I finally got through the whole manual for the Toshiba. There are encoded places
on the tuner or channel that forbid something like CPRM.
That's usually cable - movies and premium channels.

The recorder will state that it cannot record. There are workarounds.

Most of the manual deals with titling and subtitling whatever you are recording
which doesn't interest me. I usually do a whole football or baseball game and it
doesn't need a title. That's why it was hard to find exactly which menu had the
finalize command. The manual has NO index.

Now that I figured out how to get the dvds to play - I'll try to take the files
from the Handicam in MP4. Record the disc, send it to daughter and let her edit
it on her computer (she has Pinnacle) and she can resave to her taste. I would
probably do the same. Just record, and use one of the movie editors in Ubuntu
then save and write a final dvd as I see fit.

This whole exercise is because I don't trust Sony. They get too outlandish with
DRM and have been sued. The Handicam is a Sony. It should be old enough to avoid
hassles, but-----