Chapter 12. Creating DVDs on an XP Media Center PC

In This Chapter

• Make data DVDs in Windows XP

• Create video discs using DVD authoring software applications

• Create special video DVDs using TV programs recorded in Media Center

• Make video DVDs directly from the Media Center interface using PrimeTime

• Know your rights ”and your copyrights

• Troubleshoot the DVD burning process

Microsoft's Media Center software provides many entertaining experiences ”but one thing it does not support is the capability to record DVDs directly from Media Center. Whether you want to create ”or "burn" ”a DVD using video you captured from a camcorder, footage downloaded from the Internet, or video recorded from your TV via Media Center, you will have to go outside Media Center to get the job done.