Ok, well I can't answer your last question as I'm not up to speed with the video side of things but yes, VD-RW's do hold around about 4 gig of data, just to put that into some perspective regarding MP3 tracks, you could get say around about 800 tracks on one DVD at excellent quality, in my case with my cue and FLAC pairing, I get on average of about a dozen audio CD'S per DVD so a few little points for you to ponder. Regarding DVD players? Well I've not heard of a talking DVD player but I wouldn't be surprised if such a thing was out there. What I'm actually planning on doing regarding that sort of thing is using a Mac Mini computer, it has an accesible DVD player as part of additional software you can get and you can buy accessible software to turn the machine into a fully-fledged accesible DVD player/recorder or fully fledged audio recorder. Having said all that (and assuming that the pending release of Total Recorder v7 is as accessible as V6 is now) then you could probably do much the same thing as I plan to do with your PC, of course the difference here being that PC'S are generally large and don't look too good in a lounge area whereas Mac Mini computers are about the size of a Dual CD case, I have mine hidden in my wall unit so no one need know its there. I I too have a DVD recording machine which sounds remarkably similar to the one you speak of, I can operate most functions of the machine including timer recording setting, editing of DVD'S (I need sighted assistance if I'm tackling the video side of things <lol>) and playlist management. Mine is a Panasonic DVD/VCR combo which I've had for about 2 years now, it has 2 tuners in the machine so its very flexible. It also has "chase playback" for the DVD recorder side, start recording something, press the play or press a button to go back a minute or so in time and there you are, amazing. This recorder can use a variety of DVD formats but I use DVD-RAM for that, I know the Pioneer DVD-RW drive on my main PC will read those discs but I haven't worked out how to edit the files on the disc yet or with what. Now I'm just talking as it happens to someone who has just installed a new 20 CD stacker in his car and low and behold, it plays various types of media including MP3, MP4, AAC+ and Cue/FLAC, what I'm interested to know from him is whether it will handle content on DVD Discs so he's going to try it later on today and I'll get back to the list with his results.
On 25/11/2007, at 2:43 AM, dan thompson wrote: > Thank you Dane for the information and Scott for asking a question I > long > thought about how to ask. I also have a few additional questions. > 1. Is it true you can store four gb of document files such as doc, > rtf etc > on a dvdrw? > 2. If I have a movie someone has sent me via email or put on site > for me > to download, can I paste it onto a dvdrw and then view it on a > standard dvd > player hooked to a television > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ? > 3. Is there a dvd recorder that hooks to a television that will > truly > talk even including the menus that appear after the dvd is finished > recording? These menus usually ask for chapter names etc. I do > have a > "one touch" dvd recorder that will record by the press of one button. > However, it is the menus that come up after the dvd is finished used > for > finalizing the actual movie for playing that are not accessible butg > must be > used to finalize the disc. So my wife finishes that part. > > Thanks for any information in advance and have a great holiday > season. ---- > Original Message ----- > From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 6:11 AM > Subject: Re: understanding Dvd-r discs > > >> Ok, well my first comment is not to use DVD-R discs rather DVD-RW >> type, that way you can update things as you go along should you >> need to. >> Yes, you can copy-paste your data to a DVD-RW disc as you would a CD >> and you can store whatever data you like, I suppose a DVD-RW can be >> thought of as a gigantic floppy disk in the way it can be written to >> or read from, that's very general of course. >> Now to the interesting lot of tit-bits which talk about DVD Players >> and here it seems from my experience, we have no golden rules >> governing how DVD players will perform with MP3 files or even DVD >> discs. To illustrate the point, my Pioneer DVD player has no trouble >> whatever playing MP3/WMA content from a DVD disc but the Panasonic >> players I have just refuse to acknowledge them, the Panasonic's will >> only acknowledge or handle CD'S with MP3 or WMa. >> Now having talked about my DVD players, I do know of some which >> handle >> everything which can be played by Windows players such as VLC, my >> Sister has one of these and it was picked up at one of our local >> discount stores for $29.00, the queue out the front was amazing >> <smile> but the trade-off there was that the unit isn't of a very >> high >> quality. >> Possibly the way to go is to get a dVD player which actually uses >> some >> form of LINUX, that way you can upgrade the player to match whatever >> formats you plan to use and I know these players do exist, I think a >> company called Kiss Technology make some. >> Good luck with all that, I've gone down that road and I've not had >> any >> regrets whatsoever though my storage is slightly different than your >> in that I don't use MP3 or WMA, I use Cue and FLAC pairs but that's >> another story for another day. >> >> On 24/11/2007, at 8:41 PM, Scott Blanks wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Forgive my ignorance on this topic, but I'm just now considering the >>> purchase of dvd-r discs for some of my storage/personal needs. I >>> realize >>> however, that I know very little about the technology. Here are my >>> questions: >>> >>> 1. Can dvd-r discs be used to store mp3 and other compresse media >>> such as >>> WMA? If so, is the process for burning, if that is the correct term, >>> the >>> same as burning a cd? For example, can I copy/paste or send items to >>> the dvd >>> drive on my pc, then perform a standard data burn via Windows Media? >>> 2. Once I've gotten the mp3/WMA files onto the dvd-r disc, >>> regardless of the >>> method, can this disc then be played back in most dvd players, >>> including >>> video dvd players folks use in conjunction with their televisions? I >>> realize >>> there will be exceptions, but if there is a general rule/answer to >>> this >>> question, I would love to be enlightened. Also, if I have stored a >>> large >>> number of files, contained in multiple folders on this dvd, will a >>> person >>> using a video dvd player be able to view the names of those folders >>> and >>> their files? >>> 3. Amazon is offering a spindle of 100 dvd-r discs made by TDK for >>> $26. 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