Need help - problem recording Lucifer Rising

[agt_spooky]

Did anyone else have a problem recording Lucifer Rising?

It recorded okay to my DVR, but when I went to put it on DVD last night I got a "Copyright Protected, Cannot Record" error.

I am SO pissed. I've got the entire season recorded to DVD, and I get to the last episode and now it won't record?? ARGH!! And I can't figure out why I'm getting that message, either. I thought maybe it was because of the music, but every other episode with music recorded just fine.

So I'm appealing to you, my dear f-list. Does anyone have Lucifer Rising that they could record to DVD for me? My DVD players won't play .avi files, so I need a copy directly from the TV. I would gladly pay for the materials and postage.

Can anyone help me? Please? :-)

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[tecetyeintyale.livejournal.com]

Oh, you have a Mac! I should have asked - I didn't even have to go searching - I just recently got a Mac and so already had the answer to this one. I don't know why I assumed you had a PC...I guess I just assume that by default!

I see someone is already mailing you a DVD below, but I'll go ahead and email you with what I've got in case you want it for future reference. ^_^

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Hey Elle!

Thank you so very much for your email! I was rushing to get ready for work this morning so didn't have a chance to read the attached document, but from what you said, this sounds exactly what I'm looking for. :-) And thank you for the info on those other communities! I'll be watching to see if they open up membership again.

Don't Mac's rock? :-)

[tecetyeintyale.livejournal.com]

Macs SO rock! I'm loving mine already and I've barely had it a week. I don't know why I didn't switch sooner! It's so much more powerful than a PC.

I actually just went out and bought myself some discs to test this out, so I'll let you know how it goes. The tutorial post looks like it deals with a bit older version of the program, but the new version is similar enough that I've been able to navigate through the program fine. I may email you again about a couple things not mentioned in the tutorial that, if I'm correct, you'll need to make sure and change in the preferences before you try to burn a DVD. I'll have to make sure I do it successfully myself first though LOL!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Macs SO rock! I'm loving mine already and I've barely had it a week. I don't know why I didn't switch sooner! It's so much more powerful than a PC.

I worked on both platforms for years, but last year I finally decided to go only with Macs, both at home and at work and it's been a great decision. :-)

I'll have to make sure I do it successfully myself first though LOL!

I really can't thank you enough for helping me out with all of this, and being the test guinea pig, too! Let me know how it goes! Hopefully this could be the end to my problem. :-)

[tecetyeintyale.livejournal.com]

It's no problem! I was in the process of figuring it out anyway, because I'm catching a friend up with the show and she's almost to season 4. I wanted to be able to play it on the TV for her instead of my laptop, so I figured it was time to figure out how to put my shiny new Mac to work. ^_^

I have successfully burned all of season 4 though - yay! With the newer version, I wouldn't mess with the audio or video bitrate - it comes set higher than the version used in the tutorial, so I just left it and my discs turned out fine. The only other thing to note is to make sure that in the preferences, under the Video tab and then under "General," that you set the region to NTSC. When I downloaded it mine was set to PAL, which I believe is the encoding for European DVD players - it will need to be NTSC here in the US unless you have a DVD player that plays both.

It's a pretty great program, didn't seem to take too long to me and the discs came out fine. The only drawback is that you can't make a DVD menu, so if you're putting multiple episodes on one disc like I was you just have to skip a whole episode by hitting the next button if you want to watch something other than the first ep on the disc. Other than that, it's awesome! Let me know if you have any problems, and I hope it works out for you!

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Hey Elle!

Again, thank you SO much for your continued info about this program. I'm thrilled to know that it worked perfectly for you! I have high hopes that I'll have the same success. :-)

Good to know about the audio/video, the NTSC and the no DVD menu. I think I may just put 2 to a DVD so I don't have to skip past a bunch to get to the episode I want.

You're awesome for helping me out like this!!

Hugs!!