How to burn a DVD

The laptop should have come with CD/DVD burning software preloaded. Acer's specs page for your model says it comes with NTI Media Maker. The program will have help information available to guide you through, and you can find more help online. If you just want to write data files onto a DVD, the process typically is not much more than dragging files to a layout window and telling the program to burn the disc. This gives you a way to back up data, or to store movies in formats you can view on a computer (AVI, MPG, etc.).

On the other hand, if you're asking how to make a video DVD that will play in a regular DVD player like a commercial movie, maybe with features like menus or scene selection and such, the process for making that kind of DVD is more involved. You need some DVD authoring software. NTI may offer that capability, but I'll admit I have never looked.

In most cases, the software that comes preloaded on computers is a limited version of some commercial product. The computer manufacturers get paid to include the program, and the software company hopes you'll buy the full version when you discover the limitations. If you don't want to pay for software, there are free, more full-featured programs available for downloading.

For general CD and DVD burning, I use CDBurnerXP. To make video DVDs, I use a program called DVDStyler. Both are open-source, meaning they are 100% free to download and use, and they both offer a lot of features.

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Not very good software. TRY Nero Express and Power DVD

http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero10-trial.php

Movie Maker is NOT the software you want for this process :D I tried a few years back as did my friend but it didn't work. Movie maker is ver basic and designed to teach children basic slideshow/video techniques. Try installing the free trial of Corel Video Studio Pro x3, this can make propper dvds, and also makes your files HD.

www.ashampoo.com go to this site and download and install this burning program and try it, un install the other burning program first, let me know how it went

you have to setup nero, insert a blank cd/dvd onto the writer. need to start startsmart, you should select the proper potion uou want to use like, music, video or just as data to write all at a same cd.

Now another window should come. then use "add" to add those files you want to burn. press next and burn.

This prosess should work. let me know if anything seems not working.

you may not install the proper drivers of your burner, install it again and use some other burner application like nero cd burner etc.

try to install the cd driver camed with your camcorder. insert the usb from your camcorder to your pc. use Ulead movie maker instead of Windows movie maker.

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CHARCOIS

any laptop that has an iLink 1394 (firewire on apple computers) port and a DVD burner can do it. Any apple laptop with a superdrive (dvd burner) can do it with iMovie/iDVD, and any windows computer with the i.LINK port and Windows Movie Maker can do the job. I know most (if not all) sony, dell, acer and HP laptops come with the i.LINK port standard, just double check the model when you look at the specs. You'll want at least 1gb of ram (preferably 2GB, especially if you're running windows vista), and the firewire cable to connect the computer to the minidv camera (6 pin to 4 pin if you get an apple computer, 4-4 pin if it's a windows notebook)

how big is your movie les sthen 4.5 gb ha sto be and u only burn at 8x never full 16x ok thx for using fix ya nick