Reading Pioneer created "VR mode" dvd-rw

[Ziskon]

First I'll apologize for not knowing the
correct terminology for a "Pioneer created
DVD-RW in VR mode". I hope the following
makes sense.

I have a Pioneer disc recorder PVR-310s that will
burn "VR mode" dvd-rw discs. I am thrilled
with the easy design for chapter marking and
other editing that is possible. It is so much
faster than Final Cut Pro to get to a DVD when
cut & paste editing is all that's needed. I can
then play through the firewire port into the
Mac to burn a video DVD compatible with
settop players. That method looses chapter marks,
and means that the data is being expanded then
compressed again to make the DVD.

You would think there should be a way to read
those VR mode discs on the OS X Mac platform
directly without the recapture step. (I can
use the Pioneer to record in dvd video mode
and get a mountable disc, but the dvr can't
chapter mark and edit in that format)

The Mac doesn't see anything when I insert
one of these VR mode rw's. If I open it in Toast
Titanium 6, the software reports that the disc is
a DVD-RAM, 4.4gb in size, <no volume>.
I can duplicate & burn that image and the copy is
playable in the Pioneer Recorder as a finalized
version of the original.

The Question -
Is there a software solution that can convert
the "VR mode" project into chapter marked
files to burn in DVD form?

I do have Windows 2000 running on the Mac as well,
if you can do this with PC software instead.

[tjdmobile]

DVD Movie Factory Disk Creator 3 will do it. This application is Windows based. You can use it to import, and it will maintain your edits made on the Pioneer.

TJD

[Ziskon]

OK - Movie Factory 3

Looks like I can run this on my system. Do you have experience using the ULead software with these Pioneer vr mode discs?

I wonder if it has to convert the files in a long overnight process or if it just adds the menus needed for dvd players to see the information as a regular DVD video.

Thanks again

[tjdmobile]

Yeah - I have the Pioneer-220-s (DVD-VR) and DVD Movie Factory 3 "Disk Creator". You must have the DISK CREATOR version, not the discounted DVD-Movie factory 3.

I have done this. On a PC (and likely on Windows emulator) you pop the disk in the dvd on the PC (a "-" writer works best). You select "edit disk". It reads the disk, and "Poof" it's there, playlist intact. Modify and save back to disk.

If you want to simply "import" it, you go to create new Video DVD. When the screen comes up, select "add DVD". Select the "chapters" you want to extract. It then extracts them to a tempory directory on your PC. There is no transcoding here.

Let us know. Download the demo from Ulead and report back how it works mounted on an emulator.

TJD