Recording Formats; Recording Mode; Unrecordable Video - Samsung DVD-R123 Instruction Manual

Recording Formats

Since available functions differ depending on the disc
type, select a disc that best fits your preferences;
When you insert an unused disc, the following message
appears
DVD-RAM: Use after formatting the disc.
Unformatted Disc
Do you want to format this disc?
Yes
DVD-RW: When a blank disc is first inserted, the
message "Do you want to initialize this disc?"
will appear.
When Yes is selected, the disc will be
formatted in VR Mode.
Uninitialized Disc
Do you want to initialize this disc?
Yes
If you want to format in either VR Mode or
Video Mode, refer to Formatting a Disc on
page 84.
DVD-RW(VR)
Disc Navigation Disc Name
Disc Protection
Playlist
Disc Format
Disc manager Choose the recording format for DVD-RW.
Disc Finalize
Programme
Delete All Title Lists
DVD-VR
Setup
MOVE OK
DVD-R: Formatting DVD is unnecessary and only Video
Mode Recording is supported
DVD-RW(Video mode)/-R
Chapters will be created automatically when you
finalise recording on DVD-R / DVD-RW discs in Video
mode with the Chapter Creator has been set to On.
The chapter's length (interval between chapters)
varies according to the recording mode.
Simple editing (erasing titles/changing title name)
DVD-RW(VR mode)/-RAM
This mode allows multiple editing functions (such as
deletion of the whole title, partial deletion of a title,
etc.)
Various editing options using a created Playlist

Recording Mode

Select one of four recording modes by pressing the REC
MODE button repeatedly while the unit is in Stop mode for
the desired recording time and picture quality.
In general, picture quality improves as the recording time
decreases. In FR mode, the most suitable record mode is
adjusted automatically, according to remaining time on the
disc and length of the timer recording.
This function is selected only one mode in XP, SP, LP and
EP modes and you can use this mode for timer recording.
No
No
Disc Manager
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: Not Protected
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: DVD-VR
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DVD-V
RETURN EXIT
Mode Characteristic
XP Select when the
(high quality mode) video quality is
important.
SP Select to record in
(standard quality mode) standard quality.
Select when a long
LP
recording time is
(long recording mode)
required.
Select when a longer
EP
recording time is
(extended mode)
required.
FR for timer recording only Approx 60 to 480 Min
(Flexible Recording) see page 48.

Unrecordable video

Video with copy protection cannot be recorded on this
DVD Recorder.
When the DVD Recorder receives a copy guard signal
while recording, recording stops and the following
message appears on the screen.
You cannot record copy protected movie.
Concerning Copy Control Signals
TV broadcasts that contain copy control signals may
have one of the following three signal types, Copy-Free,
Copy-Once and Copy-Never. If you want to record a
copy-once type programme, use DVD-RW with CPRM
in VR Mode and DVD-RAM.
Signal type
Copy-Free
Media
DVD-RW(Ver.1.1) O
DVD-RW(Ver.1.1)
with CPRM
VR mode O
Video mode O
DVD-R O
DVD-RAM(Ver.2.0) O
Once "Copy Once" has been recorded, recording
cannot be done anymore.
- Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM)
CPRM is a mechanism that ties a recording to the
media on which it is recorded. It is supported by some
DVD recorders, but not by many DVD players. Each
blank recordable DVD has a unique 64-bit media ID
etched in the BCA. When protected content is recorded
onto the disc, it can be encrypted with a 56-bit C2
(Cryptomeria) cipher derived from the media ID.
During playback, the ID is read from the BCA and used
to generate a key to decrypt the contents of the disc.
If the contents of the disc are copied to other media, the
ID will be absent or wrong and the data will not be
decryptable.
Recording Times
Data Rates
Approx. 1 hour
about 8 Mbps
Approx. 2 hours
about 4 Mbps
Approx. 4 hours
about 2 Mbps
Approx. 6 hours/
about 1.2 Mbps
Approx. 8 hours/
about 0.8 Mbps
Approx 0.8 to 8Mbps
Copy-Once Copy-Never
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