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Creating DVDs and CDs

With Your DVD Writer/CD Writer Drive

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table of contents

DVD Writer/CD Writer Drive Features ............................................. 1

Creating Music CDs with RecordNow! ............................................. 1

Creating CDs to Play in Your Car or Home CD Players.................................. 1

Creating CDs to Play on Your PC................................................................1

About Creating a Music CD.......................................................................2

Storing Files on a DVD or CD .......................................................... 2

About Storing Data Files on Disc ................................................................3

Copying a DVD or CD ..................................................................... 3

Erasing a DVD or CD....................................................................... 4

Removing Files from a Recorded Data Disc ..................................................4

About Removing Files in RecordNow! .........................................................5

Creating DVD Movies ..................................................................... 5

Using InterVideo WinDVD Creator..............................................................5

Requirements for Capturing Video ..............................................................5

Playing Your Recorded DVD Movie ................................................. 6

About Recording Video Files........................................................... 6

Recording VHS Video Files onto DVDs............................................. 6

Creating Recovery CD/DVDs for the PC........................................... 7

Setting Automatic Recording Options.............................................. 7

Compatibility Information .............................................................. 8

Disc Quick Reference ...................................................................... 8

Software Quick Reference ............................................................ 10

Troubleshooting ........................................................................... 11

More Information ......................................................................... 12

Creating DVDs and CDs

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iv Creating DVDs and CDs

Your PC includes the DVD Writer/CD Writer, which is a DVD and CD rewriteable optical drive. This guide tells you about the optical drive features and tells you about how to use some of the software programs to create DVDs and CDs.

IMPORTANT: HP supports the lawful use of

technology and does not endorse or encourage the use of our products for purposes other than those permitted by national copyright law.

DVD Writer/CD Writer Drive Features

The DVD Writer/CD Writer is a multipurpose rewriteable optical drive that can:

• Record audio, data, and video files onto DVDs

or CDs.

• Create DVDs and VCDs that can be played on most

DVD-ROM drives and some home DVD players.

• Record directly to a DVD or CD from a digital or an

analog video source, such as a digital video camera, a TV tuner, or a VCR.

NOTE: Your PC must have an analog capture

card to capture video from an analog device such as a VCR.

Creating CDs to Play in Your Car or Home CD Players

1 Click Start, choose All Programs, CD (DVD)

Recorder, RecordNow!, and then click

RecordNow! again. 2 Click the Audio Projects tab. 3 Select Audio CD for Car or

Home CD Player. 4 Insert a music CD. Select View and then select

your CD-ROM drive to view the tracks on your CD.

Click Find, and then click Browse to find music

files on your hard disk drive that you want to

record. 5 Select the tracks you want to record, and then

click Add.

NOTE: You can press Control (Ctrl) on your

keyboard to select more than one track.

6 Click the Burn icon when you have

added all the audio files to your music

CD project.

7 Click Ye s. 8 When prompted, insert a blank CD-R or

CD-RW disc.

• Store, edit, and preserve video files from various

video sources.

• Store large amounts of data.

• Play DVD movies and music CDs.

• Read data DVDs and CDs.

Creating Music CDs with RecordNow!

NOTE: Burn is an industry term used to describe the

recording of information onto a DVD or CD. Optical recording uses a laser beam to place information onto the disc, thus the term burning.

You can use RecordNow!™ to create audio CDs to play in your car or home CD player or on your PC.

NOTE: If you want to play your music CD in your

home or car stereo, use a CD-R disc. CD-RW discs

may not play in some stereos.

9 Click OK. It is best not to use the PC while

recording.

10 Click Done when recording is complete.

Click ? and then select RecordNow! Help for more information about recording music CDs with the RecordNow! program

Creating CDs to Play on Your PC

1 Click Start, choose All Programs, CD (DVD)

Recorder, RecordNow!, and then click

RecordNow! again. 2 Click the Audio Projects tab. 3 Select Jukebox CD.

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