philips dvdr70 record modes

[luvvbuzz]

i want to fit a 3.5 hour show on one dvdr, i recorded the first 1.5 hours in 3 hour mode, but that is because i thought it would be only 3 hours long in total, not 3.5 hours. is it possible to record the next segment of the show in a different reord mode, ie 4 hour mode so that i can fit on one disc? or will this create probs when i want to rip that dvd? i am recording on dvd+rw but i want to transfer it to dvd+r once i have reorded it. can you mix record modes on the same disc? will it create problems in ripping?

[andyp1]

You can certainly use different record modes on the same disc just as with a VHS tape you could have a mixture of long play and standard play on the same tape.
Only had DVD recorder a couple of days so not had chance to rip to PC yet.

[luvvbuzz]

its just that i did this before and when i ripped the disc to my hdd the files were 8gig in total, which obviously i couldnt burn to a dvdr so i just wondered if other users of this recorder had experienced this?

[proton]

I also have a DVDR70, you said you recorded 1.5 hours in 3 hour mode.
So you have 50% of the dvd left for the rest of the recording. in 4 hour
mode you should be able to record 2 hours in that mode, thus the
disc will containt 3.5 hours total.
And that will be 4,3 Gb data total.
You speak of 8 gb, that is very strange because a dvd+rw only holds
4,3 Gb max. so it is impossible to have 8Gb on it!
The 3.5 hours can be copied than to your PC with a normal windows explorer, no ripping needed.

[luvvbuzz]

i know it sounds strange, but when i did this before the ripped files showed up as 8gig on my computer. i think the different record modes confuse the ripper somehow. i was ripping with dvd decryptor, not for any reason but i just use decryptor cos its easy and straight forward, even though i know the disc didnt need decrypting. i never tried ripping in just buy copying and pasting the files off the dvdrw disc. when i tried burning the 8 gig oif files nero obviously told me it was too big for the disc i was burning too, but those files had come straight off the dvd+rw i had just recorded on so i think maybe mixing recod modes is not a good idea?
i urge you to try it and see if you get the same results.

[seb]

I'm puzzled about why you're using DVD Decrypter to rip the files to your HDD. I've got a DVDR70 and just copy the Video_TS folder from the DVD I recorded on the Philips using Windows Explorer. Never had a problem.

Just a thought about the 8gig issue though. The way that Philips create the DVD structure means that you end up with 2 identical program chains. This means that, when I want to import a title into TmpegDVDAuthor from a disc recorded in my DVDR70, I see twice as many titles available to import as there actually are on the disc. I don't know what mode you were using DVD Decrypter in but perhaps it was ripping the same data twice due to the duplicated info in the IFO files?

[luvvbuzz]

i was use dvd decryptor for a few reasons,
1. i find it rips quicker, dont ask me how or why but it does.
2. its easy to use.
3. i just use it out of habit from ripping comercial dvds.
i was ripping in file mode and burning the files with nero. i will try a mixed mode recording and ripping it straight from the video ts file without dvd decryptor and see if the same thing happens.