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Available features depend on the DVD disc used
1
Disc initialization clears all the recordings on the disc and restores the free space on the disc to its
initial value so you can use the same disc again. DVD-R and DVD-R DL discs cannot be initialized.
2
Disc finalization is the processing of the free space (the unrecorded area) on the disc in order to
make it playable on external DVD devices (
77). To finalize a DVD-R DL disc, the camcorder has
to process both layers. Therefore, and depending on the amount of free space on the disc, this
process may be lengthy.
3
Playback cannot be guaranteed with all external DVD devices.
4
You will need to unfinalize the disc first.
5
The MyDVD for Canon software is not included with the
.
Disc Type
DVD-R
DVD-R DL
DVD-RW
VIDEO
VR
Editing scenes with this camcorder (deleting scenes,
editing the Playlist) (
68)
–
–
–
Deleting a scene or still image immediately after recording
it (
69, 73)
–
–
Initializing the disc in order to use it again for recording
(
71)
–
–
Giving a title to the disc (
72)
Finalizing the disc in order to play it with a DVD player
(
77)
3
Adding recordings to a disc already finalized (
79)
–
–
4
Copying still images between the disc and the memory
card (
74)
Converting still images into Photomovie scenes (
74)
Editing scenes on a computer
5
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83)
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