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Creating a Video Project with Direct-to-Disc Wizard, Record to VCD

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Creating a Video Project with Direct-to-Disc Wizard Sonic MyDVD includes a Direct-to-Disc Wizard that helps you create a DVD or VCD video project. A video project is a way to group, organize, store, play, and burn related video and still digital files. 1 Connect your digital camcorder or Web camera to your HP Media Center PC. 2 Click Start, choose All Programs, Sonic, and then DigitalMedia Home. 3 Click the Video tab and then Direct-to-Disc. 4 Click DVD or VCD depending on the type of project you want to create. The Direct-to-VCD or Direct-to-DVD Wizard displays. 5 Click Edit Style, and edit any of the following elements: ■ Background color and graphics on the menus and submenus. 8 Click Next. The Capture screen displays. Make sure the output from your digital camcorder appears in the Preview window. If it does not, double-check your connections and make sure your camera is in playback mode. 9 Click Record Settings to edit any of the default settings. 10 Optionally, set a capture length, chapter points, or scene detection. Click the corresponding Help icon to display the online help for each of these features. 11 Click one of the following: ■ Button styles. ■ Background music. ■ Text format (font, color, and size). ■ Custom styles. Alternately, you can click No Menus if you do not want to be able to select from multiple files in the project. 6 Type a name for your project in the project name field. 7 Click one of the following: ■ Record to DVD (or Record to VCD if you are creating a VCD project) - Select the device, number of copies, and write speed. ■ Record to hard disk - The video capture is stored by default in the My DVDs folder. Click Location if you want to select a different folder. ■ Grab Frame - The image currently displayed in the Capture window is stored as a picture file (.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .tif, or .png format). ■ Start Capturing - Starts a video capture (.mpg format). 12 Click Stop Capturing to manually stop the capture if you did not set a capture length (step 10). 13 A confirmation message displays stating the disc or file was created successfully. Click OK. The Direct-to-Disc Wizard does not include the editing features that are available from the standard interface. You can edit a project created with a wizard before burning it to a disc as described in: ■ "Editing the style of a video project" on page 85. ■ "Editing movie files" on page 85. Creating Video Discs and Movies 87

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Creating Video Discs and Movies
87
Creating a Video Project with Direct-to-Disc Wizard
Sonic MyDVD includes a Direct-to-Disc Wizard that
helps you create a DVD or VCD
video project
. A
video project is a way to group, organize, store,
play, and burn related video and still digital files.
1
Connect your digital camcorder or Web
camera to your HP Media Center PC.
2
Click
Start
, choose
All Programs
,
Sonic
,
and then
DigitalMedia Home
.
3
Click the
Video
tab and then
Direct-to-Disc
.
4
Click
DVD
or
VCD
depending on the type of
project you want to create. The Direct-to-VCD
or Direct-to-DVD Wizard displays.
5
Click
Edit Style
, and edit any of the
following elements:
■
Background color and graphics on the
menus and submenus.
■
Button styles.
■
Background music.
■
Text format (font, color, and size).
■
Custom styles.
Alternately, you can click
No Menus
if you
do not want to be able to select from multiple
files in the project.
6
Type a name for your project in the project
name field.
7
Click one of the following:
■
Record to DVD
(or
Record to VCD
if
you are creating a VCD project)
—
Select
the device, number of copies, and write
speed.
■
Record to hard disk —
The video
capture is stored by default in the My DVDs
folder. Click
Location
if you want to select
a different folder.
8
Click
Next
. The Capture screen displays.
Make sure the output from your digital
camcorder appears in the Preview window. If
it does not, double-check your connections
and make sure your camera is in playback
mode.
9
Click
Record Settings
to edit any of the
default settings.
10
Optionally, set a capture length,
chapter points, or scene detection.
Click the corresponding
Help
icon to
display the online help for each of these
features.
11
Click one of the following:
■
Grab Frame —
The image currently
displayed in the Capture window is stored
as a picture file (.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .tif, or
.png format).
■
Start Capturing —
Starts a video
capture (.mpg format).
12
Click
Stop Capturing
to manually stop the
capture if you did not set a capture length
(step 10).
13
A confirmation message displays stating
the disc or file was created successfully.
Click
OK
.
The Direct-to-Disc Wizard does not include the
editing features that are available from the standard
interface. You can edit a project created with a
wizard before burning it to a disc as described in:
■
“Editing the style of a video project” on
page 85.
■
“Editing movie files” on page 85.