Nero Burn/Burn Settings Plug-In for MCE Manual Nero AG
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Contents Contents 1 General information 4 1.1 Conventions of the manual 4 1.2 About the Nero Burn/Burn Settings plug-in for MCE 4 2 Technical information 5 2.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.1.6 System requirements Operating system Display settings Sound settings Optical device DirectX Optional devices 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 Nero Burn in Windows® Media Center 6 3.1 Starting Nero Burn 6 3.2 Accessing media files 7 3.3 Creating and burning audio CDs 9 3.
General information 1 General information 1.1 Conventions of the manual In order to make best use of this manual, please note the following conventions: Symbol Meaning Indicates warnings, preconditions or instructions that have to be followed strictly. Indicates additional information or advice. 1. Start … Æ Î 1.2 A number at the beginning of a line indicates a request for action. Carry out these actions in the order specified. Indicates an intermediate result. Indicates a result.
Technical information 2 Technical information 2.1 System requirements 2.1.1 Operating system Windows Vista™ Media Center Windows® Media Center Edition 2005 Rollup 2 (and higher) Successor versions of Windows® Media Center Edition 2005 require a web update that will be available under www.nero.com on the given date. 2.1.1.1 Processor 800 MHz Intel® Pentium® III processor, AMD™ Sempron™ 2200+ processor or equivalent, 128 MB RAM. 2.1.
Nero Burn in Windows® Media Center 3 Nero Burn in Windows® Media Center Using Nero Burn you can compile audio files, video files, pictures, and TV recordings from your media collection. In order to be able to access this media data, the relevant folders must be assigned in Windows Media Center to the My Pictures, My Videos, My Music categories beforehand. You can access this media library via Nero Burn, make compilations as required, and then burn them.
Nero Burn in Windows® Media Center Fig. 1: Nero Burn start screen The Nero Burn start screen offers radio buttons for formats on the basis of the burners available and discs inserted - radio buttons will not be offered for formats that are not currently available. The available radio buttons are as follows: Audio CD Video CD Data CD Data DVD 3.2 Starts a wizard for compiling audio or video files with subsequent burning to CD.
Nero Burn in Windows® Media Center Video files, pictures, TV recordings You can sort these media files as follows to make them easier to find: Sort: Name/Title Sorts alphabetically according to the file name or according to the title of a TV recording Sort: Date Sorts in ascending order according to the date. If you have stored your videos, pictures or TV recordings in sub-folders, you must click on the relevant folder to view the individual files.
Nero Burn in Windows® Media Center 3.3 Creating and burning audio CDs Using the Audio CD button in the Nero Burn main screen you can compile a selection of your audio files and burn them as an audio CD. To do this, proceed as follows: 1. Insert a blank CD or DVD in your CD burner. 2. Start Nero Burn. 3. Select the Audio CD radio button. 4. Click on the OK button. Æ The NAME THIS CD screen is displayed. 5. Enter the desired name for the CD in the input field. 6. Click on the OK button.
Nero Burn in Windows® Media Center 3. Click on the required track to select it for the compilation. Æ The selected tracks are checked. 8. If you would like to select tracks from artists, from playback lists or from genres, proceed as in the previous step. 9. Click on the View project and proceed button. Æ The VIEW PROJECT AND PROCEED screen is displayed and shows your complete compilation. Fig.
Nero Burn in Windows® Media Center 3.4 Creating and burning Video CDs or Video DVDs Using the Video CD or Video DVD button in the Nero Burn main screen you can compile a selection of your video files and burn them as Video CDs or Video DVDs. To do this, proceed as follows: 1. Insert a blank CD or DVD in your CD burner. 2. Start Nero Burn. 3. Select the Video CD or Video DVD radio button. 4. Click on the OK button. Æ The NAME THIS CD or NAME THIS DVD screen is displayed. 5.
Nero Burn in Windows® Media Center 1. Insert a blank CD or DVD in your CD burner. 2. Start Nero Burn. 3. Select the VCD Slide Show or DVD Slide Show radio button. 4. Click on the OK button. Æ The NAME THIS CD or NAME THIS DVD screen is displayed. 5. Enter the desired name for the CD or DVD in the input field. 6. Click on the OK button. Æ The SELECT MEDIUM screen is displayed. 7. Click on the button for the required medium, Music or Pictures.
Nero Burn in Windows® Media Center Fig. 4: SELECT MEDIUM screen 7. If you want to add audio files, click on the Music button. Æ The MY MUSIC screen is displayed. 8. Select the required audio files (see the chapter Creating and burning audio CDs). 9. Click on the View project and proceed button. 10. Click on the Add more button. Æ The SELECT MEDIUM screen is displayed. 11. If you want to add video files, click on the Videos button. Æ The MY VIDEOS screen is displayed. 12.
Nero Burn Settings 4 Nero Burn Settings Nero Burn Settings allows you to make various format, quality, and basic settings for Nero Burn. 4.1 Starting Nero Burn Settings To start Nero Burn Settings, proceed as follows: 1. Start Microsoft® Windows Media Center Edition. Æ The start screen for the Media Center will appear. 2. If you are using Windows® XP, click on the More Programs button. Æ The menu icon Nero Burn Settings is displayed. 3. If you use Windows Vista™: 1. Click on the Online Media button.
Nero Burn Settings The following buttons are available for defining the burn settings: 4.2 Burning Videos Provides the following input options for defining the burn settings for videos or slide shows: Burning Slide Shows Format Compression quality Video/audio format DVD When burning a Video CD choose format PAL, NTSC Auto, Low MPEG, LPCM, AC-3 SVCD, VCD Menu Style Allows you to select the menu design for videos and slide shows.
Nero Burn Settings 12. Select the format to which your audio files are to be automatically converted when creating a data CD/DVD. 13. Click on the Save button. Æ You have defined the settings for automatic conversion. 14. Click on the Preferred Drive button. 15. Select the drive you want to use for burning the CD. 16. Click on the Save button. Î You have defined the burn settings.
Contact 5 Contact 5.1 Contact details The Nero Burn plug-in is a Nero AG product. Nero AG Im Stoeckmaedle 18 76307 Karlsbad Germany Web: www.nero.com Help: http://support.nero.com E-mail: techsupport@nero.com Fax: +49 7248 928 499 Copyright © 2006 Nero AG. All rights reserved.
Index 6 Index C Contact Conventions Creating a DVD Slide Show P 17 PC Remote Controls 5 4 11 S Creating Audio CDs 9 Creating Data CDs 12 Creating Data DVD 12 Capture Devices 5 Creating VDC Slide Show 11 DirectX 5 Creating Video CD 10 Display Settings 5 10 Operating System 5 Optical Device 5 PC Remote Controls 5 Processor 5 Sound Settings 5 TV Cards 5 Creating Video DVD D Defining Nero Burn Settings 15 M Media Files Starting Nero Burn 6 System Requirements 5 7 P