Multimedia - Windows 7
Table Of Contents
- Multimedia features
- Multimedia software
- Audio
- Video
- Optical drive (select models only)
- HP Webcam
- Troubleshooting
- The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD or DVD
- A disc does not play
- A disc does not play automatically
- A DVD movie stops, skips, or plays erratically
- A DVD movie is not visible on an external display
- A DVD playing in Windows Media Player produces no sound or display
- The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion
- The computer does not detect the optical drive
- A new device driver is needed
- Index
Using optical discs (CDs and DVDs)
An optical drive, such as a DVD-ROM drive, supports optical discs (CDs and DVDs). These discs store
or transport information and play music and movies. DVDs have a higher storage capacity than CDs.
All optical drives can read from optical discs and some drives can also write to optical discs, as described
in the following table.
NOTE: Some of the optical drives listed may not be supported by your computer. The listed drives are
not necessarily all of the supported optical drives.
Optical drive
type
Read CD and
DVD-ROM
media
Write to CD-R/
RW media
Write to DVD
(includes DVD
+R DL, DVD
±RW/R, and
DVD-RAM
media)
Write label to
LightScribe
CD or DVD
Read Blu-ray Write to Blu-
ray R/RE
DVD-ROM
Drive
Yes No No No No No
DVD/CD-RW
Combo Drive
Yes Yes No No No No
DVD±RW
SuperMulti DL*
Lightscribe†
Drive
Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Blu-ray R/RE
DVD±RW
SuperMulti DL*
Drive
Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
*Double-layer discs can store more data than single-layer discs. However, double-layer discs burned with this drive may not
be compatible with many single-layer DVD drives and players.
†LightScribe discs must be purchased separately. LightScribe creates a grayscale image similar to black-and-white
photography.
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