Lenovo Blu-ray Burner/HD DVD Player, User Manual

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Macrovision is a kind of technology applied to video signals to prevent copying to Video Tape Recorders.
Macrovision signals are embedded in the video itself. Content protected by Macrovision cannot go to any
analog device that does not support placing 4-bar color stripe marker signals in the video. When a
protected video signal is encountered when playing to an output that does not support color stripe,
playback might halt. Content protected by Macrovision might halt on any attempt to send the video to a
digital output such as a DVI connected monitor. DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray all support Macrovision.
HDCP is a digital encryption scheme to prevent protected video from being recorded from a digital port
such as DVI, USB, or Firewire. Video protected by CSS, AACS, or Macrovision cannot be sent to an
unencrypted digital connection. Devices that are HDCP compliant establish an encrypted data link over
which high-resolution video can be sent. Playback will halt if any protected video is sent to a digital
output that is not HDCP compliant.
SCMS is a digital audio protection scheme. SCMS is used to prevent recording of digital audio through
connections such as SPDIF or Toslink. SCMS consists of bits in a digital audio stream that specify ’copy
freely’, ’copy one generation’, ’copy never’, or ’already copied’. These bits are placed in the audio
whenever protected video is encountered. Recording devices use these bits to know they are enabled to
copy the audio.
Disc Tokens are a Blu-ray and HD DVD specific implementation. Blu-ray has several disc bits defined to
forbid video from going to an analog monitor, a digital link, or to reduce quality. These bits will blank
the video entirely unless a permitted output device is being used.
You can change the DVD or Blu-ray region code at any time by completing these steps:
1. Turn on your computer and start your operating system.
2. Click Start > Programs > Intervideo WinDVD > WinDVD 8 .
3. Click the Properties icon to open the Properties window.
4. Click the General Properties tab.
5. Select DVD region or BD Region in the drop-down box.
6. If you are changing the DVD region, insert a single region DVD of the new region.
7. Select the correct region code for your country.
8. Click OK .
Using DVD Movie Factory
You can use DVD Movie Factory to write data, audio, and movies to BD-RE, BD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW,
DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-R, and CD-RW media. BD-RE, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and
CD-RW media can be written to many times, while BD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, and CD-R media can only be
formatted and written to once.
DVD Movie Factory comes with a number of programs to perform different tasks:
v
Burn-Now : You can use this program to create data, audio, mp3, or bootable discs.
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DVD Disc Recorder : You can use this program to create DVD Videos or Video CDs from your own
video files or camera.
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Blu-ray Disc Recorder : You can use this program to create Blu-ray movies from your own video files
or camera.
v DVD Movie Factory Launcher : This interface enables quick access to several additional features:
– Copying discs
– Saving and burning disc images
– Erasing discs
– Video disc resizing
– DVD-VR on disc editing
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QuickDrop : You can use this program to quickly add data or music to an existing disc.
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