I wonder if someone can help me.
For many years now I have been transferring things recorded on freeview to my PC using a RAM disk.
Using V Dub I check the transfer has gone correctly and every say 2 months an error message crops up which means I start using a new RAM disk.
Most things I transfer are less than 2 hours or have advert breaks which means it is relatively easy to split the recording.
However every once in a while eg a football match on BBC, a long film or a Wimbledon final is too long and then I have to mess about with playlists etc to have an overlap.
I was looking around to buy some new RAM disks when I saw some double sided ones and I wondered how these work.
My first thought was that you put one in the machine and it was like using a normal disk on LP without the quality loss ie it was a 4 hour disk so when side 1 was full it would immediately and seamlessly resume on side 2.
It would also mean thaht when I transferred it to my PC I would have only 1 file as opposed to 2 which is obviously a bit neater.
Having looked into it a little bit it seems this is wrong as people mention you have to turn the disk over.
This would mean it is pretty pointless as you might as well buy 2 disks especially as the double sided disks seem to be about 3 or 4 times the costs of the regular ones.
Virtually everything else in life you buy more it gets cheaper so in the old days when I used audio cassettes C120 were cheaper per minute than C90 which were cheaper than C60 etc etc.
This seems a reasonable analogy so my questions are as follows:
1. Is there any disk I can use repeatedly for transferring recordings off freeview from a Panasonic DVD Recorder that can tfr more than 2 hours without losing quality and without having to piece together a join.
2. What am I missing about double sided RAM disks ie why do people buy one as opposed to 2 regular ones. I appreciate there is a space issue but that seems a very minor incentive to me.
Barry
For many years now I have been transferring things recorded on freeview to my PC using a RAM disk.
Using V Dub I check the transfer has gone correctly and every say 2 months an error message crops up which means I start using a new RAM disk.
Most things I transfer are less than 2 hours or have advert breaks which means it is relatively easy to split the recording.
However every once in a while eg a football match on BBC, a long film or a Wimbledon final is too long and then I have to mess about with playlists etc to have an overlap.
I was looking around to buy some new RAM disks when I saw some double sided ones and I wondered how these work.
My first thought was that you put one in the machine and it was like using a normal disk on LP without the quality loss ie it was a 4 hour disk so when side 1 was full it would immediately and seamlessly resume on side 2.
It would also mean thaht when I transferred it to my PC I would have only 1 file as opposed to 2 which is obviously a bit neater.
Having looked into it a little bit it seems this is wrong as people mention you have to turn the disk over.
This would mean it is pretty pointless as you might as well buy 2 disks especially as the double sided disks seem to be about 3 or 4 times the costs of the regular ones.
Virtually everything else in life you buy more it gets cheaper so in the old days when I used audio cassettes C120 were cheaper per minute than C90 which were cheaper than C60 etc etc.
This seems a reasonable analogy so my questions are as follows:
1. Is there any disk I can use repeatedly for transferring recordings off freeview from a Panasonic DVD Recorder that can tfr more than 2 hours without losing quality and without having to piece together a join.
2. What am I missing about double sided RAM disks ie why do people buy one as opposed to 2 regular ones. I appreciate there is a space issue but that seems a very minor incentive to me.
Barry
