Recording TV Programs to DVDs

Copying Recorded TV Programs to DVD

You can use Media Center or InterVideo WinDVD Creator to copy your recorded TV programs to DVD (select models only) for viewing and playing on your PC and in some set-top box DVD players.

Copying a TV program to CD/DVD using Media Center

1

Press the Media Center Start button

on

 

the remote control.

 

2

Select My TV.

8 Select View CD or View DVD.

3

Select Recorded TV.

9 Select Create CD or Create DVD.

4

Select Create CD/DVD.

10 Select Yes.

5

Enter a title for your DVD by using the numeric 11 Insert a blank DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-RW, or

 

buttons on the remote control, and then

CD-R disc.

 

select OK.

12 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete

6

Select Recorded TV.

burning your TV show to disc.

7

Select the Recorded TV programs you want to

 

copy to CD or DVD.

 

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If your PC has a DVD Writer drive, you can archive your recorded TV programs to DVD+RW or DVD+R media and play them back on your PC in Media Center or from

aset-top box DVD player.

Copy a recorded TV program to a DVD with other programs

When you copy your recorded TV programs to a DVD with InterVideo WinDVD Creator, it can be converted to an MPEG format, that can be played in a PC and in some set-top box DVD players. See “Authoring Your DVD with WinDVD Creator” on page 130.

When you copy your recorded TV programs to CD or DVD using RecordNow!, it is recorded as a data file, which can be played back from a PC, not a set-top DVD player.

Your recorded TV programs are stored in the Recorded TV folder in the Shared Documents folder on your hard disk drive.

For more information about creating a DVD with RecordNow!, see “Storing data files on disc” on page 112.

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TV programs that have been encrypted (protected) by the broadcaster cannot be copied and played back on any player other than the Media Center PC that they were recorded to.

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