Software Guide

Creating Video Discs and Movies 95
Creating Video Discs and
Movies
Creating a Video Project with the
Direct-to-Disc Wizard
Sonic MyDVD includes a Direct-to-Disc wizard that guides
you through the steps you must complete to 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 Digital Entertainment Center.
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 Capture — Starts a video capture (.mpg
format). Click Stop Capturing to manually stop
the capture if you did not set a capture length
(step 10).
12 A confirmation message displays, stating the disc or
file was created successfully. Click OK.
Note that 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 93.
■ “Editing movie files” on page 93.