HP Media Center m7000 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference - Page 143

Making the Movie with muvee autoProducer, Recording muvee autoProducer Movie to Disc

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Making the Movie with muvee autoProducer After you have added at least one video or picture file to your movie project, you can have muvee autoProducer make the movie. The muvee autoProducer program makes a movie by combining the video, picture, and music files you have selected, along with the style of movie, and puts together all of these pieces into a professionallooking movie with just a few steps. 1 If your project is already open, select the make muvee button and skip to step 4. 2 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control to open Media Center. 3 Select More Programs, and then select the Make muvee icon. 4 Select the duration for your movie by clicking either Use Automatic to allow muvee autoProducer to set the duration, or Set to for you to set the duration. 5 Select Next to start the process of creating your movie. 6 Preview the movie in the preview window. Use the playback controls under the preview window to play, pause, and stop the movie preview. Each time you make a change to a movie project, you need to click the make muvee button again to add that change to your movie. 7 Once you are satisfied with the look of your movie project, it is ready to be saved to your hard disk drive; select Save. 8 Select a format, such as MPEG2 or Windows Media Format by selecting the (+) or (-) buttons, and then enter a name for your movie by using the numeric keypad on your remote control. 9 Select Continue to save your movie. Your video project is saved to the My Videos folder on your hard disk drive by default. You can also access your video file in Media Center in the My Videos area. 10 Close muvee autoProducer and then press the Back button on your remote control. Select My Videos and then select your video to play it back in Media Center. n The video quality of the preview may not be as smooth as the final saved version of your movie. Recording muvee autoProducer Movie to Disc with WinDVD Creator To create a VCD or DVD disc: 1 Using the mouse, click Start, choose All Programs, InterVideo WinDVD, InterVideo WinDVD Creator, and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again. 2 Select Create CD/DVD with existing video file. 3 Select the video file you created in muvee autoProducer, and then click Open. 4 Click the Make Movie tab, select Burn to Disc, and then select the arrow button to begin burning your movie to disc. 5 Follow the onscreen instructions. Importing, Editing, and Burning Videos 137

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Importing, Editing, and Burning Videos
137
Making the Movie with muvee autoProducer
After you have added at least one video or picture
file to your movie project, you can have muvee
autoProducer make the movie.
The muvee autoProducer program makes a movie
by combining the video, picture, and music files you
have selected, along with the style of movie, and
puts together all of these pieces into a professional-
looking movie with just a few steps.
1
If your project is already open, select the
make muvee
button and skip to step 4.
2
Press the Media Center Start button
on
the remote control to open Media Center.
3
Select
More
Programs
, and then select the
Make
muvee
icon.
4
Select the duration for your movie by clicking
either
Use
Automatic
to allow muvee
autoProducer to set the duration, or
Set to
for
you to set the duration.
5
Select
Next
to start the process of creating
your movie.
6
Preview the movie in the preview window. Use
the playback controls under the preview
window to play, pause, and stop the movie
preview. Each time you make a change to a
movie project, you need to click the
make
muvee
button again to add that change to
your movie.
7
Once you are satisfied with the look of your
movie project, it is ready to be saved to your
hard disk drive; select
Save
.
8
Select a format, such as MPEG2 or Windows
Media Format by selecting the (
+
) or (
)
buttons, and then enter a name for your movie
by using the numeric keypad on your remote
control.
9
Select
Continue
to save your movie. Your
video project is saved to the My Videos folder
on your hard disk drive by default. You can
also access your video file in Media Center in
the My Videos area.
10
Close muvee autoProducer and then press the
Back button on your remote control. Select
My Videos
and then select your video to
play it back in Media Center.
Recording muvee autoProducer Movie to Disc with
WinDVD Creator
To create a VCD or DVD disc:
1
Using the mouse, click
Start
, choose
All
Programs
,
InterVideo WinDVD
,
InterVideo WinDVD Creator
, and then
click
InterVideo WinDVD Creator
again.
2
Select
Create CD/DVD with existing
video file
.
3
Select the video file you created in muvee
autoProducer, and then click
Open
.
4
Click the
Make Movie
tab, select
Burn to
Disc
, and then select the
arrow button
to
begin burning your movie to disc.
5
Follow the onscreen instructions.
n
The video quality of
the preview may not
be as smooth as the
final saved version of
your movie.