Anyone tried the new DVD Recorders?

Blitz wrote on 1/22/2003, 6:59 PM

I can get a real good price on the Phillips 985 recorder. Anyone tried one of these or the other DVD recorders. They say you can print from dv cam direct to dvd. I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to print direct from VF to dvd recorder or use the camera as a pass thru?

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ralphied wrote on 1/22/2003, 9:31 PM

VF2 has no capability at all for burning DVDs. The new Vegas 4.0 is suppose to have a DVD authoring component included though, but it's going to cost about $1,000.

Movie Factory 2 for $45 is suppose to have the capability of burning direct to DVD, and while I can see the option on the main menu, I haven't tried it yet myself. Download the 30-day trial version from www.ulead.com and give it a shot.

Chienworks wrote on 1/22/2003, 9:53 PM

Philips' website is being very uncooperative right now, so i can't find the specs on that unit you mentioned. I'm guessing from your question that this is a stand-alone recorder and not a drive you install in the computer, correct? If so, then you can "print-to-tape" to it through it's analog inputs just as you would to a VHS VCR. You'll need some sort of firewire to analog converter like the Canopus ADVC-100 or a digital camcorder that supports pass-through. All you have to do is start the recorder recording and start VidCap printing at the same time. The recorder will get what ever signal VidCap is sending.

Blitz wrote on 1/22/2003, 10:52 PM

Thanks Cheinworks & ralphied. Sorry should have been more specific. I was talking about the stand alone recorder. Below is a link to the recorder you can get the specs from there. It has as firewire connection so would I still need a pass through.

http://www.dvdrecorder.philips.com/buy.html

Blitz

Chienworks wrote on 1/23/2003, 6:21 AM

Since it has the firewire port already, you shouldn't need any converter at all. Just connect it straight to the firewire port on your computer and go.

IanG wrote on 1/23/2003, 6:56 AM

Is it realy that straightforward? Both the PC and the DVD recorder are expecting to send commands and receive acknowledgements - if they're talking to each other might there be a conflict?

Ian G.

Chienworks wrote on 1/23/2003, 1:11 PM

Probably the best way to proceed is to disable DV device control in VidCap's Options / Preferences. This way they won't try to talk to each other at all. Simply start the recorder recording first, then start the print-to-tape operation as soon after as possible.

IanG wrote on 1/23/2003, 4:33 PM

By sheer coincidence I just found out a friend of mine has recently bought one of these recorders. To answer my own question, yes, it is that simple! He's also VERY impressed with the quality.

Ian G.

the_ripper wrote on 1/27/2003, 10:35 PM

Well I bet it is nice, but what is the media cost? DVD-R Is less expensive than DVD+R, I see in the manual it only uses Digital Video Disk + R which I think are higher priced? Any details on that? I was thinking of going with a Sony internal DVD recorder that uses any media....Can anyone shed light on this newest phase I am in??? the_ripper

Grazie wrote on 1/28/2003, 1:17 AM

"Can anyone shed light on this newest phase I am in???" - The_Ripper!! Stop it! Larf - I nearly fell off me chair . . it's getting a bit like that, isn't it? I'm just sitting on the sidelines waiting for some clarity in this whole mishmash of options - yeah?

Thanks for the larf!

Grazie

the_ripper wrote on 1/28/2003, 8:45 AM

Grazie, The stand alone unit seems out to me. I have a stand alone CDR phillips unit, it uses expensive$$ cd's(Digital Audio only), takes a long time to do recordings, and is time consuming! After getting my PC burner, it was deemed near useless other than to get George Carlin audio off HBO. This is why I am aiming down the Sony DVD Burner....I am thinking exteral sony firewire DVD-r recorder?????