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Capturing a DVD-R to edit

Jan 1, 2006 8:59AM PST

I recently purchased a Panasonic DVD video recorder. Before I knew the ins and outs I recorded some video on a DVD-R disc as opposed to a DVD-RAM disc. Well the recorder and software only allow me to capture DVD-RAM recordings for editing and movie making. Does anyone have any suggestions for capturing the DVD-R recordings for editing and movie making?

Thx!

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low tech transfer
Jan 1, 2006 9:23AM PST

If you have an old VHS recorder, you can capture to tape (use sp) and then return the material to DVD-ram and edit from there. You will lose some quality but at sp speed, you should get decent results. If you have another free standing dvd player, it should recognize the dvd-r disc and you can then return the video footage to your new recorder on a dvd-ram disc without loss of any resolution. Remember, you will lose resolution any time you involve an analog transfer. Digital to digital transfers occur with no resolution losses.

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DVD Player to RAM
Jan 2, 2006 12:05AM PST

Thanks for the quick reply. I do have another free standing DVD player, but how do I physically get the DVD-R recording from the DVD player to the DVD-RAM recorder?

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dvd player to dvd recorder
Jan 2, 2006 2:25AM PST

Most dvd players have RCA connectors for transmitting an analog signal to a RCA connector equipped TV. I am not familiar with your dvd recorder, but most have RCA inputs for an analog signal. Connect the two with the basic 3 connector RCA video dubbing cable. Note that you will have some loss of resolution by going in and out of analog, but the losses are minor in my experience.

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What file extensions are on the DVD-R?
Jan 2, 2006 4:32AM PST

These will tell what software is needed to capture and burn the video.

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DVD-R file extension
Jan 2, 2006 7:03AM PST

The file extension is an IFO, which I'm not familiar with.