Copying And Back-Up; Introduction - Pioneer DVR-5100H Operating Instructions Manual

Copying and back-up

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Chapter 7
Copying and back-up

Introduction

Use the copying features of this recorder to:
• Back up important recordings stored on the HDD to
a DVD
• Make a DVD copy of a recording on the HDD to play
in another player.
• Transfer video from a DVD to the HDD for editing.
• Transfer edited video from the HDD to DVD.
The simplest method of copying is to use the One Touch
Copy feature. Using this you can very simply copy the title
that's currently playing from HDD to DVD, or the other
way around.
For more complicated copying tasks you can make a
Copy List which specifies very precisely what needs to be
copied. A Copy List is very similar to a VR mode Play List
in many ways, and you'll find that the Copy List
commands are very similar to those available for editing
a Play List.
High-speed copying
Copying between DVD and HDD is a completely digital
process and therefore involves no loss of quality in the
audio or video. This means that you can transfer back
and forth without having to worry about the quality
getting worse with each copy 'generation'. It also means
that copying can be carried out at the maximum speed
possible.
When copying from HDD to DVD, the speed of copying
depends on the recording mode and the kind of DVD disc
you're using. The table below shows the minimum
copying time for one hour of material:
DVD-RW
Rec
mode
Ver. 1.0, 1.1
EP
10 mins.
LP
15 mins.
SP 30 mins.
FINE
60 mins.
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DVD disc type
DVD-R
Ver. 2.0
DVD-R
DVD-RW
*1
Ver. 2.0/4x
*2
Ver. 1.1/2x
5 mins. 2.5 mins.
7.5 mins. 4 mins.
15 mins. 7.5 mins.
30 mins. 15 mins.
*1
Compatible with single speed recording only
*2
Compatible with 2x speed recording
*3
Compatible with 4x speed recording
Note
• Not all discs are compatible with high-speed copying.
Check with the disc manufacturer for compatibility.
• There may be cases where even 2x/4x compatible
discs do not copy at full speed.
• Discs initialized on another recorder are not
compatible with high-speed copying.
Real-time copying
Real-time copying is also possible, with the advantage
that you can use a different recording mode from the
original. For example, you can record a title originally
recorded in FINE mode in SP mode.
When real-time copying from the HDD to a Video mode
DVD, the chapter markers in the original material are not
copied. Chapter markers are put into the copy at
intervals, according to the Auto Chapter (Video) setting
(see also Auto Chapter (Video) on page 106).
Frame accuracy and copying
The Frame Accurate setting (see Frame Accurate on
page 106) does not affect the actual video content on the
HDD, but it does affect what can be copied and whether
high-speed copying can be used.
When Frame Accurate is set to Off, high-speed copying
can generally be used to copy titles in the Copy List, using
a DVD-R or DVD-RW disc in VR or Video mode. However,
copy-once protected material can't be added to the Copy
List, and the divide points in edited titles may be out by as
much as 0.5 seconds when compared to the orginal.
When Frame Accurate is On, you can add copy-once
protected titles to the Copy List and divide points in
edited titles are maintained accurately. However,
*3
depending on the contents of the Copy List and the disc,
high-speed copying may not be used.