Success!

Aug. 12th, 2010 02:13 am
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Using a DVD+RW disk for the original digital mastering did the trick. This afternoon, I dubbed a copy of the VHS tape my dad made in 1991 containing all the Christmas, family gathering, and vacation movies. This evening, I added chapter breaks, split off a few separate titles, and added title pictures. All of these changes were written to the disc.

I then booted up Ubuntu, and copied the DVD+RW disc to a DVD+R disc. I'm watching the final result now. I now have a DVD I can burn copies of and give to my relatives. I'd still like to send the original 8mm films to a conversion house for a better transfer to DVD, but the verion they produce won't have my dad's narration.

I also ended up making a couple of coasters trying to copy my tape of Tiny Toy Stories, a collection of the first 5 Pixar shorts. The tape has copy protection on it, which I didn't find out until a few seconds after I started dubbing. Grumble, grumble. (I had a power glitch the first few seconds of the first dub.) Anyone want a coaster?

Of course, I now need to get more DVD+RW discs for the sole purpose of DVD editing.

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