Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO
Getting Started
Congratulations and welcome
to the Compaq Presario
MyMovieSTUDIO leading edge
digital video editing and DVD
authoring desktop computer.
You’ve purchased a premier
desktop solution for quickly
recording, authoring, and
editing DVDs without needing
Take a moment to familiarize yourself
with the components that enable you
to create professional looking DVDs.
With your Compaq Presario
MyMovieSTUDIO bundled solution,
you should have:
> A DVD-R/RW and CD-RW Combo
drive (installed in your computer)
> Digital Video Center (1 IEEE-1394
port with 2 USB ports)
any specialized video editing
or computing skills.
You can:
> Record directly to a DVD from any video
source, such as a VCR*, television
tuner*, or digital camcorder.
> Use wizards to successfully guide you
through recording, editing, assisting
with choices and preventing
frustrating errors.
> Re-edit from a previously-recorded
DVD with MyDVD software.
> Make CD-R and CD-RW recordings.
* Requires an ALL-IN-WONDER® Radeon™ card.
Note: Purchased or rented DVD movies are encrypted to
prevent illegal copying.
> MyDVD software (packaged with
this booklet)
The DVD-R/RW and CD-RW Combo
drive is an all-in-one drive that allows
you to record movies onto a DVD disc,
create music CDs on a CD-R disc, and
store data on a CD-RW or DVD-RW
disc. You can use the Easy CD Creator 5
CD kit (included in your box) to create
music CDs and data storage CDs or
DVDs.
You can use the MyDVD software to
create home DVDs and the Studio 7
software, (included in your box) to
perform advanced edits on your
home DVD.
What can you do?
Create home DVD
discs
Create CDs
Store data on CD-RW
& DVD-RW discs
Now that you have the Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO
what do you do?
Get Connected
First, install the MyDVD software.
To install this software, insert the CD into your
CD-ROM drive and follow the on-screen
steps.
Note: When you are finished installing your applications,
re-boot your Compaq Presario computer.
Next, connect the hardware.
Connect your camcorder or other recording
device to the IEEE-1394 port on the front of
your Compaq Presario computer. Insert a DVD
or CD disc into the DVD-R/RW and CD-RW
Combo drive and you are ready to make DVDs
or CDs.
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What can you do with MyMovieSTUDIO?
The Compaq Presario MyMovieSTUDIO makes it easy to put
quality video and audio onto recordable DVDs and CDs. Using
the MyMovieSTUDIO bundled solution, you can record directly
to DVD or CD, create or author a new project, or edit an existing
DVD project previously recorded on a DVD disc.
Record Directly
to DVD or CD
Create or Author a
New Project
My Movie
What about advanced editing?
If you are a video enthusiast who wants to perform advanced
editing on your DVD movies, Studio 7 is available. With Studio 7,
you can enhance your movie with titles, transitions, music, and
other special effects. You can create video, audio, and graphic
files in other applications and use them in your DVD projects.
For more information, see “Preparing files using other
applications” in the online MyDVD User Guide.
What do you need to make a recording?
To make a recording, you need a video source, such as a digital
camcorder, TV*, or VHS* and DVD or CD media.
* Requires an ATI ALL-IN-WONDER® RadeonTM card.
Edit an Existing
Project
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Select New
MyDVD Project
and click Next to
begin creating a
DVD project.
Select Record
Direct-To-DVD
and click Next
to begin
recording video
and audio to a
DVD disc.
Click Tutorial
to see a
demonstration on how
to use
MyDVD.
Get to know MyDVD
Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with
MyDVD.
To open the MyDVD application, double click the
MyDVD icon on your desktop or from the Start
button, click All Programs, MyDVD, then MyDVD.
It is recommended that you view the MyDVD
software at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768
pixels. To modify your screen resolution:
1. Right click your desktop.
2. Click Properties, then the Settings tab.
3. In the Screen Resolution area, click and drag
the slider to 1024 x 768 pixels.
4. Click Apply, then OK.
If you need additional help, refer to the MyDVD
User Guide. To open the MyDVD User Guide from
the Start button, click All Programs, MyDVD, then
MyDVD User Guide.
The MyDVD Wizard
The MyDVD Wizard displays when you open
MyDVD. The Wizard guides you through setting up
the MyDVD software to:
• Record directly to a DVD
• Create a new project*
• Edit an existing project
• View the tutorial
Select Open
MyDVD Project
and click Next to
open an existing
project in MyDVD.
Deselect to stop the
Wizard appearing
every time you start
MyDVD. (To make the
Wizard appear again,
please refer to the
MyDVD User Guide.)
* If you want to download videos from a digital camcorder
and edit them later, click New MyDVD Project from the
Wizard or New Project from the toolbar.
Click Cancel to close the MyDVD
Wizard - you will see the MyDVD
toolbar and Menu Editor. You
can then use the buttons on
the toolbar to record to DVD or
create a project.
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The Toolbar and Menu Editor
You can use the toolbar to perform most of the
functions in MyDVD. You can add video clips, create
menus and buttons, select styles, and navigate
through your project using the Menu Editor.
Toolbar
Menu label.
Click to edit
the text
Button label.
Click to edit the
text
This button
links to the
main (“Title”)
menu
Start the
New Project
Wizard
Open an
existing
project
Save the
current
project
Start the
Record
Direct-ToDVD
Wizard
Open the
“My Videos”
folder
Start the
Capture
Wizard
Preview the
current
project
Create a
DVD
Click to create
a button that
links to a new
menu
Click to open
the Select a
Style window
(lets you
choose and
edit the menu
styles)
This is your
Windows®
background
Menu Editor
This button links to
the previous menu
in a sequence of
menus
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Indicates how much
disc space the project
will fill
This button links to the
next menu in a
sequence of menus
Create a Direct-to-DVD Recording
This feature allows you to quickly transfer or
archive videos to a DVD without having to
manually create or author titles, menus, or buttons.
The Wizard walks you through the steps to
automatically create a DVD that is ready to play.
1. Connect the video device to your Presario
computer and insert a DVD or CD into the
DVD-R/RW and CD-RW Combo drive.
2. Click Record Direct-To-DVD on the Wizard
screen, then the Next button or click the
Direct-To-DVD button on the toolbar.
Name Your Project
The project name is used to label the menu buttons
and finished disc.
3. Enter a project name (maximum number of
characters is 20) and click the Next button.
Select the
disc to
record to
Click to
select speed
Choose Recording Media
You must have media in the drive or you will not be
allowed to proceed. If you record DVD-video
content on a CD-R or CD-RW disc, you can only
playback the CD on a desktop computer with a CDROM or DVD-ROM drive. This CD does not playback
on a DVD set-top player. The MyDVD software
includes a special version of Intervideo’s WinDVD
that should automatically play the CD when it is
inserted into a Windows-based computer.
4. Select a disc type for recording from Choose
Target Media.
5. Select the device for recording and the write
speed from Create Options.
Note: The write speed is automatically selected as “Auto” if
you are making a DVD.
6. Click the Next button.
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Choose Your Menu Style
7. Select a category of menu styles from the
Category drop-down list.
8. Scroll through the list, click the style to use for
your menus, and click the Next button.
Set Recording Parameters
9. Select your record settings from Record drop-
down list.
10. Select the quality for your recordings from the
Set Quality drop-down list. Refer to the table
below for more information on video quality
settings and record time.
Make the Recording
You can use the VCR playback control buttons to
locate the video you want to record on the DVD.
11. Click the Record button to begin recording.
12. Click the Stop button to finish recording. A
message displays on the screen to indicate the
process is complete.
Click to
select style
Scroll to
desired
style
Select to
give menu
buttons
and text a
3-D effect
Choose
the video
quality
Rewind
Play
Choose what you
want to record
Stop
Move
back one
frame
Fast
forward
Move
forward
one
frame
Add
chapter
points
automatically
You can fit this amount of video on the disc...
If you select a video DVD (4.7 GB) CD (700 MB) CD (650 MB)
quality setting of…
Best 60 minutes 9 minutes 8 minutes
Better 120 minutes 18 minutes 16 minutes
Good 180 minutes 27 minutes 24 minutes
Note: A typical Direct-to-DVD project using a 60 minute tape will take 60 minutes to capture and an additional 60 minutes to
author to DVD. Project times may vary if you perform editing.
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Create or Author a New Project
Authoring or creating a movie project involves:
• Creating video
• Creating menus with buttons
• Adding movie clips to your project
• Previewing the project
• Recording to disc from the project
For advanced editing and story creation capabilities, use the Pinnacle Systems’ Studio 7 software.
1. Click New MyDVD Project on the Wizard, then
the Next button or click New Project on the
toolbar.
Scroll to
desired style
Choose Your Style
A style consists of a background image and a layout
for menu buttons and labels. For more information
on editing styles, see the MyDVD User Guide.
2. Select a category of menu styles from the
Category drop-down list.
3. Scroll through the list, click the style to use for
your layout (for example, background, menus,
and buttons).
4. Click the Finish button.
Add Movie Clips to Your DVD Menu
5. Click Get Movies on the toolbar.
6. Locate the clip you want to link to your menu.
Note: MyDVD saves movie clips to the My Videos folder
located in the My Documents folder on your desktop. You
can save movie clips in other locations.
7. Click Open to add movie clips to your DVD
project.
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Save the Project
8. Click Save Project on the toolbar or choose File,
Save Project.
9. Type a file name for the project and click Save.
Note: MyDVD saves all projects to the My DVDs folder
located in the My Documents folder on your desktop.
Each project has a unique folder that contains the
project file saved with the name you entered and a .dvd
extension.
Create a DVD
You can record your project to:
• A DVD-R or DVD-RW disc
• A CD-R or CD-RW disc
For more information on DVD and CD disc
properties, see the MyDVD User Guide.
10. Insert a disc in your DVD-R/RW and CD-RW
Combo drive.
11. Click Make Disc on the toolbar.
12. Choose your recording options on the Make
Disc Setup window.
13. Click OK to start recording.
Note: Depending on the size of your project, this may
take a while to complete. A message displays on the
screen when the process is finished and MyDVD ejects
the disc.
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Open
your
file
from
hard
drive
or DVD
disc
Make
edits
to
your
DVD
project
Click
Preview
to
preview
your
project.
Exit
Preview.
Save
new
DVD
project
Record
back
to
DVD*
disc
or hard
drive
* You can record back to existing DVD disc if DVD-RW is
being used.
Select
the disc
Your DVD project file will appear on the D drive
if it is a single-drive configuration.
Project name
Edit an Existing Project
You can open and edit any projects that you have
already recorded to your hard drive or DVD disc.
You do not have to store your video, audio, or
graphic files on your hard drive in order to edit
your projects.
For more information on advanced editing, see
“What about advanced editing?” on page 4.
Open a recorded DVD file
1. Insert the DVD disc into the DVD-R/RW and
CD-RW Combo drive.
2. Open the MyDVD software.
3. Choose File, then Edit DVD.
4. Select the DVD-R/RW and CD-RW Combo drive
that contains the files.
5. Click OK.
Note: The MyDVD Wizard screen displays. Click Cancel to
close it.
Make edits to your project
From the menu editor, you can:
• Add and edit video clips
• Create additional menus
• Delete buttons
• Change menu styles
• Modify menu and buttons labels
Add Video Clips
When creating movie clips, you can use chapter
points to separate your video into one or more
sections that are linked to menu buttons.
Chapter Point
If you add chapter points while capturing your
video, MyDVD creates menu buttons for each
chapter point and labels them consecutively with
the project name. For example, if the project name
was “My Hockey Games,” then chapter point menu
buttons would be “My Hockey Games 1,” “My
Hockey Games 2,” and so on.
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If you do not add chapter points, MyDVD creates a
single menu button that links to the captured clip.
1. Connect the video device to your Presario
computer.
2. Click Capture on the toolbar or choose Tools,
then Capture.
3. Choose your settings from the Capture to Disk
window.
4. Click Record to start recording and Stop when
finished.
5. Enter a file name and click Save.
Note: MyDVD saves movie clips to the My Videos folder
located in the My Documents folder. You can save movie
clips in other locations.
6. Click
DoneDone
Done to close the window.
DoneDone
Edit Video Clips
You may want to edit or “trim” your video clip to
remove unwanted material.
1. On the menu editor, double click the button you
want to edit.
Note: If the menu contains chapter points, you must click
the button that contains the first chapter point.
2. Drag the
the start frame.
3. Drag the Red slider bar to the left to modify the
end frame.
Note: Click the Reset button to return the sliders to their
original positions.
4. Click OK to apply the changes.
Note: Adjusting the length of a video that has chapter
points might cause some chapter points to be deleted
and automatically renumbered.
GreenGreen
Green slider bar to the right to modify
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Record
Before “trim”
After “trim”
Select to add chapter
points automatically
while capturing
Scroll to
desired
frame
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Back to
home
You cannot delete
these navigation
buttons
To previous
menu
You can delete
these buttons
To ne x t
menu
Create
new
menus
Create Additional Menus
MyDVD automatically creates additional menus
when the number of buttons exceeds the
maximum number for the menu style. You can
also manually create additional menus.
For additional help on creating menus, see the
MyDVD User Guide.
1. On the Menu Editor, click Menu or choose
Project, then New Menu.
Note: MyDVD places a button that links you to the new
menu page.
2. Add video clips and/or additional menus and
buttons as needed.
Delete Buttons
You can delete buttons that link to video clips,
chapter points, and menus. You cannot delete
buttons that are used for navigation.
If you delete a video clip, MyDVD deletes:
• Buttons associated with clip
• Buttons linked to chapter points in that project
• Video clip from the project, but does not delete
the file from your computer
When you delete buttons, the remaining buttons
move to fill the empty space.
1. On the menu editor, right click the button you
want to delete.
2. Click Delete Chapter, Delete Movie, or Remove
Audio from the pop-up menu.
Note: If you select Delete Chapter or Remove Audio, the
deletion occurs without any message.
3. If you select Delete Movie, click Ye s to delete
the movie and associated chapters from the
project.
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Modify menu styles
You can change the style of the menus in your
project. To create a custom style, click Style, then
the New Custom Style button on the Menu Editor.
You can also download additional styles from the
MyDVD web site.
1. On the menu editor, click Style or choose
Project, then Change Menu Style.
2. Choose a style category from the Category drop
down list.
3. Scroll through the styles for the category and
click the style you want to use for your project.
4. Click OK to use the new style.
Modify button and menu labels
You can change the labels of buttons and menus in
your project.
You can only change the font, size, or color of text
by choosing a different style or creating a custom
one.
1. Click the button label you want to modify.
2. Enter the new text.
3. Press Enter or click anywhere on the menu
editor outside the text box to stop editing the
text.
Modify the
button label
Main
menu
Status
of
project
Preview your project
You can preview your project at any time using the
remote control.
1. Click Preview or choose Tools, then Preview
from the toolbar.
2. Click the remote control’s buttons to control the
playback.
3. Click the remote control’s Close button to
resume editing the project.
To
higher
level
menu
New button
label
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Drive and Media Information
You can use several different types of media with your CD or DVD drives. Media simply refers to the type of disc
you insert into the CD or DVD drive.
The type of drive determines what you can do with your drive you have and the media you use in the drive. For
example, you can listen to music, but not record it, if you use a CD-ROM disc in the CD drive. On the other hand,
you can record and playback a DVD movie, if you use a DVD-R or DVD-RW disc in the DVD-R/RW drive.
Here are the types of media supported on your DVD-R/RW drive.
Media and Drive Comparison
Media File Type Ability to Ability to Ability to Playback on DVD Set-up
Record Playback other computers
CD-ROM Data No Yes Requires CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Varies per model
CD-RW or DVD-R/RW
hardware
Music No Yes Requires CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Varies per model
CD-RW or DVD-R/RW
hardware
CD-R Data Yes Yes Requires CD-RW or Varies per model
(only once) DVD-R/RW
hardware
MP3 Music Yes Yes Requires CD-RW or Varies per model
(only once) DVD-R/RW hardware
CD-RW Data Yes Yes Requires CD-RW or Varies per model
DVD-R/RW hardware
MP3 Music Yes Yes Requires CD-RW or Varies per model
DVD-R/RW hardware
DVD-ROM Data No Yes Requires DVD playback No
software and DVD-ROM
or DVD-R/RW hardware
DVD Movie No Yes Requires DVD playback, Yes
software and DVD-ROM
or DVD-R/RW hardware
DVD-R Data Yes Yes Requires DVD-ROM or No
(only once) DVD-R/RW hardware
and software
DVD Movie Yes Yes Requires DVD-ROM or Yes (varies per
(only once) DVD-R/RW hardware model)
and software
DVD-RW Data Yes Yes Requires DVD-R/RW No
hardware and software
DVD Movie Yes Yes Requires DVD-R/RW Varies per model
hardware and software
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Compaq offers other wonderful products for digital video movie making. Please
visit our website compaq.com/athome under Options for more information.
JVC GR-DVL310U
Digital Camcorder
• 680,000-pixel, 1/4”
Interlace CCD
• 110,000-pixel 2.5”
High Resolution,
270-degree
rotating LCD color
monitor
• 10X Optical Hyper
Zoom and 400X
Digital
Hyper Zoom with
Spline Interpolation
• Snap Shot Modes:
Full screen, Frame,
Pin-up, Negative,
Multi-Picture,
4-Frame/9-Frame,
Digital Still Output
Product offerings under Options might change subject to availability.
JVC GR-DVP3U
Digital Camcorder
• 680,000-pixel CCD
image sensor
produces clear,
bright and natural
images
• 2.0” Polycrystalline
Color LCD
• Removable Flash
Memory, (8 MB SD
Card included); the
card slot is
compatible with
both SD Card
and MultiMediaCard
• 10X Optical/200X
Digital Zoom with
Spline Interpolation
IEEE - 1394 Cable
A 1394 Cable (6-pin to
4-pin) is required to
connect your digital
camcorder to the
Digital Video Center
with a built-in 1394
connector on your
Compaq Desktop PC.
DVD-R 5 Pack
DVD-R 4.7 GB discs store
your data swiftly and
permanently. They
cannot be erased or
overwritten. Use them
for making your DVD
movies.
DVD-RW 5 Pack
DVD-RW is rewritable
up to about 1,000 times.
Use them as an ideal
storage medium that
will supersede videocassettes.
Note:
DVD-RW playback
requires a DVD playback
device that supports DVDRW media.
©2002 Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.P. COMPAQ, the Compaq logo, and Presario Registered U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. First Edition
February 2002.
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