You may or may not realise that Windows Vista Home Premium and Vista piece of Ultimate includes Windows DVD Maker. Windows DVD Maker is a software which enables you to create DVD’s which are not just personalised but look professional too!
You can add a variety of media, such as; pictures, music and movies. However….the DVD Maker doesn’t support some media format, for example: it doesn’t support music file formats which itunes use. A way to over come this problem is on itunes make a playlist of the tracks you would like on the DVD, make a copy of the playlist on a CD. Then import the CD using Windows Media Player ensuring that you don’t protect the files because that would prevent from being used in the DVD Maker. Then insert the tracks that you imported through Windows Media Player. (Make sure you don’t break any copyright laws when doing this!)
The thing I found most fustrating in the DVD Maker was that your ability to modify the actual movie/slideshow was very limited. You don’t have much influence on the chapter/scene organisation and the transition between features. I suggest that if want to produce a detailed and very personalised DVD then produce the actual movie on Windows Movie Maker and then import it into Windows DVD Maker to produce the menu’s and the physical DVD. I’ll take this moment to remind you that if you don’t have a DVD burner you won’t be able to put the movie onto the disc.
You can download Windows Movie Maker for free for Vista or for XP.
Some ideas for using DVD Maker:
- Make a holiday DVD
- Birthday presents
- Birthday DVD
- Wedding DVD
- Baby Photos
We think using DVD Maker is a great way of bringing the nation to the 21st century, why not watch a DVD of your holiday snaps instead of everyone crowding round the pack of photos! It’ll probably work out cheaper too!
How do you make your DVD’s? Would you like a tutorial?