DVD recorder that records FCP timeline via firewire?

[Chris Borjis]

David, I’ve heard the Panasonic DMR series will.

a workaround would be one of those DV to analog
converters to do it that way.

I’m still running a DMR-E30 from 2002 and I’m
frankly amazed at how reliable and still running
strong it is after so much use.

[David Roth weiss]

Thanks Chris! I’m hoping someone who uses one everyday will chime in and tell me which one really works.

David

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[David Smith]

Wish I could give good news David, and hopefully someone else can. I had a Coby unit that did what you want just fine, but it was a very unreliable machine. The second time it stopped working I decided to stop throwing good money after bad.

I replaced it with a Toshiba with Firewire, but it won’t recognize the stream coming out of the mac. Direct from a camera, yes. Must be some kind of a flag the camera sends.

Regards,
David

[David Roth weiss]

Yes David, I think you’re right. Its all about digital copy protection I think.

The other David

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[Tom Matthies]

I have an Ilo DVDRH04 that has a Firewire input. It will only work with a camcorder or the like, not with FCP. The DVD recorder firmware looks for some kind of transport control, such as when it’s hooked to a camcorder. It pops up a small control panel to control the device. If it doesn’t find the device “controlable”, it will not record through the Firewire port. Very reliable otherwise.
I also have a Philips, but I haven’t tried it with FCP.

Tom

[Kevin Jones]

I use a Sony RDR-GX7. Works great from the firewire cable.
Plugs right into the front of the recorder.

Kevin Jones

[David Roth weiss]

[Kevin Jones] “I use a Sony RDR-GX7. Works great from the firewire cable.
Plugs right into the front of the recorder.”

Kevin,

Can you record right from the FCP timeline though?

David

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[Marco Solorio]

I own two Pioneer DVR-7000 DVD recording decks and swear by them. It does in fact have a DV input and it does in fact 100% record direct from the FCP timeline. Straight digital to digital recording. This deck also has audio VU meters on it, which is very important to me as most DVD “recorders” do not.

You can also assign settings if the disk should be flagged as anamorphic, can set automatic chapter point intervals and much more.

If you get a used one, make sure to get one with a white, yellow or pink sticker dot next to the serial number (I forget which color) which indicates it has the latest revision.

I wouldn’t give up these recorders for anything!

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[David Roth weiss]

[Marco Solorio] ” own two Pioneer DVR-7000 DVD recording decks and swear by them.”

Thanks Marco!!! Its good to finally have a definitive answer and a peice of hardware that will do what I really want. Glad it supports anamorphic flagging too, thanks for that added info.

David

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[Marco Solorio]

Glad to help out. One one other thing I forgot to mention (and this is a realitively big deal) is that the recoder wont automatically add a stupid menu on the DVD like the majority of cruddy recorders out there. It will definitely create a menu, but it’s *only* accessed by hitting the menu button on the remote. Other recorders I’ve delt with always start the DVD with an ugly menu when the DVD is inserted instead of just playing the damn video, even if there’s just one video title on the DVD! How lame! I have a Pioneer wannabe DVD recorder at home that will absolutely not let you bypass a menu on DVD startup. Sucks.

I really can’t recommend any other DVD recorder if you want a recorder that works the way we in the industry want it to work as opposed to working in a way that a consumer would want it to work.

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