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Thread: Sony DVD camcorder & CD-R ? |
    
zg |
| Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 05:45 pm: |
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I am looking at the new sony dvd camcorders. DVD-RW can be used in the camcorders to record the video. Then the file can be transfered to PC and write back to the DVD-R in the camcorder. It seems to be the best way to make copies.
However, the Mini DVD-R medium seems to be expensive. So, assuming the file format is MPEG, is it possible to transform it into VCD format and burn it to CD-R with the CD writer?
There are a lot softwares and methods at cdhelp.com to do this kind of format transformation if the sony DVD camcorders use the standard MPEG format.
Any opinion?
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Anonymous |
| Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2003 - 12:11 pm: |
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I dont think a CD wrighter can read a DVD. |
R Buyer, Hawaii |
| Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 03:13 pm: |
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You should be able to make a VCD (not a DVD) to play in DVD compatable players.
The DVD type of write cameras from Sony provide good universal compatability in that you can take your DVD (20,30, or I believe even 60 minutes in lower grade video on a DVD 8 cm one sided disc) and play them in most DVD players. You are paying for this feature. It may happen down the line that there will be more minutes available on an 8 cm DVD disc. Currently there is a two sided DVD disc from Sony that gives you double time. All three current Sony models basically record the same quality of moving video. I believe the 100 model is just fine, and prefer the smaller screen as it fits snug into the housing when opened and reversed to play. Wish there was a touch screen. The disc prices should drop and this is a winner. The Sony bundled software may only support PC compatable computers. |
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| Posted on Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 08:37 pm: |
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I have recently recorded my dissertation film on my new sony dvd100e dvd handycam, I have tried for days to make the mpeg files compatible with premiere but it either crashes or distorts the sound amongst other problems, i have used, TMPgenc, Canopus procoder, Mpeg encoder i am running out of ideas and time, please please help |
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| Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2004 - 10:10 am: |
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Hi...
All you need to do is to update your drivers for premiere. I use mpeg all the time in premiere with no problems.
Email me and I will send you the dirvers pack for it.
Shane. |
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| Posted on Sunday, August 22, 2004 - 04:39 am: |
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Hi
I am transferring recorded DV footage from camcorder to computer for editing using movie maker 2.
I am using DV-AVI format for transfer back to camcorder, then to VHS tape on VCR.
Edited recording is 'choppy' with distorted sound & picture.
Can anyone help PLEASE? |
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| Posted on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 04:19 pm: |
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Hi,
I have a problem with my SONY DVD camcorder 201E. I recently recorded my wedding on 2 seperate DVD-R's. The second DVD works perfectly but I am having trouble playing the first on anything other than the camcorder itself. Both were recorded in the same format and both have been finalised. The problem DVD will not play on a stand alone DVD player or play on my PC via USB. A message appears on SONY image mixer saying that the format is not supported.
I have contacted SONY, they have said that my table of contents could have been corrupted.
Does anybody have any idea how I can transfer the DVD to another so I can copy and edit it. |
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| Posted on Saturday, October 16, 2004 - 11:46 am: |
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hi
have you tried copying the dvd, onto a regular size disk to see if it plays then. maybe try this. |
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| Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004 - 01:25 am: |
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Ok Listen up!!! I have the Dvd dcr101! I used the pixela image software to upload videos from the dvdrw to my Disk! Then I was lost! I had to install the mpg2 codecs, ac3 audio codecs wouldn't work! I was having problems until I used TMPGEnc DVD Author! I then made personal DVD's with menus, title tracks,and backgrounds! Also Compatible with any DVD player! Try it! TMPGenc DVD Author!!! Worked for me! |
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| Posted on Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 11:45 am: |
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hi there i need help i am going to buy my partner a sony camcorder. where do i start i do not know what to look for he had said somethin about the Sony mini DV camcorder - DCR HC14 |
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| Posted on Wednesday, December 01, 2004 - 11:45 am: |
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hi there i need help i am going to buy my partner a sony camcorder. where do i start i do not know what to look for he had said somethin about the Sony mini DV camcorder - DCR HC14 |
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| Posted on Friday, December 17, 2004 - 03:08 am: |
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does anyone else have a problem with the pixela image-maker software.
When I first loaded it on my pc it seemed to work to read the dvd in the camera but now i cannot open it from the desktop and when i open it from the start menu it only lets me in to a couple of modes.
i have tried deleting it and reloading it but no change.
Any ideas please? |
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - 08:22 pm: |
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Hi Help! My Canon ZR took a nose dive afte a casette tape caught on the gears. I am looking for a camcorder that will be compatible with FCP and I-Movie-tried Canon ZR70 no luck. Any ideas? |
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| Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 06:53 pm: |
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Last week I recorded some short movies of the baby on a Sony Handy Camcorder DCR DVD201E but the disk got corrupted and I want to retrieve the movies back of the disk, any suggestions? Errors such as unable to edit, unable to record, C:21:12 (faulty disk) came up and then eventually the camcorder didn’t recognise the disk?? I tried it in the dvd player and nothing came up other than loading disk for ages???? HELP |
Arecanon Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 11:51 am: |
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We recently had our wedding recorded professionally and put onto a DVD. The DVD was made in India - and works on Indian DVD players. It also works just fine on our computers. But the same DVD shows an "error" when we try to play using our DVD player here in the US. Why is this happening, and how can we have our DVD work on our player? Please HELP! |
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| Posted on Sunday, February 27, 2005 - 03:53 pm: |
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i recently deleted what i believed to be a copy of a video clip, image misxer asked If I wanted to delete the source files and thinking it was only a copy I said yes..I desperately need to restore/retrieve the video clip as it's of my wedding speech..can anyone help please?? |
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 03:43 pm: |
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i have a sony dvd handycam.i have recorded some mini dvd-r's . i would like to make copies of those to a regular dvd-r(120 min).that is take 3or 4 of mini dvd's and record them on to a single regular(4.7gb )dvd-r how do i do it.i am using nero software but not able to do it
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 01:24 am: |
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HI,
I HAVE A SONY DCR HC30E CAMCORDER BUT AM UNABLE TO MAKE VCD FROM THE RECORDED TAPE.THE PC STARTS CAPTURING AND AFTER SOMETIME IT SHOWS ERROR AS "CHECK THE CONNECTED DEVICE" SEEMS THEIR IS SOME POBLEM IN USB STREAMLINIG IN CAPTURING DATA.
SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME |
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| Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 02:47 pm: |
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I am going to make video clip which hd camecorder is the best for it. some thing that is not expensive.
thanks |
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| Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 10:28 am: |
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hi
I've a SONY DCRHC 42 minidv camcorder, I can view my videos in my PC but when i start converting into the VCD it gives me a message that CD-R does not exist. I tried to convert it through sonic record now, but as the videos consume too much spacce, i'm unable to to do it..Pls help me in this matter |
kuchkuch Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 04:59 pm: |
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gopal,
your vcd conversion tool is expecting to find an empty cd(cd-r) so that it can output the resultant vcd file straight to the empty cd. if your intention is to convert first and burn later, you will need to change the output directory.
1) you may either save it as an image file, in which case you will end up with one or two file with extensions like bin, cue, iso, mds depending on the software you are using. if you have a choice it's advisable to save the image in iso format since it is recognized by most burning softwares.
2) Or you could choose to output your resultant file in folders. In this case you will have folders like
CDI
EXT
MPEGAV
SEGMENT
VCD
it is extremely important to copy all these folders to your cd with its contents intact. This directory structure is necessary for your vcd player to recognize your disc.
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| Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2005 - 02:07 pm: |
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I am planning to buy a camcorder (Handycam) for me.
As I dont know anything about Camcorder or Handycam so I thought that perhaps someone can help me buy a new, good and suitable camcorder for me.
I have some confusion related to the product and so need your kind advise:
1)I was planning to buy a DVD format camcorder but came to know that they have lots of problems like:
They are VERY difficult to connect to the pc, have a low graded software and lot of DVD ROMs dont support the recorded format. And the recorded video can not be edited with the camcorder. Are these correct? Please advise.
2)If I go for the Memorystick system camcorders then will I have the above mentioned problems? what is their storage capacity.And how many JPG format stills can i store.
3)Do i need any via medium (other than an USB cable) to connect the camcorder with the computer(Pentium 4)?
I live in Bangladesh(Asia)and dont have any VCR,or VCP. I only have a computer with pentium 4 and 3.0GHz speed.
Please send your kind advise as quickly as possible at chisty1bd@gmail.com. If possible mention the suitable model number.
Thanking you in advance.
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| Posted on Friday, May 06, 2005 - 10:03 am: |
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Hi Guys !
As this is a thread for Sony DVD camcorders, I thought this could be a right place to post this message.
I bought a Sony DCR-DVD803E (DVD camcorder very recently and was pleasantly shocked to see the stunningly excellent video & audio quality. It's low-light performance is also good.
My clarification to the question above:
1. They can be connected to PC after installing the provided software and USB drivers.
2. Lot of DVD media are supported for the recorder format:
DVD camcorders can record in DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW. Usage of -RW/+RW would be cheaper in long-term.
3. There are couple of software's recognizing the DVD-VR and DVD-Video recording formats.
You may download the clips using either third party softwares or the software provided by camcorder manufacturer into MPEG2 format and you may edit them to cut, join, add titles, effects, transitions etc.
4. Most of the relevant cables are provided with camcorder package.
5. Best part of it is you can watch the recorded video after finalizing it in most of the DVD players almost immediately.
If you want to edit a lot of recorded video you need to go for MiniDV camcorder ! Otherwise, for family video's it's the right time for DVD-camcorder ...(and especially this model Sony DCR-DVD803E which has bigger CCD size and resolution besides 5.1 ch Dolby Digital inbuilt audio recording capability, 16:9 aspect ratio recording, touchpanel LCD). |
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| Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 04:15 am: |
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Hi!
A few months ago i bought a DVD DCR-201E camorder to film a documentary i am working on. Recording and loading into the computer are all fine, but when i take the MPEG files into my editing software, "Magix Video Deluxe 2.0" there are problems.
I can see the clip in the viewing screen, but when i try and 'drag and drop', the system either crashes or the thumbnail flashes for a moment then disappears!
HELP PLEASE!!!
Thanks! |
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| Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:12 am: |
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Hi
We having Sony DCR HC30E handycam, i need the software to intract with my PC. Please advice.
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New to the world of camcorders Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 11:24 am: |
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Hi,
Okay we filmed footage for a video with a DVD camcorder, but my friend accidentally finalized the disc. Is there any way we can get it onto the computer and edit it? Thanks! |
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| Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 03:30 pm: |
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Hi
I want to buy a camcorder essentially for new baby! Looking at the sony DVD camcorders. Not much of a computer whizz so basically want to video stuff and play it back straight away on standard DVD player. Not really into editing! Is the Sony DCR-DVD92 Handycam DVD Camcorder any good for my needs? Any problems? Good buy? PLEASE BE HONEST!! |
paul234 Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 05:25 pm: |
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Hi,
I purchased the sony DCR-DVD203E camcorder and the problem I have is my computer does not recognize the camcorder when I
conect it with the usb cable.imagemixer does not install from cd provided
can anybody help
thanks |
sillywabbit Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Saturday, May 21, 2005 - 11:57 am: |
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Hi,
I have problem burning VCD directly from the recorded DV-tape on my Sony DCR-HC32E. I have successfully done the USB Streaming. I am using the Picture Package VCD Maker as given in the bundle. The PROBLEM is : that VCD Maker is UNABLE to read my targetted drive (which in this case the CD-R drive) -- which I've already inserted a new CDR.
Please help! Much appreciated. |
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| Posted on Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 12:21 am: |
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im also having a problem with my pc reckognising the dvd once having recorded on it usuing a 101. It never worked in VR mode which was very inconvinient and now it doesnt work at all! Sony has some explaining to do. Any ideas, ive tried it on a number of pcs and my pc has the latest drivers for everything, the drive in the pc is like two weeks old, samsung dvdrw so im pretty sure its the camcorder or the media, and the media is new also! is this a settings problem or what... |
noel O'Keeffe Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 - 10:09 am: |
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I have a Sony dcr-trv320E (Digital 8) PAL video recorder which I am trying to connect to my computer using a firewire cable. I am using Windows movie maker which came bundled with the computer software. All connections seem fine and the firewire port is showing enabled on device manager. However the computer is not recognising the camcorder. Any ideas out there please... |
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| Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2005 - 03:55 pm: |
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I have a Sony DCR-DVD301 camcorder that records directly onto an 8 cm (i.e., mini) DVD. It holds 30 minutes of video. I want to combine a couple of these miniDVDs onto a regular sized DVD. Are there software or hardware solutions for this? In the ideal world, there'd be a box with two trays, one for the source DVD and one for the destination DVD, with an option to load in a few miniDVDs in several passes, and then you'd press a button and it would transfer the content of the minis onto a single regular sized DVD. What are the options out there? Please also cc your response to my email address to reduce the chance that I miss your response. Thanks! |
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| Posted on Sunday, May 29, 2005 - 07:28 pm: |
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I need help formating my used disk. Like a dummy I used nero to erase the disk and now the cam corder won't read it. How can I fix this. DVD-203. |
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| Posted on Monday, May 30, 2005 - 07:36 am: |
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I have a Sony DCR-HC20E Handycam. we take a lot of footage of our new son. Some is great, bust most is boring nothingness. I want to copy the footage from the tape to my computer to edit the hours of footage into something interesting to watch. How can I copy the footage to the compter. The supplied softwear (picture package) doesn't do it.
Please help or my friends and family will kill me. |
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| Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 05:08 pm: |
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Can some one please tell me which is the best software to edit the movies recorded with Sony dcr DVD403 camcoder.I wanted to add title in the begining and in the middle of movies.Also I wnated to add music to it. |
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| Posted on Friday, June 03, 2005 - 07:27 am: |
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Try Ulead or Pinnacle. If you have the money look into Adobe Premiere. |
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| Posted on Saturday, June 04, 2005 - 05:03 am: |
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I want out and bought a sony DVD91e on impluse with out doing my reasearch, and the camera's fine but since relised it doesn't have the feature of usb like the other 2 models.
So is there a way or is it possible to make copies of the mini Dvd on to standard Dvd?
If so how do i do it and do i need extra software |
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| Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 03:39 am: |
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I have a dcr-dvd101 sony camcorder and I want to use a editing software with it instead of the one that was included with it (imagemixer 1.5 for dvd sony camcorder).
I heard of Adobe After Effects and was interested in trying to modifying and editing with that software or, prudentially other advance editing softwares.
My question is: Which editing software are compatible with my camcorder because I tried Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas and Roxio Version 7 and, they seem to be not compatible. |
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| Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 06:42 pm: |
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I have a dcr dvd203e sony camcorder and have successfully downloaded the video images to my pc using the sony software supplied and also with windows moviemaker but i also have pinnacle studio software on my pc but when i try to access my video footage with this software i keep getting an error message and it closes down. Can anybody help? |
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| Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 11:44 pm: |
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DVD Burning Problem
Hi,
I have Sony DVD camcorder with ImageMixer Ver.1.5. After I download the the video clips from Mini DVDs and then burn them to DVD, I cannot play the DVD anywhere. The PC does not read it either! Can anybody help me please?
Thanks |
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| Posted on Monday, June 06, 2005 - 04:23 am: |
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HI,
I PURCHASED SONY HANDY CAM DCR HC30E. I TRIED TO WRITE CD BUT NOT POSSIBLE. MY CD WRITERR IS NOT LISTED IN SONY LIST. WILL ANY ONE GIUDE ME HOW TO WRITE CD USING SAME CD WRITER. PL REPLY ON rafi@bol.co.tz |
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| Posted on Monday, June 06, 2005 - 03:45 pm: |
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hi, i have got the sony dvd203E.
firstly i really want to do my editing on movie maker, buts its not accepting the files, i donot know how to?
secondly, when using DVD RW VR mode, i do nice editing, but it doenot come on computer as one movie, rather in form of separate clips.
can any one help please? |
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| Posted on Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 09:14 am: |
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Hi I have Toshiba satellite 2800 PC..i have purchased sony 403/803 DVD handycam.Somehwo when i format my DVD -RW,record and finalize it and then put the DVD into my DVD drive.Nothing happens only the DVD drive is blinking whole time.
Any help will be great
Thx |
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| Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 04:24 pm: |
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hi,
i can see a message from anonymous saying that he is downloading the movies from sony dcr dvd 203 , using movie maker.can you please tell me how?i really need help.
one more thing, the clips always are separate, so how can i run them together?pleaes email me if you can, thanks. |
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| Posted on Saturday, June 18, 2005 - 12:37 pm: |
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Hello,
I have a Sony DCRHC30E Camecorder, I am having problem when I try to burn the CD,It always says "Please insert Blank CD-R in CD-R drive". But I have placed the Blank CD-R in my CD-R , and CD-RW drive also,I used the Picture Package software which comes along with the camcorder
Please through some lights if you could on Saravankumar@yahoo.com
Cheers
Sara
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| Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 12:40 am: |
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how to burn VCD directly from Sony DCR-HC14E? |
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| Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 08:10 am: |
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I have a Sony DCR-DVD301 camcorder that records directly onto an 8 cm (i.e., mini) DVD. It holds 30 minutes of video. I want to combine a couple of these miniDVDs onto a regular sized DVD. How can I use Nero or Roxio S/W to do this? In the ideal world, there'd be a box with two trays, one for the source DVD and one for the destination DVD, with an option to load in a few miniDVDs in several passes, and then you'd press a button and it would transfer the content of the minis onto a single regular sized DVD. What are the options out there? Please also cc your response to my email address to reduce the chance that I miss your response. Thanks!
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| Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 08:45 am: |
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Uhugo,
Copy the files onto your HDD then use your video editing software to stich them together.
If you find a better way, let me know!
Cheers. |
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| Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - 01:20 pm: |
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If movies from finalised DVD 8 cm discs are copied directly to normal DVD will we still be able to get the data like date, time etc which can be viewed in the Sony camcorder through the data button ? |
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| Posted on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 06:01 pm: |
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I have a DVD91e after recording the subject appears to jump on playback, not all the time just occasionally.I use dvd rw's |
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| Posted on Friday, July 01, 2005 - 02:32 am: |
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Hi,
I am having sony video cam HC42E recently purchased., but I failed to make a copy of the cd., from the system.
please can you help me in detail how write on the cd.
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 11:30 am: |
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How to burn VCD directly from Sony DCR-HC14E? |
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| Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 11:54 am: |
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DVD Burning Problem
Hi,
I have Sony DVD camcorder with ImageMixer Ver.1.5. After I download the the video clips from Mini DVDs and then burn them to DVD, I cannot play the DVD anywhere. The PC does not read it either! Can anybody help me please?
Thanks
I have the same problem ,I have burnt the imgaes on to a mini disc but I can't read them on the pc its telling Inaccessible drive.Anyone know the solution to this |
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| Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 08:29 pm: |
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Mwelwa,
Is you DVD drive dual format? By that I mean DVD+R and DVD-R (nothing to do with dual LAYER).
I am not absolutely sure about this, but it looks like only DVD-R drives can read mini DVD disks. I have seen several Dell computers where the burner only supports DVD+R.
Here is a URL for a discussion board on this point:
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1071865&page=3
Let me know. |
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| Posted on Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 04:11 am: |
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Hi I have a sony handicam 201E and would like to copy vhs footage onto the mini dvd using the camcorder but i can't seem to get the camcorder to recognise the vhs footage. What am I doing wrong? |
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| Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 - 09:15 pm: |
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Julia
Connect as per instruction book.Put camcorder in playback mode.Insert dvd.Press Visual Index.Lcd screen will show content of dvd (no thumbnails if blank).Press Visual Index again.Lcd should go blank showing only blue background.Press Batt. Info. button.Lcd should show whatever is shown in the TV.For recording Press REC and next button to the right simultaneously.If this solves ur problem let me know. |
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