Playing Your Recorded Dvd Movie; About Recording Video Files; Recording Vhs Video Files Onto Dvds - HP Compaq Presario,Presario S7300 Supplementary Manual

Playing Your
Recorded DVD Movie
You can use InterVideo WinDVD or the Windows
Media Player programs to play your recorded movies.
Playing Your DVD in InterVideo WinDVD
1 Insert your DVD or video CD (VCD) into a DVD
drive. Select Play DVD movie using
InterVideo WinDVD from the AutoPlay window,
and then click OK. The InterVideo WinDVD
program opens automatically.
Or
If the program doesn't open, click Start, choose
All Programs, Video, Intervideo WinDVD
Player, and then click InterVideo WinDVD 4.
2 Use the InterVideo WinDVD control panel to play
your DVD or VCD.
InterVideo WinDVD is able to display DVD menus for
both DVDs and VCDs.
Playing Your DVD in
Windows Media Player
1 Insert your DVD into a DVD drive. Select Play
DVD Video using Windows Media Player
from the AutoPlay window and then click OK. You
may need to set up Windows Media Player the first
time you open it.
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Creating DVDs and CDs
Or
If the program doesn't open, click Start, choose
All Programs, and then click Windows Media
Player.
2 Use the Windows Media Player control panel to
play your DVD.
The menu formatting of created video CDs
NOTE:
does not appear in Windows Media Player.

About Recording Video Files

Video quality depends on the quality of the source
files, the PC speed, and its graphics processing
ability.
If you need help creating or recording DVD movies,
refer to the Help files in the video editing and
recording programs.
Your DVD Writer/CD Writer drive will
NOTE:
not copy commercially available DVD movies.
Most commercial DVDs are encoded to prevent
unauthorized duplication.
Disc Labels
WARNING: When labeling your DVDs,
do not use sticky labels. They can
cause the DVD to play erratically.
Instead, write on the DVD with a felt
tip pen to label it.
Recording VHS Video
Files onto DVDs
To record VHS video files onto DVDs:
•
Your PC must have an analog capture card that you
can connect to a VCR or to another analog video
source.
•
The video recording software must support analog
capture devices.
•
You must connect a VCR to an analog video port
on the PC, open the video recording software,
select the proper video input device, and then
follow the onscreen instructions.