Compaq Presario 6500 Compaq Presario DVD Writer User's Guide - Page 17

Editing DVDs and VCDs

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■ To transfer video from your camcorder or VCR to your hard drive, attach your digital camera to your PC, and then click Capture on the MyDVD toolbar. Refer to the section "Capturing video by using MyDVD." ■ To add files from your hard drive, click Get Movies on the toolbar, select your video file, and then click Open. Note: The Get Movies button opens the My Videos folder. You can browse for your video files if they are stored in another location. 7 Select your video file, click the Preview button on the toolbar, and then click your video file to preview your video in MyDVD. Use the camcorder control buttons in the MyDVD window to control the playback of the video file. 8 Click the Save Project icon on the MyDVD toolbar to place the movie on your hard drive. 9 Click the Burn button on the toolbar to record your movie. Follow onscreen instructions to complete recording your video files to CD or DVD. Editing DVDs and VCDs MyDVD can save changes back to your recorded DVD projects if the disc was created in MyDVD. MyDVD overwrites all files recorded on a CD-RW or DVD+RW disc, replacing them with the new edited files. Before MyDVD does this, a message appears that the disc is not blank and that the data will be overwritten. Note: MyDVD can edit DVD projects created in MyDVD. To edit a recorded DVD or VCD movie: 1 Insert the recorded DVD or VCD into the DVD Writer/CD Writer drive. 2 Click Start, choose All Programs, Sonic, MyDVD, and then click Start My DVD. 3 Select Video CD or DVD-Video. DVD Writer User's Guide 13

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DVD Writer User’s Guide
13
To transfer video from your camcorder or
VCR to your hard drive, attach your digital
camera to your PC, and then click
Capture
on the MyDVD toolbar. Refer to the section
“Capturing video by using MyDVD.”
To add files from your hard drive, click
Get Movies
on the toolbar, select your
video file, and then click
Open
.
Note:
The Get Movies button opens the My Videos
folder. You can browse for your video files if
they are stored in another location.
7
Select your video file, click the
Preview
button on the toolbar, and
then click your video file to preview
your video in MyDVD. Use the camcorder
control buttons in the MyDVD window to
control the playback of the video file.
8
Click the
Save Project
icon on the MyDVD
toolbar to place the movie on your hard drive.
9
Click the
Burn
button on the toolbar to
record your movie. Follow onscreen
instructions to complete recording your
video files to CD or DVD.
Editing DVDs and VCDs
MyDVD can save changes back to your recorded
DVD projects if the disc was created in MyDVD.
MyDVD overwrites all files recorded on a CD-RW
or DVD+RW disc, replacing them with the new
edited files. Before MyDVD does this, a message
appears that the disc is not blank and that the
data will be overwritten.
Note:
MyDVD can edit DVD projects created in MyDVD.
To edit a recorded DVD or VCD movie:
1
Insert the recorded DVD or VCD into the
DVD Writer/CD Writer drive.
2
Click
Start
, choose
All Programs
,
Sonic
,
MyDVD
, and then click
Start My DVD
.
3
Select
Video
CD
or
DVD-Video
.