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Media Type DVD+RW DVD-RW DVD+R DL DVD-R DL DVD-RAM BD-R BD-RE Read Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Write Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Rewritable Yes Yes No No No No Yes Helpful Tips • Use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW only after you start Roxio Creator and open a Creator project. • Do not burn a blank CD-R or CD-RW to its maximum capacity; for example, do not copy a 650-MB file to a blank 650-MB CD. The CD-RW drive needs 1-2 MB of the blank space to finalize the recording. • Use CD-Rs to burn music CDs that you want to play in regular stereos. CD-RWs do not play in most home or car stereos. • Music MP3 files can be played only on MP3 players or on computers that have MP3 software installed. • Use a blank CD-RW to practice CD recording until you are familiar with CD recording techniques. If you make a mistake, you can erase the data on the CD-RW and try again. You can also use blank CD-RWs to test music file projects before you record the project permanently to a blank CD-R. • You cannot create audio DVDs with Roxio Creator. • Commercially available DVD players used in home theater systems may not support all available DVD formats. For a list of formats supported by your DVD player, see the documentation provided with your DVD player or contact the manufacturer. • Commercially available BD players used in home theater systems may not support all available BD formats. For a list of formats supported by your BD player, see the documentation provided with your BD player or contact the manufacturer. • See the Roxio website at www.sonic.com for additional information. Using Dell Media Experience and Dell MediaDirect NOTE: Changing or disabling the Dell QuickSet default settings can limit Dell MediaDirect™ functionality. For more information about Dell QuickSet, see "Dell QuickSet" on page 135. Press the Dell MediaDirect button, located next to the power button, to launch either Windows Media Center Manager or Dell MediaDirect. 42 Using Multimedia

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Using Multimedia
Helpful Tips
•
Use Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW only after you start
Roxio Creator
and open a Creator project.
•
Do not burn a blank CD-R or CD-RW to its maximum capacity; for example, do not copy a 650-MB
file to a blank 650-MB CD. The CD-RW drive needs 1–2 MB of the blank space to finalize the
recording.
•
Use CD-Rs to burn music CDs that you want to play in regular stereos. CD-RWs do not play in most
home or car stereos.
•
Music MP3 files can be played only on MP3 players or on computers that have MP3 software installed.
•
Use a blank CD-RW to practice CD recording until you are familiar with CD recording techniques. If
you make a mistake, you can erase the data on the CD-RW and try again. You can also use blank
CD-RWs to test music file projects before you record the project permanently to a blank CD-R.
•
You cannot create audio DVDs with
Roxio Creator
.
•
Commercially available DVD players used in home theater systems may not support all available DVD
formats. For a list of formats supported by your DVD player, see the documentation provided with your
DVD player or contact the manufacturer.
•
Commercially available BD players used in home theater systems may not support all available BD
formats. For a list of formats supported by your BD player, see the documentation provided with your
BD player or contact the manufacturer.
•
See the Roxio website at
www.sonic.com
for additional information.
Using Dell Media Experience and Dell MediaDirect
NOTE:
Changing or disabling the Dell QuickSet default settings can limit Dell MediaDirect™ functionality. For more
information about Dell QuickSet, see "Dell QuickSet" on page 135.
Press the Dell MediaDirect button, located next to the power button, to launch either Windows Media
Center Manager or Dell MediaDirect.
DVD+RW
Yes
Yes
Yes
DVD-RW
Yes
Yes
Yes
DVD+R DL
Yes
Yes
No
DVD-R DL
Yes
Yes
No
DVD-RAM
No
No
No
BD-R
Yes
Yes
No
BD-RE
Yes
Yes
Yes
Media Type
Read
Write
Rewritable