HP SR1320IL, SR1330IL Identifying Compatible File Formats, Using the Disc Quick Reference Tables

Identifying Compatible File Formats

Your DVD Writer/CD Writer drive can read and record the following audio formats:

•WAV, MP3, WMA, and CDA for CDs

•WAV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMA, and Layer 2 files for DVDs

Your DVD Writer/CD Writer drive can read and record the following video formats:

•MPEG-1 and MPEG-2

•AVI and WMV

Using the Disc Quick Reference Tables

You can use DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-RW, and CD-R discs in the DVD Writer/

CD Writer drive.

Using double-layer DVD+R discs

•Can only be written to with a Double-Layer DVD drive (select models only).

•Can’t be erased or written to again.

•Holds up to 8.5 GB — the equivalent of 12 CDs.

•Records up to 4 hours of video files, depending on the quality of the recording.

•Can be used to back up your hard disk drive files.

Using DVD+R discs

•Can’t be erased or written to again. Some programs, like RecordNow!, allow you to record data in multiple sessions until the disc is full.

•Can’t edit a DVD+R that has been recorded as a DVD movie.

•Holds up to 4.7 GB — the equivalent of seven CDs.

•Records up to 2 hours of video files, depending on the quality of the recording.

•Compatible with more DVD drives and players than a DVD+RW disc is.

•Can be used to back up your hard disk drive files.

Using DVD+RW discs

•Can be erased and rewritten.

•Can hold up to 4.7 GB — equivalent of seven CDs.

•Records up to 2 hours of video files, depending on the quality of the recording.

•Can be used to back up hard disk drive files that you can update periodically.

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