Comments on: How do I extract videos from my Panasonic PVR?

Question: How do I extract videos from my Panasonic PVR?

samstarling — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:36:50 -0800

How can I get files off my Panasonic DMR-EH60D PVR? The DVDs it burns are video as opposed to data, and my eMac won't recognise them.

Ideally I'd just like the raw files straight off it somehow. The closest I could find to a product page is this.

By: ascullion

ascullion — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:52:51 -0800

What format discs are you using? If it's DVD-RAM, your mac won't read the discs. DVD-R or DVD+R, or their rewritable equivalents, should be fine.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:21:36 -0800

I couldn't find the exact model DVR, but this DMR-EH50S can burn to DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD+R. Presumably, the defect is with your Emac. What kind of disks are you burning things too? Try a different disk type, like DVD+R rather then DVD-R. DVD-R is more "video-y" from what I understand.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:26:00 -0800

I dunno the emac, but the new intel iMac supposedly can read DVD+R and DVD-R. What kind of disk are you burning?

By: samstarling

samstarling — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:46:00 -0800

I was burning onto a Sony 4.7GB DVD-R - from the answers so far I'm guessing there isn't a way to 'hack' easy access to the files without using DVD's or suchlike... Which would be nice!

By: ascullion

ascullion — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:28:52 -0800

You should have absolutely no problem playing the video or copying the data off the discs with any mac DVD drive. If you do.. it's possibly because the DVD drive is an old one that doesn't recognise 'burnt' DVDs. Can you try putting the discs into a different computer?

By: filmgeek

filmgeek — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:30:23 -0800

I'm going with the assumption that it's a standard DVD.

if you want to extract the video to something useful, for say, iMovie...MPEG Streamclip is what you're looking for. It'll extract the Video MPEG-2 file back into soemthign you can edit.

And if you can, return the camera and get one that captures on a MiniDV tape.