Samsung DVD-R120/XET, DVD-R120/AFS 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 followingmessage 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 80.

DVD-RW(VR)			Disc Manager
	Title List	Disc Name	:	√
				√
Disc				√
	Choose the recording format for DVD-RW.
				√
Timer		DVD-VR	DVD-V
	MOVE	SELECT	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 finalize 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, picture quality is adjusted automatically so that all images for the scheduled time can be recorded onto the free disc space.

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 38.	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.

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 program, use DVD-RW with CPRM in VR Mode and DVD-RAM.

Signal type	Copy-Free	Copy-Once	Copy-Never
Media
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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