 Copied Home Video Vhsc To Dvd-r - Won't Load On Pc So I Can Edit |
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  Feb 7 2008, 03:07 PM
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I have used Roxio, Nero, VLC, DVD flick,and of course Windows media player, and it either doesn't recognize the dvd at all or it gives me a message saying that it cant open it because it is in the wrong format. I don't know how to find out what format this dvd is in. I need to find something to open it so that it can be saved on to my hard drive for editing. Any ideas? 
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Feb 7 2008, 03:19 PM
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 Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
have you finalized the disk in the standalone recorder?
-------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Feb 7 2008, 04:29 PM
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The camcorder records on to VHC-S tapes. There is no way to finalize those. You just put them in an adapter to play in your VCR. I connected the camera directly to my dvd-r player/recorder and put the movie on to a dvd-r. And yes, the dv-r player finalized the dvd. I can't connect my camcorder directly to my laptop because the connections are different. The connections coming from my camcorder are the white and yellow plugs. The only connection that my pc has are the s-video connection and usb.
 So now the only thing I know to do is to try to get my pc to recognize the dvd and record it onto my hard drive so I can edit it. 
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Feb 7 2008, 05:56 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
the old camcorders use vhs-c, that's irrelevant to the problem
what mode are you recording in on your dvd recorder(player)? made and model number of the dvd recorder? what is the laptop exactly? I do mod over at a digital video forum and have seen a few of these posts before, we mostly deal with newer mini dv cams and firewire enbled computers for capture This post has been edited by DaChew: Feb 7 2008, 05:59 PM -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Feb 7 2008, 06:53 PM
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I recorded off of the VHS-C on to the Accurian ADR-3223 DVR using SLP mode.
I didn't mention before, but a few months ago I did the same thing using my sisters Camcorder. She has a new Sony that records on to the little discs. I was able to hook her camcorder up to the same DVR recorder and record directly on to a DVD. I could play it on the DVD player AND my laptop. I am assuming that my laptop recognizes the format that her camcorder records in and doesn't recognize the format that my camcorder records in. |
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Feb 7 2008, 07:13 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdrecorders?DVDn...p;Search=Search
are you using the same blanks? have you checked the burned disks in another computer? camcorder format should be irrelevant, passing an analog video signal? see where you tried it on your daughters computer? do the disks play on a standard dvd player? This post has been edited by DaChew: Feb 7 2008, 07:17 PM -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Feb 7 2008, 07:32 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/3/374328
that unit does not seem to like some disks? -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Feb 7 2008, 08:15 PM
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I'm using the same discs out of the same box. I recorded 2 of them just to make sure it wasn't the disc. It will not play in any of the 4 computers that I have tried it on. It also will not play in a standard DVD player. The only thing I can get it to play in is the DVD recorder that it was originally recorded in.
On the other hand, the disc that I recorded directly off of my sisters camcorder plays in all of the computers and standard dvd players that I have tried it in. I haven't had any trouble at all out of the DVD recorder. It has always played and recorded to any thing that I have put into it. |
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Feb 7 2008, 09:13 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
I skimmed your manual and by all indication the disks haven't been finalized, I could see no reference to setting the recording to dvd video instead of dvd vr mode?
download and install this program on your computer, one with a dvd burner I would assume http://www.imgburn.com/ In read mode the disk should show the pertinent information in the right hand screen like this QUOTE BENQ DVD DD DW1650 BCIC (ATA) Current Profile: DVD+R Disc Information: Status: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 2,135,712 Size: 4,373,938,176 bytes Time: 474:38:12 (MM:SS:FF) TOC Information: Session 1... -> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 2135711) -> LeadOut (LBA: 2135712) Physical Format Information (ADIP): Disc ID: CMC MAG-M01-00 Book Type: DVD+R Part Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,491,711 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Disc ID: CMC MAG-M01-00 Book Type: DVD-ROMPart Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm this is a proper dvd video -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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 Feb 7 2008, 10:44 PM
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Okay, you were right, IMGburn showed me that the disc was not finalized after all. I went through the menu's on my dvdr and found out where to finalize it. When I put it into my laptop I got the message:
Audio format is not supported by the current application. Would you like to playback with Acer Arcade? I have an Acer Aspire 5050 laptop. Windows Media Player cannot play the DVD because a compatable DVD decoder is not installed on your computer. It would play on Acer Arcade. And it does play on a standard DVD - Yay!!! Thank you!!  What can I do to make the audio compatable? Any ideas on the easiest way to edit this movie once I load it onto my computer? I have some parts that I want to cut out because they are shaky. I would also like to make it kind of fancy looking with a title page, etc.  |
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Feb 7 2008, 10:58 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
Loading a computer for video editing is a lot like gaming, rocket science, mountaineering and brain surgery.
Like analyzing a hijackthis log, it's best approached after a long course of study. Here's a good place to start, this is not a user friendly field and will take many many hours of hard work. http://www.videohelp.com/guides to do it right I would suggest at least $10K in software and hardware and about a year of study and practise This post has been edited by DaChew: Feb 7 2008, 11:00 PM -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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Feb 8 2008, 10:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 27-November 07 Member No.: 172,878 |
Thanks, I never was good at Rocket Science....., but I will start studying - I intend to do it, and to do a good job at it - no matter how many hours it takes. Don't know where I'll get the 10K though!!
What about the message that I get about the audio not being compatible? How do I convert the format so that I can play it in Windows Media Player? Thank you so much... |
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Feb 8 2008, 12:22 PM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
windows media player 10 and ffdshow pretty much got my windows xp computer up and running
playing video files/disks I had a copy of powerdvd that came with one of my burners for playing factory dvd's Avoid media player 11, it's a resource hog and better left to newer vista computers make sure you get the later versions of ffdshow google is your friend, learn how to use it -------------------- Chewy
life is like a box of chocolates and stupid is as stupid does but you can always run |
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 Mar 4 2008, 11:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 27-November 07 Member No.: 172,878 |
[size="2"][/size]Chewy, just to let you and other readers know...... I downloaded a 60 day free trial of Ulead Video Studio 11 and was able to edit my videos with ease - once I figured it out! It lets you seperate the video from the audio, record seperate audio (your voice if you want to narrate), take out scenes, add scenes, add titles, music and captions. They turned out great! My 60 days are up and I am going to purchase it - it runs about $80. When googling a video editing review it was in the top 3.
Thank you so much for your help! 
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Mar 5 2008, 12:23 AM
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Visiting Alien Group: Members Posts: 5,140 Joined: 20-May 07 From: millenium falcon and rockytop Member No.: 131,963 |
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/
this one is only 800$ http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/produc...uct.asp?pid=457 and this one's only 550$ add a new cam for $7500 http://www.amazon.com/Canon-XL-H1-Professi...r/dp/B000V5GR2Y and then we would need to build a new computer with the spare change from our 10K I guess they wouldn't be called home movies anymore -------------------- Chewy
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