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 create a DVD using the Pioneer DVD recorder

Table of Contents

Connecting to the DVD Recorder
Recording to the hard disk drive (HDD) or DVD
Editing video on the HDD and then burning to DVD
Burning (copying) your copy list to the DVD
Finalizing your DVD (important!)
A quick copying option: One Touch Copy (HDD to DVD if not editing)

The Pioneer DVD Recorder makes it easy to create DVDs from digital video or videotapes. You can transfer video using the lab's [ http://sils.unc.edu/itrc/its/lab_resources/multimedia_detail.htm#camcorder ] Canon GL2 digital video recorder (which SILS students may check out), from the VCR or from analog camcorders connected to the DVD recorder.

Before you create a DVD, consider first recording your video to the hard disk drive (HDD) of the DVD recorder. This will allow you to edit your content before burning it to DVD. It also makes it quick to make multiple copies. Once your recording is on the HDD, you can then easily burn it to a DVD. If you want to burn directly from your source to a DVD, you need only do steps 1 and 2 .

 Connecting to the DVD Recorder

  1. GL2 digital video camera: Use the red digital video (DV) cable to connect the DV in/out jack of the GL2 to the front panel DV in/out jack of the recorder.

    DV cable.

    DV cable.

    VCR or analog camcorder: Connect a set of audio and video outputs of your VCR or camcorder to a set of inputs on the DVD recorder.

    audio and video outputs.

  2. Make sure the digital video (DV) cassette recorder is connected to the DVD recorder, and turn them both on.

    Note

    Remember to point the remote control toward the DVD recorder, since that is what it is controlling.

    connecting the DV cassette recorder to the DVD recorder

    Important

    You will use the Dell flat panel as your screen for editing and recording your video. On the flat panel, the far left button allows you to toggle between input settings as follows:

    1. D-SUB (The PC)

    2. DVI-D

    3. S-Video (this is the line from the Pioneer DVD recorder and the JVC VCR)

    4. Composite

  3. If you're using a video camera or camcorder, make sure it is plugged in to a power source.

  4. Turn on the Pioneer DVD Recorder, the DV cassette recorder and your video source.

 Recording to the hard disk drive (HDD) or DVD

remote control buttons

  1. GL2 digital video camera: Use the plus and minus buttons on the Pioneer DVD recorder to select the "DV" channel. These buttons are located at the far right of the recorder.

    VCR or analog camcorder: Use the plus and minus buttons on the Pioneer DVD recorder to select the "L2" channel. These buttons are located at the far right of the recorder.

  2. Looking at the DV cassette recorder screen, use the REC MOD button on the remote to set the recording quality (Fine, Standard Play (SP), Long Play (LP), Extended Play (EP), or MN (Manual).

  3. Press the HDD button on the remote control to record to the hard disk drive, or DVD to record to a DVD. Make sure a DVD is loaded if you want to record to DVD.

  4. Press the REC button on the remote control when you're ready to start recording.

Note

If you are using the GL2 video camera, you must press play in order to record.

Note

If recording to a DVD, if you stop the recording process at any point, nothing will be recorded.

 Editing video on the HDD and then burning to DVD

  1. On the remote control, press HDD.

  2. Press Home Menu on the remote control and select Copy by navigating to it on the screen and pressing Enter on the remote.

    Copy button

  3. Select HDD -> DVD and hit Enter on the remote.

    HDD to DVD

  4. Using the up and down arrows on the remote control, choose Add and the Enter button to add titles that are on the HDD (the top row), to the copy list (the bottom row). The titles on the bottom row are what will be copied to your DVD.

    copy screen

  5. Use the Erase button to erase individual titles from the copy list.

  6. Use the Divide button to divide a title in the copy list into two titles.

  7. Use the Combine button to combine two titles in the copy list into one.

  8. Use the Move button to change the order of the titles in the copy list.

  9. Hit Conf List (Confirm List) on the lower left of the screen to confirm your copy list. Now you're ready to record your DVD.

When editing, press Return on the remote control at any time to get back to the menu items on the left from the thumbnail area on the right.

 Burning (copying) your copy list to the DVD

  1. Load a DVD-R/RW into the DVD recorder.

  2. Using the remote control, select Conf List to display the Copy List settings screen.

    copy list settings

    Use the left and right arrows on the remote control to select a recording mode. A green line will indicate that you have enough space on the DVD to record at any given setting; a red line indicates that you don't.

  1. High-Speed Copy: The copy is recorded at the same quality as the original - and fast.

  2. Fine, SP, LP, EP, MN: The Copy List is copied at the specified quality in real time.

  3. Optimized: The recording quality is automatically adjusted to take up the available space on the DVD.

4. Select Start to begin copying.

Note

If you stop the recording process at any point, nothing will be recorded on the DVD.

 Finalizing your DVD (important!)

  1. Load a DVD-R/RW into the DVD recorder.

  2. Press the Home Menu button on the remote control.

  3. Select Disc Setup, then Finalize, then Next Screen.

  4. The recorder will finalize the disc.

 A quick copying option: One Touch Copy (HDD to DVD if not editing)

  1. Load a DVD-R/RW into the DVD recorder.

  2. Select a title in the Disc Navigator.

  3. Press the One Touch Copy button on the remote control.

  4. The whole title will be copied.

  5. Finalize your DVD so that it can be played on a regular DVD player or computer. To do this, load your disc into the DVD recorder; press the Home Menu button and select Disc Setup; select Finalize, and then Next Screen. The recorder will finalize the disc.

Note

If you stop the recording process at any point, nothing will be recorded on the DVD.