Recording?

[lorie]

Just one more question please. I'm a newbie to all this.
I like using Windows Movie Maker. Do they just have a
product that I can buy that only has a DVD recorder?
Most products I've found have everything else included
with the DVD recorder. Since I have Movie Maker I don't
want all the other stuff like-tranistion-titles-video
drivers-storyline-etc...I just want a DVD recorder. Is
there such a thing or are we stuck buying the whole nine
yards?
Why doesn't Windows just have a DVD recorder available
for The Movie Maker?
It would make my life easier and isn't that what Window's
XP is all about? Making my life easier? Ha-Ha

[Lorne Smith]

"lorie" > wrote in message
...
> Just one more question please. I'm a newbie to all this.
> I like using Windows Movie Maker. Do they just have a
> product that I can buy that only has a DVD recorder?
> Most products I've found have everything else included
> with the DVD recorder. Since I have Movie Maker I don't
> want all the other stuff like-tranistion-titles-video
> drivers-storyline-etc...I just want a DVD recorder. Is
> there such a thing or are we stuck buying the whole nine
> yards?
> Why doesn't Windows just have a DVD recorder available
> for The Movie Maker?
> It would make my life easier and isn't that what Window's
> XP is all about? Making my life easier? Ha-Ha

DVD Recorder drives are freely available with or without software, but Movie
Maker CANNOT record in a format recognisable by set top DVD players. For
that you need some DVD authoring software. Personally, I use DVD-Lab but
that's NOT aimed at the novice. Sonic's MyDVD is quite simple to use...
Movie Maker is a fairly simple application not intended for serious use and
so doesn't have any of the powerful features you'd really need.

To learn more about movie formats and dvd recording, go to www.dvdrhelp.com

The hardware in your PC is not decided by Microsoft, but by whoever builds
and sells the PC. Some have DVD recorders, some don't, although the
specification requirements for XP Media Centre Edition do require a DVD
recorder...

Lorne

[lorie]

>-----Original Message-----
>"lorie" > wrote in message
...
>> Just one more question please. I'm a newbie to all
this.
>> I like using Windows Movie Maker. Do they just have a
>> product that I can buy that only has a DVD recorder?
>> Most products I've found have everything else included
>> with the DVD recorder. Since I have Movie Maker I don't
>> want all the other stuff like-tranistion-titles-video
>> drivers-storyline-etc...I just want a DVD recorder. Is
>> there such a thing or are we stuck buying the whole
nine
>> yards?
>> Why doesn't Windows just have a DVD recorder available
>> for The Movie Maker?
>> It would make my life easier and isn't that what
Window's
>> XP is all about? Making my life easier? Ha-Ha
>
>DVD Recorder drives are freely available with or without
software, but Movie
>Maker CANNOT record in a format recognisable by set top
DVD players. For
>that you need some DVD authoring software. Personally,
I use DVD-Lab but
>that's NOT aimed at the novice. Sonic's MyDVD is quite
simple to use...
>Movie Maker is a fairly simple application not intended
for serious use and
>so doesn't have any of the powerful features you'd
really need.
>
>To learn more about movie formats and dvd recording, go
to www.dvdrhelp.com
>
>The hardware in your PC is not decided by Microsoft, but
by whoever builds
>and sells the PC. Some have DVD recorders, some don't,
although the
>specification requirements for XP Media Centre Edition
do require a DVD
>recorder...
>
>Lorne
>
>
>.
>Thank You, You've helped me alot. I will visit the web
site for more help. lorie