Samsung DVD-R121/XET, DVD-R120/XET manual Recording Formats, Recording Mode, Unrecordable video

Recording Formats

Since available functions differ depending on the disc type, select a disc that best fits your preferences; When you insert an unused disc, the following message appears

DVD-RAM: Use after formatting the disc.

Unformatted Disc

Do you want to format this disc?

Yes No

DVD-RW: When a blank disc is first inserted, the

message “Do you want to initialize this disc?” will appear.

When Yes is selected, the disc will be formatted in VR Mode.

Uninitialized Disc

Do you want to initialize this disc?

Yes No

If you want to format in either VR Mode or Video Mode, refer to Formatting a Disc on page 84.

DVD-RW(VR)			Disc Manager
Disc Navigation		Disc Name	:	√
				√
				√
Disc	Choose the recording format for DVD-RW.
				√
Programme		DVD-VR	DVD-V	√
MOVE		OK	RETURN	EXIT

DVD-R: Formatting DVD is unnecessary and only Video

Mode Recording is supported

DVD-RW(Video mode)/-R

●Chapters will be created automatically when you finalise recording on DVD-R / DVD-RW discs in Video mode with the Chapter Creator has been set to On. The chapter’s length (interval between chapters) varies according to the recording mode.

●Simple editing (erasing titles/changing title name)

DVD-RW(VR mode)/-RAM

●This mode allows multiple editing functions (such as deletion of the whole title, partial deletion of a title, etc.)

●Various editing options using a created Playlist

Recording Mode

Select one of four recording modes by pressing the	REC
MODE button repeatedly while the unit is in Stop mode for
the desired recording time and picture quality.
In general, picture quality improves as the recording time
decreases. In FR mode, the most suitable record mode is
adjusted automatically, according to remaining time on the
disc and length of the timer recording.
This function is selected only one mode in XP, SP, LP and
EP modes and you can use this mode for timer recording.

Mode		Characteristic	Recording	Times
				Data	Rates
XP		Select when the	Approx. 1 hour
(high quality mode)		video quality is		about 8 Mbps
		important.
SP		Select to record in	Approx. 2 hours
(standard quality mode)		standard quality.		about 4 Mbps
LP		Select when a long	Approx. 4 hours
		recording time is
(long recording mode)				about 2	Mbps
		required.
EP		Select when a longer	Approx. 6 hours/
		recording time is		about 1.2	Mbps
(extended mode)
		required.	Approx. 8 hours			/
				about 0.8 Mbps
FR		for timer recording only		Approx 60 to 480 Min
(Flexible Recording)	see page 48.			Approx 0.8 to 8Mbps

Unrecordable video

Video with copy protection cannot be recorded on this DVD Recorder.

When the DVD Recorder receives a copy guard signal while recording, recording stops and the following message appears on the screen.

You cannot record copy protected movie.

Recording

Concerning Copy Control Signals

TV broadcasts that contain copy control signals may

have one of the following three signal types, Copy-Free, Copy-Once and Copy-Never. If you want to record a copy-once type programme, use DVD-RW with CPRM

in VR Mode and DVD-RAM.

Media	Signal type	Copy-Free	Copy-Once	Copy-Never
DVD-RW(Ver.1.1)		O	-		-
DVD-RW(Ver.1.1)
with CPRM
VR mode		O	O	*	-
Video mode		O			-
DVD-R		O			-
DVD-RAM(Ver.2.0)		O	O	*	-

Once “Copy Once” has been recorded, recording cannot be done anymore.

-Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) CPRM is a mechanism that ties a recording to the

media on which it is recorded. It is supported by some DVD recorders, but not by many DVD players. Each blank recordable DVD has a unique 64-bit media ID etched in the BCA. When protected content is recorded onto the disc, it can be encrypted with a 56-bit C2 (Cryptomeria) cipher derived from the media ID.

During playback, the ID is read from the BCA and used to generate a key to decrypt the contents of the disc. If the contents of the disc are copied to other media, the ID will be absent or wrong and the data will not be decryptable.

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