DVD Ram Disc
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Rosco - Qld
One for the Video buffs.
We have a recently acquired DVD Video Camera and recorded to a DVD Ram Disc … on the advice of the sales type person.
However, nothing at our place …… DVD players, PC’s etc can read this format. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we can retrieve the video data to have a bow peep??
Cheers
Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:01
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:01
Did yoyu consider this at the time Rosco? A bit like having a camper trailer and no car to pull it. Not bad though at least you could sleep in it if I read what you say correctly.
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Qld - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:11
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:11
Johnno
Of course I didn't consider this aspect .... that would require the use of some of my limited intelligence ... which, as usual is in short supply ......
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Qld - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:16
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:16
I should have added ............. DVD-R, or DVD-RW, or CD-R, or CD-RW, or MPEG, or WMA, or VBR, or DRM, or JPEG, or DivX, or ............... But not DVD Ram
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Reply By: Rokkitt - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:11
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:11
Hi,
All depends - is it a DVD RAM or a DVD - Can you describe the disc? If it is a DVD RAM you will need a DVD RAM reader......such as the panasonic
What are you using to read the disc - is the disc a DVD or a DVD RAM.....it should be accessible through windows explorer - if it is a DVD; was the recording session closed correctly. Confirm the disc is closed by reading it with a burning package such as Nero.
DVD RAM explained - DVD RAM
Rod
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Qld - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:26
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:26
Rod
It's a Panasonic DVD-RAM 8cm disc which came bundled with a DVD-R and a DVD-RW disc as part of the camera package. As I said to John above, it didn't occur to me to first check any compatability issues. Seems to me I would be better off sticking to the -RW discs, but I would like to extract that which is on the RAM disc if possible, though this would seem to be not the case.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: CoastCampa - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:36
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:36
I have owned a DVD type Video camera for 2 years now.
I agree with Rod in that you need to finalise/close your mini- DVD after recording to allow playback on DVD players(still may not gaurantee playback on all players). This can get expensive as you will go through a lot of mini-DVDs.
Basically with my camera I use DVD read/write disks. I record video and download it to my computer for editing/making family movies(very basic type stuff).I had to purcahse additional software and a download cable to achieve this. I can wipe/format my mini-DVD after downloading and record more video on it.
When I purchased my camera there were not a lot of dvd video cameras around.
I would suggest going back to the sales person and getting them to show you the best way to use your camera.
Happy film making
CoastCampa
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Reply By: Rag (VIC) - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:24
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:24
Hi Rosco
You can either plug a lead from the camera to the input of a tv or video recorder and watch it. Or you have to import the disc contents onto your pc, where you can watch it, and or make a movie and burn to disc in the correct format for your DVD player.
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Qld - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:29
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:29
Rag
Yep, seems we will be able to view it by connecting camera to TV, but I would like to be able to upload it to a PC to edit/save. Unfortunately the PC doesn't read/recognise the disc.
Cheers
P.S. On a lighter note ... as it was our first effort, it will most likely be crap anyway..... :-(
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Reply By: revhead307 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:25
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:25
On a simple note, to view what you have recorded.
Your video camera should have come with a cable to connect it straight to the TV.
Ie some sort of pin to to the camera, to RCA or similar. then u can plug it into ur TV, switch ur camera on, and play, rewind etc with full sound.
obviously this isnt a long term solution if you want to view on computer etc etc, but will let u view what you have recorded.
Regards
Rev
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Reply By: phillowe - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:31
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:31
Camera should have a USB lead that will allow you to dump the video off to a PC/Mac....Just use Windows Movie Maker on PC XP or iMovie on Mac....or the camera probably came with some software that will work as
well....maybee something like Ulead DVD Studio!!!
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Qld - Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:00
Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:00
I'll give that a try.
Cheers
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Reply By: TerraFirma - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:33
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:33
DVD Ram Discs are not a universal playable form of media such as DVD-R or DVD+R. DVD Ram was invented by Panasonic so you would need a Panasonic DVD player that is compatible with DVD Ram. Or alternatively you can plug your camera directly into the TV you are using.
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Qld - Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:02
Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:02
That would appear to be the case.
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 14:04
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 14:04
Just bought a new DVD for the computer, I think they are very cheap these days at $55-$65 to replace your CDRom in the computer or a bit more expensive for an external writer. The Liteon one I bought reads and writes DVD Ram according to the specs, not that I have tried it. It comes with the software of course and DVD/video editing software. Don't worry about other specs (Panasonic etc), just buy what you need that will read and write your format.
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Reply By: Kiwi Kia - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 15:05
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 15:05
If you can view the video on a tv via the 'Video Out' socket and leads then you should be able to record it on a video recorder and preserve your work.
I have a Hard Disc / DVD player / Recorder. These machines are replacing video tape recorders. If you can find someone who has one of these machines you play from your
camera to the machines hard drive and then have that machine copy (burn) the video to it's DVD drive in -RDVD or +RDVD etc.
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Reply By: Rokkitt - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 15:21
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 15:21
Hi,
As mentioned above you should certainly be able to "capture" the video to your PC....does it have a cable - either USB or Firewire to connect it to your computer. It is then a case of capturing from the camera (where the RAM disc is playing) onto your PC/Mac using a video editing package - even the windows movie maker although I prefer Ulead.....the windows video tool is a bit weak but the rest of the packages are very much of a muchness....MGI, etc....
Can you confirm whether the video recorder actually takes a "DVD disc" or a "cartridge similar to an old 3.5" floppy disc? I havent seen a video camera that uses the "Panasonic DVD-RAM disc" - the ones I have seen all burn to a mini DVD!
Rod
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Reply By: Kiwi Ray - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 15:37
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 15:37
Hi Rosco
What brand is your camera and what is the recordind format, this format will be on the camera.
The only camera I know that works on the DVD- Ram format is the Panasonic. I yours is one of these I suggest you go back to the store ( if possible ) and ask them to show you how to upload the the larger DVD discs, there is a way to do this. Some PCs can read DVD Ram. If you have a later version of Windows media player, I am told that this can read the Ram discs.
Ray
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Qld - Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:03
Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:03
Yep ... it's a Panasonic.
Cheers
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Reply By: disco1942 - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 16:18
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 16:18
No one seems to have mentioned that every CD or DVD player has a step down piece in their tray to take 8cm disks. Are you aware of this? Also I am not aware of any DVD burner in a computer that is not capable of reading or writing to DVD RAM disk.
Did your camera come with an accompanying disk with software? If not then go back to your supplier and demand the software necessary to manipulate your movies.
PeterD
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Qld - Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:09
Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:09
Yep ... tried the 8cm disc in the setdown to both the DVD player and the PC.
I have a DVD burner (not sure of the brand) on a relatively new PC (2 yo) running XP Pro and it definitely will not recognise the DVD Ram Disc.
I will pursue the software issue.
Cheers
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Reply By: ed. - Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 16:18
Wednesday, Jul 12, 2006 at 16:18
I would look in the manual and see if the camera can record to DVD-/+R(W) discs.
If it can then get someone to convert the RAM disc on to DVD-R and in the future use DVD-/+R(W) blanks instead.
If it only lets you record to DVD-RAM then return it if possible.
You bought it in the first place so you can record and watch it on the DVD in the living room. So why change your habits to suit the camera? :p
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Follow Up By: Rosco - Qld - Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:04
Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:04
That's what I'll be doing in future.
Cheers
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Reply By: phillowe - Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:46
Thursday, Jul 13, 2006 at 11:46
It is all
well and good to change to DVD DVD-RW but you do loose some functionality! RAM disks work like a hard drive meaning you can delete things and then it will just use the space for something else ( does not need continuous space for the one file ) wher as a DVD +/- will record more like a tape!! There should be no issue with transfering to your PC via USB and if you can do this okay....I personally would be sticking with the RAM disks.
Thats my opinion anyway...for what it is worth.....others may dissagree
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Reply By: Kiwi Ray - Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 15:34
Saturday, Jul 15, 2006 at 15:34
Hi. The biggest problem with RAM discs and cameras is that it limits your useage to basically Panosonic equipment but if you use +/-R you are compatable with 90% of the equipment that is in current use
Ray
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