Creating Dvds And Cds; Dvd Writer/Cd Writer Drive Features; Creating Music Cds With Recordnow; Creating Cds To Play In Your Car Or Home Cd Players - HP Compaq Presario,Presario S5100 Supplementary Manual

Creating DVDs and CDs

Your PC includes the DVD Writer/CD Writer,
which is a DVD and CD rewriteable optical drive.
This guide tells you about the optical drive features,
and tells you about how to use some of the software
programs to create DVDs and CDs.
IMPORTANT: HP supports the lawful use of
technology, and does not endorse or encourage the
use of our products for purposes other than those
permitted by national copyright law.
DVD Writer/CD Writer Drive
Features
The DVD Writer/CD Writer is a multipurpose
rewriteable optical drive that can:
•
Record audio, data and video files onto DVDs
or CDs.
•
Create DVDs and VCDs that can be played on
most DVD-ROM drives and some home DVD
players.
•
Record directly to a DVD or CD from a digital or
an analogue video source, such as a digital video
camera, a TV tuner or a VCR.
NOTE: Your PC must have an analogue capture
card to capture video from an analogue device,
such as a VCR.
•
Store, edit and preserve video files from various
video sources.
•
Store large amounts of data.
•
Play DVD movies and music CDs.
•
Read data DVDs and CDs.
Creating Music CDs with
RecordNow!
NOTE: Burn is an industry term used to describe the
recording of information onto a DVD or CD. Optical
recording uses a laser beam to place information onto
the disc, thus the term burning.
You can use RecordNow!
play in your car or home CD player or on your PC.
Creating CDs to Play in Your Car
or Home CD Players
1 Click Start, choose All Programs, CD (DVD)
Recorder, RecordNow!, and then click
RecordNow! again.
2 Click the Audio Projects tab.
3 Select Audio CD for Car or Home
CD Player.

to create audio CDs to
Creating DVDs and CDs
1