Editing Video Titles

You can make the most of disc capacity by erasing and editing video titles. Note that edits made to the original titles are final and cannot be undone. Make a Playlist title if you want to keep the original data.

For details about the Playlist titles and original titles, see below.

Note

You cannot edit while importing or copying data.Before editing

You have two edit options for video titles recorded on HDD: editing either the original recording (called the “original”), or the playback information created from the original (“Playlist”). Since each is different in nature and offers different merits, read the following and select the one that better suits your needs.

◆To edit original titles

Edits made to the original titles are final. If you plan to retain an unaltered original recording, create and edit a Playlist (see below). However, when you want to free up disc space, erase the original titles.

◆To create and edit Playlist titles

A Playlist is a group of Playlist titles created from the original title for editing purposes. When you create a Playlist, only the control information necessary for playback, such as the playback order, is stored on the disc. Since the original titles are left unaltered, Playlist titles can be re-edited and still take up very little disc space. Note however, when you want to free up disc space, erasing Playlist titles has little effect.

Example: You have recorded the final few matches of a soccer tournament. You want to create a digest with the goal scenes and other highlights, but you also want to keep the original recording.

In this case, you can compile highlight scenes as a Playlist title (page 83), retaining the original video title.

The following edit functions are available for both original and Playlist titles:

–Setting protection against erasure (page 80).–Renaming a title (page 77).–Erasing titles (page 80).–Erasing chapters (page 81).–Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) (page 81).–Dividing a title (page 82).–Combining titles (page 83).–Combining/dividing/erasing chapters (page 81).

Notes

•If you plan to move or to copy the title to other media after editing, check that the titles are not shown with the COPY NEVER icon or the COPY ONCE icon (changes to COPY NEVER after editing).

•After making a Playlist title, you will be unable to erase the original titles that the Playlist title refers to.

•If a message appears and indicates that the disc’s control information is full, erase unnecessary titles.

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