Creating A Video Project With The Direct-To-Disc Wizard - HP z558 Software Manual

Creating a Video Project with the
Direct-to-Disc Wizard
Sonic MyDVD includes Direct-to-Disc wizard that guide
you through the steps you must complete to create a DVD
or VCD video project. A video project is a way to group,
organize, store, play, and burn related video and still
digital files.
1
Connect your digital camcorder or Web camera to
your HP Digital Entertainment Center.
2
Click Start, choose All Programs, Sonic, and
then DigitalMedia Home.
3
Click the Video tab and then Direct-to-Disc.
4
Click DVD or VCD depending on the type of
project you want to create. The Direct-to-VCD or
Direct-to-DVD wizard displays.
5
Click Edit Style, and edit any of the following
elements:
Background color and graphics on the menus
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and submenus.
Button styles.
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Background music.
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Text format (font, color, and size).
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Custom styles.
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Alternately, you can click No Menus if you do not
want to be able to select from multiple files in the
project.
6
Type a name for your project in the project name field.
7
Click one of the following:
Record to DVD (or Record to VCD if you are
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creating a VCD project) — Select the device,
number of copies, and write speed.
Record to hard disk — The video capture is
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stored by default in the My DVDs folder. Click
Location if you want to select a different folder.
8
Click Next. The Capture screen displays.
Make sure the output from your digital camcorder
appears in the Preview window. If it does not,
double-check your connections and make sure your
camera is in playback mode.
9
Click Record Settings to edit any of the default
settings.
10
Optionally, set a capture length, chapter
points, or scene detection. Click the
corresponding Help icon to display the
online help for each of these features.
11
Click one of the following:
Grab Frame — The image currently displayed
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in the Capture window is stored as a picture file
(.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .tif, or .png format).
Start Capture — Starts a video capture (.mpg
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format). Click Stop Capturing to manually stop
the capture if you did not set a capture length
(step 10).
12
A confirmation message displays stating the disc or
file was created successfully. Click OK.
Note that the Direct-to-Disc wizard do not include the
editing features that are available from the standard
interface. You can edit a project created with a wizard
before burning it to a disc as described in:
"Editing the style of a video project" on page 107.
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"Editing movie files" on page 107.
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