Creating A Video Project With Direct-To-Disc Wizard - HP Media Center m7200 - Desktop PC Software Manual

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Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide

Creating a Video Project with Direct-to-Disc Wizard

Sonic MyDVD includes Direct-to-Disc Wizards 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 Media Center PC.
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
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menus 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
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you are creating a VCD project) — Select
the device, number of copies, and write
speed.
Record to hard disk — The video
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capture is 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
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displayed in the Capture window is stored
as a picture file (JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF, or
PNG format).
Start Capture — Starts a video capture
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(.mpg 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 Wizards 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
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page 84.
"Editing movie files" on page 84.
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