DVD Finalizing Time

[RumCay1121]

What factors determine the time it takes to finalize a DVD? We are creating DVD's live and throughput is an issue for us. Right now it takes about 10 minutes to finalize a 3-4 minute video. Is there any way to reduce this down to about 3 minutes? We are using a Panasonic DVD Recorder model # DMREA18K

[guns1inger]

There is a minimum amount of the data that has to be written to a DVD Video disc. If your videos are shorter than this minimum, the balance is made up during finalisation. I certainly see this behavior with DVD-R blanks. I don't use +R discs, so I don;t know if the same applies there.

[Noahtuck]

Yeah, even if i fill a disc up on my panasonic standalone recorder, it takes at least 5 minutes to finalize.

I never actually timed it but it takes so long i usually go do something while i am waiting for it to finish.

On the PC regardless of + or - , they finalize way faster so it must be something with the standalones, or at least the panasonic's.

[RumCay1121]

So theoretically if we use DVD+R with less strorage capicity this might help, since the minimum required data would be less in this case?

[RumCay1121]

So is it possible to record on the standalone and finalize on a PC?

[guns1inger]

Not really. These was talk that DVD Decrypter could do it in some cases, but generally a disc needs to be finalised in at least the same model recorder that recorded it.

[Noahtuck]

So theoretically if we use DVD+R with less strorage capicity this might help, since the minimum required data would be less in this case?

Does your panasonic use +R's ?

As far as i knew they only used -R's, unless they changed something on the pannys & started using +R's also.
My standalone panny won't even read a recorded/burned +R unless it has had the booktype changed to DVD-ROM

So is it possible to record on the standalone and finalize on a PC?

What guns1inger said.

[RumCay1121]

Actually I was wrong. They are DVD-R discs.

[Noahtuck]

Actually I was wrong. They are DVD-R discs.