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).

Note

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

Edit options for DVD+RWs/DVD-RWs (Video mode)/DVD+Rs/DVD-Rs

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You can perform simple edits. Since Video mode titles are actual recordings on the disc, you cannot undo any edits you make. The edit functions available for Video mode titles are:

–Setting protection against erasure (page 63).

–Labelling a title (page 63).

–Erasing a title (page 63).

–Erasing multiple titles (page 64).

–Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) (DVD+RWs only) (page 64).

–Erasing titles to open up disc space (Disc Map) (DVD+RWs and DVD-RWs (Video mode) only) (page 65).

Notes

•Once the disc is finalized, you cannot edit or record on the disc (except for DVD+RWs and DVD-RWs (VR mode)).

•You cannot create a Playlist (see below).

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

Edit options for DVD-RWs (VR mode)

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You can enjoy advanced edit functions. First you have two options for a DVD-RW (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 63).

–Setting protection against erasure (page 63).

–Erasing a title (page 63).

–Erasing multiple titles (page 64).

–Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) (page 64).

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.

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 66).

The advanced edit functions available for Playlist titles are:

–Labelling a title (page 63).

–Erasing a title (page 63).

–Erasing multiple titles (page 64).

–Erasing a section of a title (A-B Erase) (page 64).

–Rearranging the title order (page 68).

–Dividing a title into multiple titles (page 68).

–Combining multiple titles into one title (page 69).

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