Random DVD recorder question

knip

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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.
 
I do on mine, generally mine if you go to play will show saved scenes/recording sessions, time per session and free time for each recording mode (quality:space)

Also, i find buying a pack of DVD+R RW to be the best bet if you don't already have them, handy being able to erase and re-write instead of stacking old dvds of recorded programmes. :)

Hope thats some semblance of assistance!
 
Yes you can, as long as you don't finalise the disc.

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).
 
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).
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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 said:
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.
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I have no idea what your DVD recorder is like, but the liteon one i had would just record at the end-most point of the disc.
So you record 1 hours' worth of stuff, then a day later you want to record something else so you just press record and it packs it on the next free space in the disc. In the menu it would appear as thumbnail images, you just select the thing you want to play.

It would be worth getting some RW discs and just experimenting :p
 
You need DVD+RW's for the job because the advantage is you don't have to finalise them to play in another player.
You can then add or erase at will.
Your recorder will have different modes of recording eg 1hr, 2hr, 3hr, 4hr and 6hr.
If you recorded for 1hr on 1hr recording mode then you won't be able to add anything to it.
If you recorded 1hr on 6 hr recording mode then you'll be able to add up to another 5 hrs depending what mode you record in.
 
Ideally you should be using dvd-ram disks. Everything on a dvd-rw has to be deleted before any part of the dvd can be overwritten.

knip said:
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.
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If you tell it to record something, it will automatically start recording at the end of what you have already recorded. Try reading the manual in future. ;)
 
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How about, you get a DVD(-+)R(W) and record something, then try and record more on to the same disc.? This way you will find out if you can record more or not onto the same disc.

DVD recordables are pretty cheap now, almost disposable.
 
I've done a bit of reading on the Funai.

It only records to DVD-R or DVD-RW.
If you want to re-write then you use -RW.
If you want to play it back on another player you need to finalise it.
It can be erased after.
It has six recording modes from 1hr to 10 hrs.
1 hr record mode means you get 1 hr of recording on a disk and 10 hr record mode means you get 10 hrs on one disk.
I'm not being pedantic but I've been explaining this since the first £2000 Philips recorders came out.
10 hr record time will be awful but you'll find for stuff like Coronation Street a 6 hr record mode will be adequate.
That means you could get 12 episodes of Cornonation Street on a disk.

I'm glad I've got 5 hard drive recorders in the house.
 
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 said:
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.
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1 - It normally defaults to recording on the blank part of the disk. You have to erase before it writes over anything.

2 - Finalising a disk means the contents of the disk are now there forever (unless the dog eats it).
 
knip said:
Yes so how can I do that, I have some I know I want to keep.
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It wil be in the menu somewhere (eg Disk Utilities).

The ironic thing is my 18 year old daughter has just asked me if she can have a video player back in her bedroom when she already has a DVD recorder and a freeview hard drive recorder.
 
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