I am new to DVD recording and have this question: When I record one episode
(say a 1hour recording) on DVD-RW and then finalize it so that I can lend it
to someone to watch will I be able to then record further episodes without
any problems or must I not finalize until all recordings are made? In other
words does finalisation affect only the recording(s) made so far but does
not affect unused part of the disc in any way?

Thank you
divoch

"divoch" wrote in message
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I am new to DVD recording and have this question: When I record one episode
(say a 1hour recording) on DVD-RW and then finalize it so that I can lend
it
to someone to watch will I be able to then record further episodes without
any problems or must I not finalize until all recordings are made? In
other
words does finalisation affect only the recording(s) made so far but does
not affect unused part of the disc in any way?

Thank you
divoch




You will not be able to add anything to the recording but You can wipe and
reuse the disc. If you want all the episodes on the one disc Dont finalise
until its full.
--
Trev
You can always tell a Yorkshire man,
But you can't tell him much.

"Trev" trevbowdenAT.dsl.pipex.COM wrote in message
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"divoch" wrote in message
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I am new to DVD recording and have this question: When I record one
episode
(say a 1hour recording) on DVD-RW and then finalize it so that I can lend
it
to someone to watch will I be able to then record further episodes
without
any problems or must I not finalize until all recordings are made? In
other
words does finalisation affect only the recording(s) made so far but does
not affect unused part of the disc in any way?

Thank you
divoch




You will not be able to add anything to the recording but You can wipe and
reuse the disc. If you want all the episodes on the one disc Dont finalise
until its full.
--
Trev
You can always tell a Yorkshire man,
But you can't tell him much.

That seems quite a disadvantage . I would not be able to give it to a friend
to watch the first episode before the next and there are 6 of them. Is it
also true also for +RW or, as someone mentioned to me, I would not need to
finalize these and they should work on a normal DVD player ?
divoch

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"Trev" trevbowdenAT.dsl.pipex.COM wrote in message
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You will not be able to add anything to the recording but You can wipe
and reuse the disc. If you want all the episodes on the one disc Dont
finalise until its full.

That seems quite a disadvantage . I would not be able to give it to a
friend to watch the first episode before the next and there are 6 of them.
Is it also true also for +RW or, as someone mentioned to me, I would not
need to finalize these and they should work on a normal DVD player ?

Why is it that a DVD needs to be finalised whereas a CD usually doesn't?
I've never finalised a CD and ye I've yet to find a drive that can't play a
CD-R or CD-RW that I've made.

I'm sure I've seen a HDD/DVD recorder which claims that it can unfinalise a
finalised disk to allow an extra session to be added before the whole lot is
finalised again.

Mortimer wrote:
"divoch" wrote in message
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"Trev" trevbowdenAT.dsl.pipex.COM wrote in message
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You will not be able to add anything to the recording but You can
wipe and reuse the disc. If you want all the episodes on the one
disc Dont finalise until its full.

That seems quite a disadvantage . I would not be able to give it to a
friend to watch the first episode before the next and there are 6 of
them. Is it also true also for +RW or, as someone mentioned to me, I
would not need to finalize these and they should work on a normal
DVD player ?

Why is it that a DVD needs to be finalised whereas a CD usually
doesn't? I've never finalised a CD and ye I've yet to find a drive
that can't play a CD-R or CD-RW that I've made.

I'm sure I've seen a HDD/DVD recorder which claims that it can
unfinalise a finalised disk to allow an extra session to be added
before the whole lot is finalised again.

Nero can edit VR video that's an animalised disc. Its basically setting
chapters so that parts can be set to be skipped on playback Does not
actually remove any thing from the movie
--
Trev
You can always tell a Yorkshire man,
But you can't tell him much.

Mortimer wrote:

I'm sure I've seen a HDD/DVD recorder which claims that it can
unfinalise a finalised disk to allow an extra session to be added
before the whole lot is finalised again.

Pioneer recorders can do that, but they're unique in that respect. It's
not a normal function for DVD recorders.

Regards

Mark

"divoch" wrote...
I am new to DVD recording and have this question: When I record one episode
(say a 1hour recording) on DVD-RW and then finalize it so that I can lend
it
to someone to watch will I be able to then record further episodes without
any problems or must I not finalize until all recordings are made? In
other
words does finalisation affect only the recording(s) made so far but does
not affect unused part of the disc in any way?

You appear to be quite honoured! Posts like this usually get the copyright
police crawling all over them... ;o)

"G Hardy" wrote in message
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"divoch" wrote...
I am new to DVD recording and have this question: When I record one
episode
(say a 1hour recording) on DVD-RW and then finalize it so that I can lend
it
to someone to watch will I be able to then record further episodes
without
any problems or must I not finalize until all recordings are made? In
other
words does finalisation affect only the recording(s) made so far but does
not affect unused part of the disc in any way?

You appear to be quite honoured! Posts like this usually get the copyright
police crawling all over them... ;o)

Hmm, I am not a copyright expert but what would all those DVD recorders,
PVRs and, in the past, VHS recorders be for if not for recording TV
programmes for the purpose of watching them later? I know that some people
have video cameras but I am sure that storing this video is not the main use
for the recorders.
I was asked by a friend to record a TV programme because he was not at home
to see it. Then I realised that it is not one off but a first part out of 6.
That is when I realised that there may be a problem with my DVD -RWs if I
was asked to add future episodes to it.

divoch

"divoch" wrote in message
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Hmm, I am not a copyright expert but what would all those DVD recorders,
PVRs and, in the past, VHS recorders be for if not for recording TV
programmes for the purpose of watching them later?...

That's not the issue...


I was asked by a friend to record a TV programme because he was not at
home to see it...

That's the issue.

"G Hardy" wrote in message
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"divoch" wrote in message
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Hmm, I am not a copyright expert but what would all those DVD recorders,
PVRs and, in the past, VHS recorders be for if not for recording TV
programmes for the purpose of watching them later?...

That's not the issue...


I was asked by a friend to record a TV programme because he was not at
home to see it...

That's the issue.


So, I can record it for myself but not for a friend even if he returns DVD
back to me? Where is the boundary of what is OK and what is not? Can I
record it for my son or wife?
My friend has now seen the first episode (Long Way Down) and returned DVD
back to me. Is there still issue and what exactly?
I am not looking for an argument but would like to be clear about these
issues if that is possible.

divoch