Creating Your Own Great DVDs and CDs: The Official HP Guide: Chambers, Mark L.: 9780131001053: Book: Computers: eCampus.com

-- Learn to burn CDs and record DVDs with ease -- using video, digital images, music and data -- all covered in one book!

-- Heavily-illustrated, real world step-by-step projects using HP's software and hardware.

-- The only Official guide endorsed by HP.

Burning CDs has become one of the most popular aspects of owning a computer. DVD will replace VHS completely in the next few years. This handbook, officially endorsed by HP, one of the largest hardware vendors in the world, couldn't come at a better time. Although the book uses the HP DVD-Writer as an example, the material will be valuable for anyone with any brand of DVD+RW drive. The early chapters cover how DVD recording works, how to evaluate and buy a recorder and how to prepare your PC for recording. Later chapters fully explain each type of disc your drive can produce, and then illustrates the material with complete step-by-step projects that you can follow to record all sorts of discs. The book also includes a number of specialized chapters covering labels, on-disc menus, recording CD slide shows

Preface

Acknowledgments

xix

About the Author

xxi

How Does DVD Recording Work?

(18)

The Language of Computers

(17)

Reading Data from a Disc

(1)

Recording DVDs and Audio CDs

(3)

Identifying Your Media

(2)

Caring for Your Optical Pets

(1)

Things to Avoid

(2)

Storing Your Discs

(1)

Cleaning Discs the Right Way

(1)

A Word about Copy-Protected Discs

(1)

DVD Formats on Parade

(2)

Summary

(2)

Installing Your DVD Recorder

(22)

Before We Begin

(11)

What Do I Need?

(3)

Be Prepared

(1)

Time to Determine Your Settings

(1)

Determining Jumper Settings for an HP DVD-Writer

(5)

Determining Jumper Settings for Other DVD Recorders

(1)

Installing an Internal Drive

(6)

Installing an External Drive

(3)

Troubleshooting EIDE Installation Problems

(2)

Troubleshooting USB and FireWire Installation Problems

(1)

Summary

(1)

Preparing Your Computer and Material

(26)

Freeing Up Space on Your Hard Drive

(5)

Defragmenting Your Hard Drive

(3)

Disabling Scheduled Programs

(5)

Adding System Memory

(3)

Converting Files to Other Formats

(5)

Organizing Files

(2)

Summary

(2)

Burning Discs with HP RecordNow

(22)

Introducing HP RecordNow

(3)

Putting Computer Files on a Disc

(4)

Recording Your Music

(5)

Recording with Digital Audio Files

(2)

Recording Tracks from Existing Audio CDs

(2)

Copying a Disc

(1)

Project: Recording a ``Road Trip'' Audio CD

(3)

Requirements

(2)

Project: Creating a ``Briefcase Backup'' DVD

(2)

Requirements

(1)

Project: Copying a Backup Data CD for Archiving

(3)

Requirements

(2)

Summary

(1)

Drag-and-Drop Recording with HP DLA

(16)

Formatting a DLA Disc

(5)

Writing Files to a DLA Disc

(1)

Ejecting a DLA Disc

(1)

Recording Additional Files to a DLA Disc

(1)

Making a DLA Disc Compatible

(2)

Project: Recording a DVD Genealogy Archive Disc

(2)

Requirements

100

(1)

Project: Recording a ``Working Copy'' UDF Disc

101

(1)

Requirements

102

(1)

Project Recording and Finalizing a PowerPoint Presentation Disc

102

(2)

Requirements

103

(1)

Summary

104

(1)

Recording a DVD with Existing Files

105

(32)

Introducing MyDVD

106

(1)

Using the Wizard

107

(2)

Adding a Menu Manually

109

(4)

Adding Video Clips Manually

113

(3)

Changing Menu Styles

116

(7)

Checking the Safe Zone

123

(1)

Previewing Your Work

124

(2)

Recording the Disc

126

(1)

Project Recording a DVD Video Disc with MyDVD

127

(5)

Requirements

127

(5)

Project Recording a cDVD with a Custom Menu

132

(4)

Requirements

132

(4)

Summary

136

(1)

Direct-to-DVD Recording

137

(12)

Connecting to the Source

138

(1)

Configuring Windows for Direct-to-DVD Recording

139

(5)

Using DMA Mode

139

(2)

Defragmenting Your Drive

141

(1)

Avoiding Multitasking

141

(3)

Selecting Capture Settings

144

(2)

Setting Chapter Points

146

(1)

Project: Recording Directly from a DV Camcorder

146

(2)

Requirements

146

(2)

Summary

148

(1)

Watching DVD Video with PowerDVD

149

(22)

Loading and Playing a DVD Movie

150

(2)

Basic Video Controls Explained

152

(9)

Showing and Minimizing the Panel

153

(1)

Switching Between Window and Full Screen

153

(1)

Pausing and Stopping the Movie

154

(2)

Fast-Forward and Rewind

156

(1)

Selecting a Chapter

156

(2)

Using Next and Previous

158

(1)

Using Repeat

158

(2)

Setting the Volume Level

160

(1)

Selecting an Audio Stream

160

(1)

Switching Angles

161

(1)

Bookmarking Scenes

161

(2)

Displaying Subtitling

163

(1)

Using File Mode

163

(2)

Using the Menu Pad

165

(1)

Project Capturing and E-mailing Images from Digital Video

166

(4)

Requirements

166

(4)

Summary

170

(1)

Printing Disc Labels and Inserts

171

(18)

Do I Need Labels and Inserts?

172

(1)

Applying Labels 101

173

(2)

Project Creating a Label

175

(7)

Requirements

175

(7)

Project: Creating an Insert Set

182

(6)

Requirements

182

(6)

Summary

188

(1)

Recording Advanced Formats and Video CD Discs

189

(32)

Introducing Easy CD Creator 5

190

(2)

Video CDs vs. DVD Video Discs

192

(1)

Introducing Mixed-Mode Recording

193

(2)

Introducing Multisession Recording

195

(8)

Recording an Incremental Multisession Disc

197

(4)

Recording a Multivolume Multisession Disc

201

(1)

Selecting a Session from a Multivolume Multisession Disc

201

(2)

Recording with a Disc Image

203

(3)

Saving a Disc Image

204

(1)

Recording a CD from a Disc Image

205

(1)

Project: Creating a Video CD

206

(6)

Requirements

206

(6)

Project Recording a Promotional CD-Extra Disc

212

(4)

Requirements

212

(4)

Project Recording a Bootable CD-ROM

216

(3)

Requirements

217

(2)

Summary

219

(2)

Recording Digital Photographs on CD

221

(24)

Introducing PhotoRelay

222

(1)

Creating a Thumbnail Album

223

(6)

Printing Photographs

229

(4)

E-mailing Photographs

233

(2)

Project Creating a Family Photo CD with PhotoRelay

235

(4)

Requirements

235

(4)

Project Creating a Video Postcard on CD

239

(5)

Requirements

239

(5)

Summary

244

(1)

Making Movies with ArcSoft ShowBiz

245

(20)

Introducing ShowBiz

246

(2)

Expanding Your Media Library

248

(2)

Building a Movie from Media Elements

250

(2)

Adding Transitions

252

(1)

Editing with the Timeline

253

(2)

Creating a Different Look with Effects

255

(3)

Adding Text to Your Movie

256

(2)

Previewing Your Work in ShowBiz

258

(2)

Saving Your Classic to Disc

260

(3)

Summary

263

(2)

Troubleshooting Recorder Problems

265

(12)

Common Hardware Problems

266

(2)

Common Software Problems

268

(5)

Eliminating Buffer Underrun Errors

273

(2)

Summary

275

(2)

Adding an HTML Menu System

277

(26)

Do I Need a Menu?

279

(3)

Multimedia Material

279

(1)

Internet Content

279

(1)

Text-Based Material

280

(1)

Off-Site Web Content

280

(1)

Programs to Download

280

(1)

Discs You'll Give to Others

281

(1)

Adding Menus to a DVD

282

(1)

Why Use HTML?

282

(3)

Easy to Learn

283

(1)

Compatible with Most Computers

283

(1)

Large Installed Base

283

(1)

Did I Mention It Was Free?

284

(1)

Familiar Controls

284

(1)

A Wide Range of Commands

284

(1)

More to Come

284

(1)

Designing Your Menus

285

(2)

HTML Editing vs. Web Design vs. Page Layout

287

(4)

The Basics: HTML Editing

288

(1)

The Visual Approach: Web Design

288

(2)

The Alternative: Page Layout and Word Processing

290

(1)

Project Building an HTML Menu

291

(11)

Requirements

291

(11)

Summary

302

(1)

Converting Albums and Cassettes to Audio CDs

303

(8)

A Word of Caution

304

(1)

What Do I Need?

304

(1)

Project Transferring a Cassette to Audio CD

305

(5)

Requirements

305

(5)

Summary

310

(1)

Appendix A Hewlett-Packard Technical Support's Frequently Asked Questions

311

(6)

Appendix B Tips on Buying a Recorder

317

(6)

Appendix C Using Musicmatch Jukebox

323

(8)

Glossary

331

(8)

Index

339


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