Pioneer DVR-420H manual Inserting chapter markers into a title, New chapter markers

08Editing

2 Use the(cursor buttons) to select the title that contains the chapters you want to edit, then press ENTER.

Note

• When editing VR mode Original content, it may not

be possible to erase chapters less than five seconds

Chapter Edit Original

DVD Title 1

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4 Erase

Divide

Combine 7

Preview

Undo

11/04Wed 12:30PM 2ch LP			Chapter
			0h03m
	2		3
5	6
8			9

long.

• It may not always be possible to combine two

chapters, even though they are adjacent. If a chapter

has been divided into three, then the middle chapter

erased, it is not possible to combine the two

remaining chapters into one.

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After selecting a title, thumbnails of each chapter appear and you’ll see that the Disc Navigator menu items change to the chapter editing commands:

•Erase – Erase chapters: Select the chapter you want to erase and press ENTER (see also the note below).

•Divide – Divide a chapter into two or more parts:

Select the chapter you want to divide. From the following screen use the playback controls ( , ,

,, etc.) to find the point at which you want to divide the chapter. With Divide highlighted, press

ENTER.

Inserting chapter markers into a title

VR mode HDD

You can create new chapters within a title using the CHP MARK button while playing the title or during recording. This is useful not just for navigation of the disc content but also for editing purposes.

PAUSE

CHP

MARK

Divide Chapter

Original

DVD Title 1

Divide

Back

12/01Wed 12:18AM	SP	Chapter
Recording Time	0h01m24s	0h00m
	1-3	0.00.52.17
	Play Pause

Divide

1	Start playback of the title you want to create
new chapter markers in.
You can use the Play command from the Disc Navigator
menu to do this.
2	Press CHP MARK at any point where you want a
new chapter to begin.
A chapter marker icon appears on-screen briefly to
confirm a new chapter mark has been inserted:

You can keep dividing the chapter as many times as you wish (up to 999 chapters per DVD disc or 99 chapters per HDD title). Highlight Back and press ENTER to return to the Chapter Edit screen.

•Combine – Combine two adjacent chapters into one: Highlight the bar divider between two adjacent chapters and press ENTER (see also the note below)

•Preview – Preview chapters: Select the chapter you want to play; press STOP to return to the chapter edit screen.

•Undo – Undo the last command (only works with VR mode disc edits).

3Press RETURN to get back to the menu options on the left side of the screen.

4To return to the Disc Navigator screen, press RETURN again, or select ‘Back’ from the menu options on the left.

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• For greater control over the exact position of chapter markers it can be useful to use the PAUSE button and/or the slow-motion and frame advance/reverse

controls ( ).

Note

•You cannot insert chapter markers during Auto Start Recording.

•If you pause a recording in VR mode, the recorder automatically starts a new chapter when you restart the recording.

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