Advice on DVD media

Albert Bouchard ir004728 at MINDSPRING.COM
Wed Jun 9 17:26:33 EDT 2004


On Jun 9, 2004, at 7:04 AM, M Holmes wrote:

> 1) When I put the DVD-R in my old DVD player, it will jam up if I try
> to
> go faster that 2x fast forward. I recorded it on LP (4 hours on 4.7Gb).
> Is this affected by the DVD-R media? Should I avoid the cheaper media
> blanks? Which ones are worth buying?
>

Yes. Consumer DVDs hold 1 hour at the best quality, 90 min. or two
hours at OK quality. Yes. Any reputable brand (TDK, Maxell, Verbatum
etc.)

> 2) Can I construct playlists and write them to DVD-R so that I can jump
> to scenes in a movie?

Piece of cake with Apple's iMovie.
Good luck,
Al



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