is it possible to buy blank dvd-r discs with more than 2 hours recording time? i want to transfer several vhs films etc that run longer than 2 hours onto dvd discs without having to put the first 2 hours on 1 disc and the rest on a second disc.
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you should be able to put a vhs film on to one dvd. you can have many more hours than 2 depending on quality. how are you transfering from vhs to dvd? -
yes i have a video/dvd recorder and i've transferred a few over but the discs only record for 2 hours so i dont want to have films like the godfathers/ war epics/ boxing & football needing to be put on 2 discs. thanks for the quick responseComment
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You should be able to change the recording mode to suit the time you require..
On a Panasonic for instance the recording modes are..
XP (high quality) is 1 hour per disc.
SP (standard play) is 2 hours per disc.
LP (long play) is 4 hours per disc.
EP (extended play) is 8 hours per disc.Comment
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its 3 hour discs i really want as lp and ep are not the quality picture i want,does anyone know if its possible to buy discs with more recording space than 2 hours?Comment
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is it not a dual layer recorder?Fave replies from various threads
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Has your recorder got a Flexible Recording (FR) Mode ? If so you should be able to record at a suitable quality so as to fill the disc with 3 hrs of video.Comment
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Other than using the panasonic recording modes or dual layer disks you have only one realistic option....
Convert the VHS videos to .avi (divx) format on a computer then store them as divx on the DVD disks.
A lot of dvd players now support divx playback. You should be able to hold the equivilent of 8 or more hours of vhs recordings on one dvd.Canker
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somebody has moved this into the computer section but i'm not using a computer to tranfer between vhs to disc just a normal dvd recorder,i just wondered if you could get blank discs for sp recording for over 2 hours.Comment
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Do you mind me asking if they are personal or are they movies? reason i ask is you can probably download better quality rather than transfering.
Also have you tried recording them in 3hour or 4hour mode and is the difference noticeable?
to answer your main question there is no such thing as a 2/3/4/5/6hour disc as such, its more to do with quantity of data to produce a certain quality when you are talking in terms of video. as the guys mentioned above a dual layer will hold almost twice the data of a single layer dvd
post make model of your dvd recorder and ill search if it will record dual layerComment
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some are movies others like football and boxing, i've never downloaded movies or anything as i've heard it takes hours. i only ever recorded onto disc once in lp from the satellite reciever but it was very poor and some of the tapes are already in lp so not the best quality to begin with,i'll just have to keep the longer ones on vhs.Comment
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why dont you buy a dvd player that plays xvids, then you can fit much more onto one diskComment
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Fave replies from various threads
1: What the fff is all that about??? All that crap below your reply I mean, get a life mate
2: no info on google abt the pace sv5 rang asda they have no idea what i was talking about,
3: Your total contribution to this forum, bordering on trolling, seems to have been a collection of snipes, one liners & asterisked expletives
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post make model of your dvd recorder and ill search if it will record dual layer[/QUOTE] just noticed this part its a samsung dvd-vr350
not the dvd-vr350m which is probably more upto dateComment
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yep it does dl recording on dvd-r discs
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no xvid/divx playback thoFave replies from various threads
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