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Charter of uk.rec.video.digital (Not Moderated) uk.rec.video.digital is for the discussion of all aspects of digital video, including all digital video formats, camera use, editing, post production & all associated equipment, hardware and software. This is not a specific forum for Digital Stills photography, though with the ability of DV cameras...

I recently naively thought I could remove the HD from my Philips DVD Hard Drive recorder, copy the data over to my computer and then free up some space. On connecting it to my Linux machine the partition editor (gparted) showed it as an unformatted drive. Does anyone know if there is any way I can read this data and/or copy it over.

Mr Fix It recently gave a very detailed description how to convert WinTV files using Vidomi to make them more compatible. Unfortunately the files still didn't play on my Iomega screenplay but if I use ProjectX and imago-mpeg to demux then remux to a VOB file then it plays perfectly. Has anyone any suggestions for alternative settings on Vidomi to do similar as at least it would be simpler...

Vidomi was recently recommended to me to resolve some sound sync problems. Unless I am getting confused here it appears that there have been no updates since 2002. Is this the case or am I mistaken. Geoff Lane

Hi all I have a Sanyo Xacti camcorder which produces excellent looking video when connected to PC or HDTV but I have a problem when creating a DVD for UK PAL player. In any moving scene the video has a jerky effect as if 1 in every 6 frames has been removed, I'm wondering if in the transcoding that the frametrate has been dropped to 25fps to play on a UK system and if this is the case if there...

My daughter has a WinTV PVR900 device. She recently recorded 4 programs, each play fine in VLC but using Windows Media Player or an Iomega media player device (No computer needed) I get major sound video sync problems. What would be the reason for this. Geoff Lane

I've got AVS Video Remaker and it's great for top'n'tailing and removing commercials, and then creating a DVD. But it can't handle dvr-ms (Windows Media Center) files. Is there an equivalent program which will remake these files without recompressing the whole file and will then create a DVD. Unfortunately my Windows Vista PC almost always crashes ("Program X has stopped responding. It will be...

Bought one of these devices at Christmas, tried three different external HDs attached to the device and none worked; all reported the correct size but stated 'unknown partition'. All three HDs work fine connected to XP, Vista or Linux but not the ScreenPlay. Strangely two USB flash drives showed up fine. Anyone had similar problems.

Has anyone had problems making Windows Media Center generate video DVDs? I've got Vista Home Premium SP1 which includes Media Center. I can record to dvr-ms format via my Pinnacle USB Freeview device. But when I try to write the files to video DVD, either using the built-in mechanism of Media Center or using the standalone DVD Maker app of Vista, it will get part of the way through the...

I chanced on an intriguing freeware package a couple of weeks ago. Sounds daft perhaps, but I seem not to have bookmarked the web pages (nor can I find it in the browser history), and my mind has completely blanked both the name and how I stumbled upon it. It was a drawing package, allowing frames of video to be defined from basic shapes and operations. Programmed in scheme, if I recall, and...

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Hi The brief version first: I have a Thomson 160gb PVR (DVB-T) originally supplied at cut price as package with Top Up TV. If I remove the smart card (TUTV, Sedanta etc) I also lose access to all other features such as the EPG and the archived programs on the HDD. A dialog appears on screen that those features are only available as part of the subscription to TUTV. Without the card it is a basic...

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I have a Philips PVR (DVDR7260H), one of the inputs is a DV I-link (which I understand is a Firewire connector) used to connect a camcorder to the PVR. Does the PVR scan the connected device for viewable files or would the camcorder device have some form of server to make the files viewable. Geoff Lane

Can someone pleasepoint me to any VCRs that have Video+ ? Jean

Hi I have recently purchased a Panasonic HDC-SD9 video camera and hope the group might help with a couple of things:- 1. The camera creates a new file for every scene. When I create a DVD with the HD Writer software there is a pause between scenes. Is there a way around this? I have tried Nero and it does the same thing. 2. I would like to get a more sophisticated and easy to use software...

Is Channel 5 available on Freesat? Jean

Can you record consecutive digital programs on disc from different channels, as can with tape, so enabling viewing as a single stream without having to adjust the settings when progressing from one program to the next? Jean

Anybody know if there's a cheap DVD recorder capable of recording at least eight hours? It's for a video capture application where quality isn't an issue, so a cheap analogue-only dvd recorder from a supermarket would be fine. -- Dave Farrance

Can anyone advise what type of glossy paper (weight wise) is about right for the DVD covers that go inside the plastic on the outside of the DVD? e.g. 100gsm, 120gsm? Some of the DVDs I have the paper does seem pretty thin but when I have been looking for glossy paper for this I don't seem to have been able to find much below about 190gsm. Thanks,