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Chapter 10: Making Video DVDs and Movies

4. When Windows DVD Maker finishes adding items, review the order of videos

and pictures, check to make sure the DVD burner you want to use is selected,

and then click Next.

5. On the “Ready to burn” page, you’ll see a preview of the DVD menu. You can

make any necessary changes and then click Burn to start burning the DVD.

6. If you haven’t already inserted a DVD, you’ll be prompted to insert one. As

before, the DVD burning process may take several hours.

Creating Movies with Windows Movie Maker

After you’ve created a few video DVDs in Windows DVD Maker, you may want to

do a bit more in terms of production. This is where Windows Movie Maker comes

into the picture. With Windows Movie Maker, you produce the video every step of

the way, from beginning title to end credits.

Getting Started with Windows Movie Maker

You can start and use Windows Movie Maker in several ways. When you are work-

ing with Windows Photo Gallery, you can select the initial pictures and videos you

want to work with and then click Make a Movie to open Windows Movie Maker

with these items selected. Otherwise, you can start Windows Movie Maker by click-

ing Start

➝ All Programs ➝ Windows Movie Maker.

As Table 10-2 shows, Windows Movie Maker works with a wide variety of image,

sound, and video formats. This list is different from the formats supported by Win-

dows DVD Maker. The key change is that Windows Movie Maker supports AIFF

and AU sound formats, and Windows DVD Maker does not.

Table 10-2. File formats supported by Windows Movie Maker

File format/type File extensions

Bitmap image .bmp

DIB image .dib

GIF image .gif

JPEG image .jpg, .jpe, .jpeg, .jfif

PNG image .png

TIFF image .tif, .tiff

Word Perfect image .wdp

Windows Meta File .wmf, .emf

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As with Windows DVD Maker, Windows Movie Maker works with files that are

already in the proper formats and doesn’t include features for converting formats.

Unlike Windows DVD Maker, however, Windows Movie Maker includes features

for importing video and audio from digital video cameras. Windows Movie Maker

doesn’t include features for ripping raw CD audio files from audio discs. However,

you can use any existing audio, video, or pictures on your computer’s disk drive, a

data disc you’ve inserted into your CD/DVD drive, or a device with removable stor-

age connected to your computer. You can also add narration using a microphone.

The same narration features allow you to record input from other sources as well.

When you start working with Windows Movie Maker, shown in Figure 10-21, you’ll

see that it has these key features:

A Tasks Pane

Lists the common tasks that you may need to perform when making a movie

A Collection Pane

Provides options for listing effects and transitions as well as collection folders for

media you’ve imported into Windows Movie Maker

A Preview Pane

Allows you to preview the video

A work area

Allows you to manage the media items you’ve added to the video

Sound formats

AIFF sound .aif, .aifc, .aiff

AU sound .au, .snd

MP3 audio .mp3, .m3u

WAV audio .wav

Windows Media Audio .wma

Video formats

AVI video .avi

DVD video .mpa, .m1v, .m2v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpv2, .mp2v

MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 video .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg

Audio/Video format

Windows Media Audio/Video Professional .asf, .wm, .wmv

Recorded TV format

Microsoft Digital Video Recorder .dvr-ms

Table 10-2. File formats supported by Windows Movie Maker (continued)

File format/type File extensions