Hello I am a "newbie" and just joined. I need some patient soul to help me with a few probs. Firstly I have just installed a NEC DVD4550 multirecorder in my pc because I want to learn how to copy dvds etc... I have a Panasonic dvd recorder in the lounge and the idea was to transfer recordings from the DVD ram disks onto my pc then convert them edit them etc to dvd-r. I have downloaded Media Player Classic as Windows media player8 and Nero 6 media player and Real Player version 10 wont let me play any dvds whatsoever without "plug ins". Anyway the Media Player Classic allows me to view my dvds perfectly but it wont play RAM disks. Does anyone know what I need to do just so that I can see em? I have also got DVD shrink and that is my next learning curve- but one step at a time eh? Hopefully someone will be able to let me know whats going wrong. The reason why I bought this drive was because it reads and writes to RAM disk as well as other formats. Thanks for listening Groucho
Have you tried just copying the DVD-RAM disk contents onto another type of disk, like DVD-R(W)? I was curious myself whether this would work, but I can't try it since I don't have a DVD burner that reads DVD-RAM. Ideally, I would like to be able to edit a DVD-RAM disk and then copy it to another format, but DVD-RAM seems to be incompatable with a lot of hardware and software.
Hi and thanks for your reply- what I have learned is that a DVD ram disk creates VRO files instead of VOB ( which is the file format for dvd disks)Because of this NERO and DVD shrink cannot read them in that format. VRO files are mpeg-2 files with ac3 audio I have also learned that apparently if you alter the files- by renaming them on the hard drive to *.mpeg they can then be played through Powerd DVD or Nero Media player. What I need then is an encoder that will allow the conversion to video files. Its all a bit mind boggling at present and there is no easy alternative - other than to record straight onto dvd-r and then transfer and edit accordingly.. The Panny will not read or write to dvd-rw so i have been led to believe hence the RAM disks! Regards Groucho
A main advantage of DVD-RAM is that you can edit it on disk using your standalone DVD recorder - you can't do this with a DVD-RW disk. But it looks like it's difficult to do much with the DVD-RAM disk after editing other than just watch it on the same disk. I guess I'll be looking mainly at other options since I want to be able to make copies, edit further, etc. Some programs like Cyberlink PowerProducer allow you to create something called a DVD-VR disk on an ordinary DVD-RW or DVD+RW. Then you can edit on disk, but with the computer, not the DVD recorder. My Panasonic does record to DVD-RW, so you might check that again, but you may have an earlier model.
No it is a fairly new machine Panasonic DMR E55 but the manual says that it does not support DVD-RW or DVD+RW. Mind you it also says that it does not support dvd+R but it plays them okay Most bizarre
