Burning Topics
CDs & DVDs
Audio
- How to Create an Audio CD - Video - For Dummies - 2008
- Insert a blank CD in the CD/DVD-R/RW drive
- Open WMP (Windows Media Player)
- Click either the Library button or the Burn button
- Drag & Drop any albums or playlists to the "Burn List" (on the right-hand side)
- Click on the "Start Burn" button (at the bottom-right corner)
- Dummies
Video & Video Editing
- Camera / Video Camera
- Codec - 'coder- decoder'
- Codec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Free-Codecs.com :: Download latest audio codecs, video codecs, codec packs and tools, FREE!
- AC3Filter
- If your computer only has a CD and no DVD, then your computer won't have the DVD Codec to play DVDs.
- You can pay to download DVD codecs.
- Cole2k Media - Codec Pack Advanced - $0
- FLAC - (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- wmplugins.com - The place to find and share plug-ins, skins, and visualizations to enhance your Windows Media experience.
- Plug-ins for Windows Media Player - $$
- Elecard Ltd. - codec pack, dvd decoder, mpeg2 decoder, WMP plugin - $25
- Codec Central Legacy - dBpowerAMP - list of all audio formats
- How to Watch Videos in Different Formats - PCWorld - 2011-01-23
- Detected DVD decoders (Windows XP)
- Run > cmd > dvdupgrd /detect
- Convert to other multimedia file formats ...
- Disc-Creation Suites Only Get Sweeter - Review by PC Magazine - 20040405
- Editing software for video
- Slideshows
- Pinnacle Studios
- ULead Video Studio
- Roxio Easy DVD
- CDBurnerXP - $0
- BurnAware - $0
- Nero Burning ROM - $
- Super DVD Creator - $
- MS Paint - (included with all versions of Windows)
(for images, not for video)
- Start > All Programs > Accessories > Paint
- Free Technology for Teachers: Six Easy Ways for Students to Create Videos Online
- Which Video Editing Program Should You(Tube) Use? -- Digital Video -- InformationWeek
- Corel VideoStudio X2 - $US40
- Pinnacle Studio Ultimate - US$130
- Adobe Premiere Elements - US$140
- Apple iLife - iMovie - $0 with a Mac
- Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - video editing software, digital video editing - US$800
- Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac or Windows. - captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere
- Corel Corporation
- Disc Infernos - Disc Infernos - Review by PC Magazine
- ExtremeTech - 5 Free Online Video Editing Sites Reviewed
- Free Video Converter 1.0 (Windows), from Extensoft - Free Downloads on ZDNet | Shareware, Trialware, Evaluation Software
- Macromedia - Flash MX - US$700
- MAGIX Movie edit pro
- Movavi - Video Converter, DVD to iPod Converter, iPod/PSP/3GP/MP4 Converter. Convert AVI MPEG WMV MOV to iPod, PSP, 3GP and MP4 format.
- Pinnacle Systems is the Leader in Digital Video
- What is the best video editing software solution is for the PC? With a digital video camera, the best solution is to use a firewire connection. Pinnacle systems has Studio DV -- it comes with a card and great software.
- Windows Movie Maker Download
- MGI VideoWave - For under $100, TechTVI recommends MGI VideoWave. This program is the best video editor for the price. US$50
- If you want to stream live video, you need to use a streaming server. That involves using QuickTime, Real, Windows Media, or some other software. It can cost you hundreds or thousands of dollars.
- XVCD
XVCDs are similar to VCDs, but they're higher-quality and use better compression.
Broadband expert John Navas explains how to use Tsunami MPEG Encoder and VirtualDub plus Nero or VCD Easy to make high-quality video CDs called XVCDs.
- Flash Video Studio - Publishing movies to the Web as Flash files with a SWF extension is the easiest way to deal with managing things like playback controls, fast forward, rewind and volume control.
- HandBrake - rip video to your hard disk - $0
- Microsoft - Windows Media Player
- Should be able to play
- AVI (Windows)
- MOV (Apple Quicktime)
- MPEG
- Players for VOB
- RealNetworks.com - Choose your RealProducer - Leo's Laporte (techtv) a huge fan of RealProducer Basic. You can feed it an AVI file and it will be transformed into a tiny realmedia format:
- Real - Once you've created your magnum opus in Video Wave, save it as an AVI then use Real Producer Basic to convert it to Real Video. Producer will help you post it to the web, even write the HTML for you. Real Producer Basic is free from RealNetworks.com - Choose your RealProducer
- Roxio MyDVD - Put your favorite home movies, photos, and music on a DVD
- Streaming Video -- PC Magazine PC Labs
- Terapin Technology - Products - CD Video Recorder - USA only
- TMPG Enc Net - $0 - Convert AVI to MPEG
- VCD = Video CD
- Video for Television - PVR
- Videos on CD - Donnie wants to distribute his home movies on CD. Easy enough. Most DVD players and computer CD-ROM drives can handle a format called Video CD. You'll have to save your movies in MPEG 1 format first. Then use a CD burning program to create the Video CD. Adaptec's EZ CD Creator Deluxe and Ahead's Nero, among others, can write Video CDs.
- Xilisoft DVD Ripper - Rip DVD movies
Boot Disc
CD-R, CD-RW, DVD
- Storage...
- Canadian Content
- CD Cloning
- Do not distribute commercial software. It is illegal to duplicate copyrighted software for any purpose other than creating a personal backup.
- Use CD burning software with RAW write or DAO (disk-at-once) capability. Your CD burner must also be RAW write or DAOA capable. In RAW mode, the laser beam makes a strict, bit-for-bit copy of the protected CD. Even bad sectors, which are often used for copy protection, are duplicated.
- CD-ROM emulator = Virtual hard drive = Store your most-used CDs as images on your computer and just call them up at the click of a button! And then run them at 200x the speed of some CD drives and without requiring the CD itself = "It creates a virtual image of your disk and puts it in a virtual hard drive that replicates putting the CD in the drive"
- How to Burn a DVD | Storage - Optical | Asked and Answered
- Alcohol Software
- AnyDVD, CloneDVD, CloneCD, Any DVD, Clone DVD, CloneCD - SlySoft
- Aunsoft- Top One MTS/M2TS Converter, Video Converter, Final Mate - Blu-ray/DVD Ripping Software, Droid X Video Converter
- BitRipper: convert DVDs to AVI or Mpeg with a single click | freewaregenius.com - Ripping
- CD-Recordable FAQ
- CD Freaks.com Your independent source for CD and DVD (recording) news!
- CD Ripper,CD to MP3,MP3,DVD,DVD Ripper
- CDBurnerXP Pro - freeware - $0
- File (menu) > Video DVD layout ... > Select the folder that contains the DVD files > Create movie image (button)
- CDex - Ripping
- CDR-Info, The Recording Authority
- CopyDVDpro - US$100
- DAEMON-Tools.cc - €39.90
- deCSS
- Dr. DivX - US$10
- DVD Copiers - Compare Top DVD Copiers
- DVD Copy Pro - Copy Any DVD To A CD! - US$25
- DVD Decrypter
- DVD X Copy - not recommended?
- DVDFab - Fastest DVD Copy Software | Best DVD Decrypter from DVDFab - $0
- DVD player software, DVD/video player software, free downloads, codecs
- dvdSanta: Create, Convert, Copy and Burn Your Own DVD movies - US$30
- DVD Shrink - $0 - Great progam!!!
- elby CloneDVD 2
- Foxreal Studio - Free YouTube Downloader, Video Converter, Rip/Convert BD/DVD Movies to iPad/iPhone 4/Droid X, etc – Foxreal Software
- Free Disc Burner 1.1.3.52 (Windows), from DVDVideoSoft - Free Downloads on ZDNet
- gamecopyworld.com
- HandBrake - Rip DVD to HD - Ripping
- ImgBurn - Image Burner (rip & create images, burn images) - $0
- InterVideo: Digital Video and Audio Multimedia Products - US$80
- Kaleidescape System - (a PC jukebox)
- MUSICMATCH Jukebox Digital Audio Software
- Nero
- Poikosoft - Easy CD-DA Extractor - Ripping
- RealDVD (by RealNetworks) - Ripping
- RipIt4Me
- Roxio - Easy CD & DVD Creator - US$80 - TechTv says there may be bugs, but a good program otherwise
- SlySoft Products | Copy Movie DVDs with AnyDVD and CloneDVD
- Sonic Solutions - DVD Burning - DVD Decoder - DVD & Video Editing Software - US$80
- VideoHelp.com - recommended by Ziff Davis, PC Magazine, DL.TV
- VSO Software, CD and DVD copy recording applications for your backups - Free Download
What you'll need to do is connect a tape player to your sound card's line-in terminal with a 1/8" mini-jack and record the contents of your tape as a WAV file. To do this, we recommend using the free version of MusicMatch. Just set MusicMatch to record the line-in channel, press play on your tape deck, and then press the record button on the MusicMatch Jukebox.
Once you've recorded your WAV file, it's very easy to make an audio CD-R using software designed for that task. We recommend a $99 program called Spin Doctor from Roxio. It's part of Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5. You'll also need a CD-R drive, of course.
Before you create the CDs, you may want to transfer the WAV files to an editing studio. Pro Tools, Sound Forge (Sony Creative Software - Sound Forge Audio Studio home recording studio software & music editor), or Cool Edit Pro (= Adobe - Soundbooth CS3, Audio Editing Software) will work just fine. Let your budget determine which one you get.
Digidesign has recently made a free version of Pro Tools available. Pro Tools is the industry standard among recording professionals worldwide. It's not a user-friendly program but you can download a copy to edit and clean up WAV files before burning them to CD. - From Video to DVD
- Video Express Multimedia Montreal: Video Transfers, DVD, CD Duplication and More
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- DVD info (Digital Versatile Disc, former known as Digital Video Disc)
- CD-RAM Yamaha/Hitachi Standard
- CD+RW Sony/Philips/HP Standard
- DVD-R Pioneer
- Rewriteable CD / DVD
- CD-RW Yamaha/Hitachi Standard
- Music CD-R vs. regular Data CD-R discs
Music CD-Rs pay a royalty to the RIAA.
Set top CD recorders will only burn audio to a music CD-R.
When burning audio with your computer, it doesn't matter which type of CD-R you use.
- Burners
- DVD-R format or the DVD+R format? - DVD-R has better success at being compatible with set top DVD players. Go with a DVD-R burner. Kevin wants to let people know that the "+" in DVD+R doesn't mean it's a better format. If you want a DVD burner that does both formats, you can go with a Sony burner. For more advice, visit DVD Demystified.
- Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD
- Blu-ray and HD-DVD are both blue-laser-based formats
- the current DVD format is red-laser-based technology.
- Both are backward-compatible with current DVDs? Some say only HD-DVD is backward-compatible
- Both enable more content per optical disk.
- HP is backing both standards
- Blu-ray is supported by Sony, Dell, LG, Panasonic, Pioneer, Samsung, Apple, HP, LG, Philips, Thompson, and a host of other CE and computer companies, in addition to most of the studios in Hollywood.
- 25GB on one layer, 50GB on two layers
- Pioneer was the first to market
- HD-DVD is supported by Toshiba, NEC, Sanyo, Acer, HP, Intel, Kenwood, Lenovo, Microsoft, NEC, and the DVD-Forum; Warner and Paramount are the major studios committed solely to HD-DVD
- 15GB on a single layer, 30GB on dual layer discs
- backward compatible with standard DVD disks