Compaq 6010AP manual Create a Direct-to-DVD Recording, Name Your Project, Choose Recording Media

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Select the disc to record to

Create a Direct-to-DVD Recording

This feature allows you to quickly transfer or archive videos to a DVD without having to manually create or author titles, menus, or buttons. The Wizard walks you through the steps to automatically create a DVD that is ready to play.

1.Connect the video device to your Presario computer and insert a DVD or CD into the DVD-R/RW and CD-RW Combo drive.

2.Click Record Direct-To-DVD on the Wizard screen, then the Next button or click the Direct-To-DVD button on the toolbar.

Name Your Project

The project name is used to label the menu buttons and finished disc.

3.Enter a project name (maximum number of characters is 20) and click the Next button.

 

Choose Recording Media

 

You must have media in the drive or you will not be

 

allowed to proceed. If you record DVD-video

 

content on a CD-R or CD-RW disc, you can only

 

playback the CD on a desktop computer with a CD-

 

ROM or DVD-ROM drive. This CD does not playback

 

on a DVD set-top player. The MyDVD software

 

includes a special version of Intervideo’s WinDVDTM

 

that should automatically play the CD when it is

 

inserted into a Windows-based computer.

 

4. Select a disc type for recording from Choose

 

Target Media.

 

5. Select the device for recording and the write

 

speed from Create Options.

 

 

Click to

Note: The write speed is automatically selected as “Auto” if

select speed

you are making a DVD.

 

6. Click the Next button.

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Contents Getting Started Digital Video Center 1 IEEE-1394 port with 2 USB ports What can you do? Edit an Existing Project Record Directly To DVD or CD Create or Author a New ProjectMyDVD Wizard Get to know MyDVDToolbar and Menu Editor Name Your Project Create a Direct-to-DVD RecordingChoose Recording Media Set Recording Parameters Choose Your Menu StyleMake the Recording Choose Your Style Create or Author a New ProjectAdd Movie Clips to Your DVD Menu Create a DVD Save the ProjectAdd Video Clips Edit an Existing ProjectOpen a recorded DVD file Make edits to your projectBefore trim After trim Edit Video ClipsDelete Buttons Create Additional MenusModify button and menu labels Modify menu stylesPreview your project Media and Drive Comparison Drive and Media Information