Random DVD recorder question

knip · 25 Nov 2007 at 15:13

Ive got a recordable DVD player, its just over a year old, and yes im going to be a girl and ask a stupid question.
When I record something and it doesnt fill up the whole disc, can I use that disc again to fill up the rest of the space, in the same way I would a blank video, or do what I have been doing and put a new DVD in every time.
Just seems an awful waste of disc space.

Thanks and sorry for being stupid.

knip · 25 Nov 2007 at 15:25

SherberT* said:
Make and model?

Its a Funai, and on the back it says model number DRB2737

knip · 25 Nov 2007 at 16:06

JIM_BOB7813 said:
If you delete something from a DVD-/+RW then it leaves an empty slot in that place on the disc which you can only fill with something of equal length/size or smaller (i think).

Ok but lets say ive recorded something for an hour on the disc, and now I want to add another two hours of something else onto it. With a video I can just fast forward it to the end of the thing I have already recorded.

knip · 25 Nov 2007 at 16:25

JIM_BOB7813 said:
It would be worth getting some RW discs and just experimenting

My discs are RW. So I can just give it a bash then?

knip · 25 Nov 2007 at 18:03

And can I start something from the end of something already on the disc.
And how do I finalise something I do not want erased and absolutely want to keep.
Thankyou DMPoole very useful info. I now try and keep the recording time down as low as possible due to the disintegration of the quality the longer it gets.

knip · 25 Nov 2007 at 18:08

dmpoole said:
2 - Finalising a disk means the contents of the disk are now there forever (unless the dog eats it).

Yes so how can I do that, I have some I know I want to keep.