Burning A Video Project To Disc - HP Pavilion Media Center m7300 - Desktop PC Software Manual

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Software Guide — HP Media Center PC
To edit your video files:
1
Click File, Open Project, and then select a
video project that you created as described in
"Creating a Video Project" on page 82.
2
Click Edit Movie and skip to step 3.
3
If you have already captured video
files for this project, they appear
along the bottom as a storyboard. If you have
video files on your hard disk drive you would
like to add to this project, click Add Files.

Burning a video project to disc

After you are satisfied with the contents and style of
your video project, you can burn it to a DVD or VCD
disc as follows:
1
Click File, Open Project, and then select a
video project that you created as described in
"Creating a Video Project" on page 82.
2
In the Quality area, set the recording quality
and the DVD or VCD type:
The quality settings range from HQ (the
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highest quality, but uses the most disc
space), to EP (lowest quality, but you can
fit more files).
As you select different quality settings, the disc
space remaining indicator displays how much
blank space there is on the disc for this mode.
4
Click one of the four tabs (Fades and
dissolves, Filters, Text, or Themes and
backgrounds) next to the preview screen.
5
Drag and drop any of the effects over scenes
(or between them for transitions) in the
storyboard.
6
Click OK to save the edits.
For more information about any of the editing
features, click Help and then Sonic MyDVD Help
from within the Edit window.
The DVD formats include 2xDVD
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(8.5GB) (Double-layer), DVD (4.7GB)
(the default setting), DVD-RAM (2.6GB),
and DVD (1.4GB).
Some of these formats may not be supported
by your model of PC.
3
Insert the selected type of disc into
the appropriate drive tray, close it,
and click Burn.
For detailed information about DVD and VCD
recording quality and time, see:
"Video Quality and Disc Size" on page 88.
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"DVD Recording Time" on page 89.
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