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Originally posted by gopokes85
Let me try to explain, please correct any misunderstanding on my part. I want to:
1. Hit the record button on the Neuros recorder to record a tv show, my input is my directTV, ie. start recording.
2. Pause the recording for a commercial.
3. Restart the recording by hitting pause again after the commercial.
4. Viola, I have paused during recording from an input.
Yes, this functionality is readily available on all VCRs. My understanding is my new Neuros cannot do that. Am I incorrect? Thanks for any response!
Electron_Matrix thanks for the support.
You're right. The Neuros can't pause a recording. I've tried it myself using video from my Tivo and the play/pause button does nothing.
Also they do say "Simple setup that works without a PC and operates like a VCR." on the product detail page. Unfortunately thats probably just marketing and you most likely won't be able to hold them to the implied functionality.
What I do when I want to edit the videos that I capture on the Neuros is I open it in Quicktime Pro (the paid version not the free one) and clip out the part I dont want in there. Afterwards I export (don't save. saving takes the video and places it in a quicktime container format that the PSP wont read) the video to MP4 and use the "Pass through" video format for both the video and the audio. That keeps quicktime from re-encoding the file. Yeah it sounds complicated. Heck it
is complicated. But its better than watching the same commercial three or four times in the same show and it makes the video file smaller so more can fit on a memory stick.
There is also virtualdub which is free, but its much more complicated. If using quicktime is like driving a car, Virtualdub is like flying a fighter jet upside down 30 feet from the ground.
I hope this helps...
