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Storage Capacity on Disc or Card
RECORDABLE TIME OF MOVIE (VIDEO)
The recordable time will vary depending on the video recording quality: See page 99 for the setting of
video recording quality.
Movie recordable time on one disc (on single side) (when recording only movies)
*1:Variable bit recording (recording of more than 18 minutes may be possible because the transfer rate varies
automatically between approx. 3-10 Mbps)
*2:Fixed bit rate: Approx. 6 Mbps
*3:Fixed bit rate: Approx. 3 Mbps
Note
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Audio in XTRA, FINE or STD mode is recorded in the MPEG audio layer 2 format, which is the option standard of DVD
video standard.
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No movie can be recorded on SD memory card or MultiMediaCard.
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Although the movie quality mode can be changed midway for recordings on DVD-RAM disc, it cannot be changed
on DVD-R disc once the mode has been decided.
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If you record in XTRA mode at high temperatures, the DVD video camera/recorder will get hot and the maximum
transfer rate will be limited to approx. 6 Mbps.
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If a disc recorded is used at high temperatures, normal playback may be impossible: Turn the DVD video camera/
recorder off once, wait until the ambient temperature becomes lower, and then operate it again.
RECORDABLE STILLS (PHOTOS) ON DISC
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Number of recordable stills on one side of disc: Up to 999
If the disc still has free space after recording 999 stills on it, movies can also be recorded on it.
Recording quality
Disc used
Application
DVD-RAM
DVD-R
XTRA
Approx. 18 min
*1
No recording possible
Best quality
FINE
Approx. 30 min
*2
Approx. 30 min
*2
High quality
STD
Approx. 60 min
*3
Approx. 60 min
*3
Standard quality
