Windows DVD Maker
| A component of Microsoft Windows | |
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Windows DVD Maker in Windows 7. | |
| Details | |
| Type | DVD authoring |
| Included with | Windows Vista and Windows 7 |
| Related components | |
| Windows Movie Maker, Windows Photo Gallery | |
Windows DVD Maker was a DVD authoring utility developed by Microsoft for Windows Vista and included in Windows 7 that allows users to create DVD slideshows and videos for playback on media devices such as a DVD player.
DVD Maker has been removed as of Windows 8.[1]
History
Windows DVD Maker was first reported by Paul Thurrott during the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference of 2003. Thurrott stated that Windows Vista, then known by its codename "Longhorn," would support DVD movie creation "through an independent application, and not through the shell."[2][3] This information was accompanied by additional reports that Windows Vista would support all major DVD packet writing formats, such as Mount Rainier,[3][4] and would also eliminate the "staging and burning" steps while writing to optical media—files copied to recordable media would instead be written immediately.[2] The latter functionality is exposed via the Live File System.[5]
Features
Windows DVD Maker is available on Home Premium, Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista, as well as Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows 7. It has a simple Aero Wizard-style user interface, which takes the user through the process of creating DVD-Video. The first step involves importing video files, arranging them to play in proper order. Windows DVD Maker automatically splits the videos into scenes that can be accessed from a special scene selection page in the DVD menu. In the next step, animated DVD menus can be added to the compilation. Windows DVD Maker can also add a slide show of pictures with a musical accompaniment and transition effects. Many of these are similar to the transition effects available in Windows Movie Maker. Users can also customize the font and button styles. The application can show an interactive preview of what the DVD will look and act like when it has been burned. For example, users can navigate the DVD menus, testing them.
Windows DVD Maker is designed to encode video as background process with reduced scheduling priority to ensure the computer remains responsive during the compilation process.[6]
See also
- Features new to Windows Vista
- List of DVD authoring applications
- List of features removed in Windows 8
References
- ↑ "Windows DVD Maker in Windows 8!". Community. Microsoft. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- 1 2 Thurrott, Paul (May 8, 2003). "WinInfo Short Takes: Week of May 12: WinHEC 2003 Special Edition". Windows IT Pro. Penton. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- 1 2 Thurrott, Paul (May 13, 2003). "Microsoft Show Points Way to Future of PCs". Windows IT Pro. Penton. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ↑ Evers, Joris (May 9, 2003). "WinHEC: Next Windows to support all DVD writing formats". InfoWorld. IDG. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Burning CDs and DVDs from the Desktop". Safari Books Online. O'Reilly Media. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ↑ Windows DVD Maker Encoding Slow | This P.O.S