HP Pavilion Media Center m7300 - Desktop PC, Software Manual

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Creating Video Discs and Movies
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Creating a Video Project with Direct-to-Disc Wizard
Sonic MyDVD includes a Direct-to-Disc Wizard that
helps you 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
menus and submenus.
■
Button styles.
■
Background music.
■
Text format (font, color, and size).
■
Custom styles.
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 creating a VCD project) — Select
the device, number of copies, and write
speed.
■
Record to hard disk — The video
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
displayed in the Capture window is stored
as a picture file (.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .tif, or
.png format).
■
Start Capturing — Starts a video
capture (.mpg format).
12
Click Stop Capturing to manually stop the
capture if you did not set a capture length
(step 10).
13
A confirmation message displays stating
the disc or file was created successfully.
Click
OK .
The Direct-to-Disc Wizard does 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 85.
■
“Editing movie files” on page 85.