Step 5: Editing the recorded disc

You will find editing discs a lot easier than a conventional tape, and the recorder offers numerous edit functions, possible only with DVDs.

Quick and easy edits on the displayed menu

Editing is performed by simply selecting titles and scenes from the displayed menus.

Protection of individual titles

With conventional VCRs, you had to protect an entire tape to save the recordings from erasure or alteration. This recorder allows you to individually protect recorded titles (except for Playlist titles).

Edit and save on a single disc
-Playlist edit (DVD-RWs in VR mode only)

To edit a conventional tape without affecting the original recording, you had to connect another VCR, copy the master tape using the two VCRs and one more tape, and start editing the copied tape.

With this recorder, you can create

a Playlist (playback information) on the same disc, and edit the Playlist without changing the original recording(s). A Playlist does not take up much disc space, and all you need is one recorder and one disc.

Example: You have recorded a few football games on a DVD-RW in VR mode. You want to save the original recording, but you also want to create a digest by putting the goal scenes together. In this case, you can create a Playlist by selecting just the goal scenes, leaving the original recording as it is.

Original

Playlist

You’ve got your own DVD!

Playing on other DVD equipment

You can play your DVD on other equipment. In order to do this, you need to finalize the disc. Make sure that you have finished all your editing and recording on the disc before finalizing.

10 DVD Recorder Basics