Erasing and Editing

Before Editing

This recorder offers various edit options for various disc types. Before you edit, check the disc type in the front panel display, and select the option available for your disc (page 8).

bNotes

•You may lose the edited contents if you remove the disc or a timer recording starts while editing.

•DVD discs created by DVD video cameras cannot be edited on this recorder.

Edit options for DVD-RWs (VR mode)

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You can enjoy advanced edit functions. First you have two options for DVD-RWs (VR mode): editing either the original recording (called the “original”), or the playback information created from the original (called a “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). The edit functions available for original titles are:

–Labelling a title (page 58).

–Setting protection against erasure (page 58).

–Erasing a title (page 58).

–Erasing multiple titles (page 60).

–Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) (page 59).

–Erasing all titles on the disc (page 60).

–Erasing a chapter (page 59).

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.

Example: You have recorded the final few matches of a football tournament on a DVD-RW (VR mode). You want to create a digest with the goal scenes and other highlights, but you also want to keep the original recording.

Original

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Playlist

Editing

 

In this case, you can compile highlight scenes as a Playlist title. You can even rearrange the scene order within the Playlist title (“Creating and Editing a Playlist” on page 61).

The advanced edit functions available for Playlist titles are:

–Labelling a title (page 58).

–Erasing a title (page 58).

–Erasing multiple titles (page 60).

–Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) (page 59).

–Rearranging the title order (DVD-RWs (VR mode) only) (page 62).

–Combining multiple titles into one title (page 63).

–Erasing a chapter (page 59).

zHint

You can display the disc’s Playlist titles in the Title List (Playlist), or the original titles in the Title List (Original). To switch the two Title Lists, press TOOLS while a Title List is displayed, and select “Original” or “Playlist.”

bNotes

•The Playlist title calls up data from the original titles for playback. When an original title is used for a Playlist title, the original title cannot be erased.

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

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