speed. If it says that you can't dub in high speed, check your setup and be sure that it is really on (and *was* at the time the show was recorded).


HS dubbing takes about 3 minutes per hour of programming (I record in 6-hour mode, so I dub six hours onto a DVD in 18 minutes--it sure beats real-time). I can unload 120 hours of recordings onto theme-selected DVDs in about 6 hours--while watching or recording other shows.


Note that you CANNOT change the recording quality and still dub high speed--it's a binary copy of what you already recorded. The good news is, it's an *exact* copy, so shows that weren't recorded in high speed can be dubbed to DVD-RAM and back and then they'll dub to DVD-R in high speed. It's three steps, but 3 * 18 minutes is still a LOT less than six hours.


I've been buying 5-packs of 4.7 GB Panasonic DVD-RAM at Best Buy for $2.00 a disk. For me, that's 30 hours of recording for ten bucks. I rarely use DVD-R, since I can edit and high-speed dub back from DVD-RAM any time I want.


bob

 

[bobkart]

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Originally Posted by VideoBob HS dubbing takes about 3 minutes per hour of programming (I record in 6-hour mode, so I dub six hours onto a DVD in 18 minutes--it sure beats real-time).

Hi Bob, allow me to make a slight correction to that information. The 18 minute number is no doubt accurate. That's the time to burn a full DVD (~4.7BG) of, in your case, 6 hours of video. But if someone recorded their video in XP mode for example, you couldn't burn that full-DVD's worth of video in 3 minutes. It would still take the 18 minutes to burn that ~4.7GB of data. So the point is, the number of hours of video you are burning is not the right factor for how long it will take, rather the size of the video data is, and different recording bitrates yield different sizes of video data for the same length of content. One hour of video at XP bitrate yields 6 times the video data as one hour of video at EP bitrate.