Playing Your Dvd In Windows Media Player; About Recording Video Files; Disc Labels; Recording Vhs Video Files Onto Dvds - HP Compaq Presario,Presario S5100 Supplementary Manual

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.
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.
NOTE:
The menu formatting of created video CDs
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.
NOTE: Your DVD Writer/CD Writer drive will
not copy commercially available DVD movies.
Most commercial DVDs are encoded to prevent
unauthorised duplication.

Disc Labels

WARNING: When labelling 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 analogue capture card that
you can connect to a VCR or to another analogue
video source.
•
The video recording software must support
analogue capture devices.
•
You must connect a VCR to an analogue video
port on the PC, open the video recording software,
select the proper video input device, and then
follow the onscreen instructions.
Creating Recovery CD/DVDs
for the PC
For more information about creating Recovery
CDs/DVDs, refer to the User's Guide that came with
your PC.
Setting Automatic Recording
Options
When you first insert a blank CD into your DVD
Writer/CD Writer drive, Microsoft
may give you options for the type of disc you insert.
NOTE: When you insert a blank DVD into your
DVD Writer/CD Writer drive, an options window
does not appear. You must open the program you
want to use with your DVD, and then perform an
action.
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Creating DVDs and CDs
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