Authoring DVD-RAM files to DVD-R?

[SergeantD]

Hello all, I am not new to DVD ripping but I am new to DVD-RAM ripping. I have both smartripper and DVDdecryptor. I do have a Toshiba DVD-ROM with DVD-RAM reading capabilities that I watch on my computer. I make DVD-RAM video on my Panasonic HS2 standalone recorder. I want to put the DVD-RAM files on my HD so that I can author them to DVD-R. When trying to rip smartripper says "no DVD" and Decryptor says "ERROR". Can anyone tell me how to get the files onto my HD so that I can put them onto DVD-R? Thanks

[jggimi]

You've posted this same question in the Newbies forum. This is called "cross-posting" and is frowned upon because it splits up the discussion into multiple threads -- producing duplicate information, etc.

Please avoid doing this in the future. Thanks!8) No cross posting....

[erdinger]

Probably this can be of some help for you.
It worked in my case with several files, smaller than 2Gbyte.

Upening you dvd-ram as a removable harddisk-drive with your (Windows-)Explorer you will see an Folder with video Files.
One of them got the name: *.vbr.
Vbr means varaible bitrate. It is basically a mpg-file
Rename it to *.mpg. So you can edit it as any mpg file, and convert it or burn it onto a dvd.

The limitation will be the ability of Windows or your editing software, to handle files of more than two Gigabyte.

All the best for a try

Kaj