Burning DVD-RW disks in VR format

[advb]

Hi,

 

To set the scene, I have a Panasonic DVD recorder and I am trying to transfer recordings from DVD-RAM to DVD-RW disks in VR (Video Recording) format. I have a burner on my computer which is DVD-RAM compatible.

 

I mainly use DVD-RAM disks because these allow you to do very easy editing on the recorder itself while retaining all the recording titles etc. The recorder can also record onto DVD-RW disks in VR (Video Recording) mode but editing is very limited. However, the recorder can finalize DVD-RW disks into standard DVD format disks, generating a menu and the standard VIDEO_TS folder and files. I'm trying to get the best of both worlds by editing on DVD-RAM disks and then transferring them onto DVD-RW disks so they can be finalized and then ultimately copied to DVD-R!

 

As a first step, I used ImgBurn to burn the recording files from a DVD-RAM disk onto a DVD-RW disk. The recorder happily read the DVD-RW disk, even showing it as a VR mode disk, and allowed the recordings to be played. However, when I went to finalize the disk, it said that the DVD-RW(VR) disk was already closed.

 

Is there any way of burning the files to the DVD-RW but leaving the session/disk open? I assume this is what makes difference between a normal disk and one in VR format.

 

Any thoughts or guidance would be much appreciated.

[Kenadjian]

There is no finalization on -R format discs, it's only +R's that are finalized.

 

As for the multi session question, no you can't with ImgBurn, it does not support multi session yet.

[blutach]

Why don't you finalise in the recorder, making it into VR/VF whatever? The simply copy the files to your hard drive and pop them onto your RWs.

 

Then you can simply reformat the RAMs and away you go again.

 

This is what I do with my camcorder.

 

Regards

[advb]

Why don't you finalise in the recorder, making it into VR/VF whatever? The simply copy the files to your hard drive and pop them onto your RWs.

 

Then you can simply reformat the RAMs and away you go again.

 

This is what I do with my camcorder.

 

Regards

 

Les,

 

A sensible suggestion but (unless I've missed in the menus), the recorder doesn't have a finalise option for DVD-RAM disks, only for DVD-RW disks. I'll definately check again, though....

 

Al

[blutach]

Aaah - that would be one reason why you wouldn't.

 

 

Regards

[volvofl10]

you dont finalise RAM discs