Panasonic DMR-E30 DVD-R recording question

[Evil Ash]

I recently aquired a Panasonic DMR-E30 recorder. I want to make some backups of my DVD's on to DVD-R. Is this a simple thing to do? Are there any tricks, or is it just straight recording? Any help would be appreciated. I have recorded Tape to DVD-R and it was relatively easy. Thanks.

[mkelley]

If you're talking about commercial DVDs then the answer is you cannot do this, by and large. There are a *very* few commercial DVDs which are not encrypted or protected by RCE, and these you can copy.

With an internal DVD burner in a computer, you can rip the files to your hard drive with many different programs which will decrypt and/or remove the RCE protection. Then the files can be easily backed up (well, easily depending upon how long the DVD is, but that's a whole other story).

If you're talking about DVDs you've created, you simply plug the DVD inputs into your recorder just like any other video source -- because they are not protected they will copy just fine.

[verchad]

You will need to get some type of cgms removal device, feed your dvd out to it, output from that into dmr-e30 input. Or if you get a dvd player that removes cgms, you can output directly from that to your dmr-e30. Search these message boards for cgms removal. Also, you can go to http://www.thewholewideweb.com/forum/default.asp?CAT_ID=7 this forum is for Panasonic dmr-hs2 users but many of the things talked about there also apply to the e-30.