Getting Started Guide

viii Getting Started (features vary by model)
Changing the DVD Settings..................................................................................126
Changing the DVD movie language.................................................................126
Changing DVD closed captioning....................................................................127
Changing DVD Audio Settings .............................................................................128
Playing DVDs with Windows Media Player............................................................128
Using DVD Play to Play DVDs, Videos, High-Definition DVDs, and Blu-ray DVDs.........129
Playing Video CDs (VCDs)...................................................................................131
Playing video CDs (VCDs) with Windows Media Player .....................................131
Creating Audio and Data Discs.............................................................133
Erasing Rewritable Discs Before Recording ............................................................134
Working with Audio CDs ....................................................................................134
Audio CD tips ...............................................................................................135
Before you begin creating discs.......................................................................135
Creating audio CDs.......................................................................................136
Creating video discs ......................................................................................136
Copying a disc .............................................................................................137
Creating data discs........................................................................................138
Making a disc label using LightScribe Technology .............................................139
Making a paper disc label..............................................................................140
Working with Pictures and Videos .......................................................143
Working with Digital Images ...............................................................................143
Viewing Pictures in Windows Media Center ..........................................................144
Adding Pictures in Windows Media Center ...........................................................144
Adding picture files from the hard disk drive .....................................................144
Viewing Pictures in Windows Media Center ..........................................................145
Viewing pictures as a slide show .....................................................................145
Viewing a slide show with music .....................................................................146
Using supported picture file types in Windows Media Center..............................147
Editing Pictures in Windows Media Center ............................................................147
Fixing red eye or contrast ...............................................................................147
Cropping pictures in Windows Media Center ...................................................148
Rotating pictures............................................................................................149
Printing Pictures in Windows Media Center ...........................................................149
Copying Pictures to CDs and DVDs in Windows Media Center ................................150
Playing Videos in Windows Media Center ............................................................150
Playing digital videos.....................................................................................151
Using supported video file types......................................................................151
Transferring and Recording Video Files .................................................................152
Recording analog and digital video files ..........................................................152
Creating a DVD from Video Files in Windows Media Center ...................................152
Index...................................................................................................153