Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 621.38234 EAN: 9780764559563 ISBN: 0764559567 Label: For Dummies Manufacturer: For Dummies Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 360 Publication Date: March 05, 2004 Publisher: For Dummies Sales Rank: 181996 Studio: For Dummies
Product DescriptionMost new PCs and Macs today are equipped with the latest in recording and storage equipment: CD-RW and DVD-R/RW drives. Even if your computer is a little older, you can still join the revolution with add-on hardware and software. You can record music and movies, store photos and data, and organize things you want to preserve for posterity, safely and easily.
CD and DVD Recording For Dummies®, Second Edition, takes the frustration out of choosing and using these cool recording systems. This easy-to-follow guide will help you find what you need and use it efficiently, and it covers all the newest equipment. You’ll discover how to
Choose and install a CD or DVD recorder
Pick the best software for your needs
Store large data files safely on CD
Use EasyCD and DVD Creator and Toast
Record mixed media disks
Create electronic photo albums, baby books, genealogies, and more
Once upon a time, videotape, vinyl record albums, and floppy disks were state of the art for preserving movies, music, and data. The superior durability and capacity of CDs and DVDs have made these tools as obsolete as the washboard, but never fear. CD and DVD Recording For Dummies®, Second Edition, makes it easy to
Transfer your favorite VHS movies to DVD
Preserve those classic LPs on CD
Archive records and data files, and safely store treasured family photos
Ask the right questions when shopping for CD or DVD recording hardware and software
Record original material, copy and erase rewriteable disks, and make backups of important data
Add menus to your disks, label them, and care for them properly
Record a bootable CD-ROM
Today’s CD and DVD recorders can produce everything from superb sound quality to original movies you can play on your DVD player. CD and DVD Recording For Dummies® will get your recording career going in a jiffy.
What Others Say
Ok if you use Roxio, I don't!
CD and DVD Recording for Dummies, Second Edition goes into great detail but only if you use Roxio. I don't and the book doesn't really go into detail about how to use the information with any other software. Pretty much useless in my case. I gave it two stars because I did learn a little by looking through it. Not enough, however, to make it worth the purchase.
CD & DVD recording - 2ed
For someone who is a real novice I suspect that there is a lack of basic information to get that person started. For someone who is a step above a novice the book (latest edition) is already badly out of date and still doesn't cover popular software written years before the publication data (e.g., Pinnacle Clean). It does not cover any of the problems one encounters with music recording. It simply tells you how to transfer files from your computer to a CD or DVD and because that is simply a matter of clicking on buttons for software included on most computers it doesn't help.
You have to be a real Dummie to get this book
You have to be a real dummy to get CD and DVD Recording for Dummies, Second Edition. If you have the Internet you can get CD and DVD Recording for Dummies, Second Edition for free (File-Sharing,) or just google it and check out some sites. I'm still cussing to this day for getting this junk. CD and DVD Recording for Dummies, Second Edition doesn't tell you anything that the burning software of your choice won't tell you. If you think I'm lying then fine, get the book but, be ready to start cussing. Hell I'm cussing as I type...
For Learners
This information is very helpful and especially understandable. My only problem with is was that there is too much information and sometimes that causes confusion
Clear and easy to learn about the new world.
I am not a beginner, yet the new CD and DVD Recording issues have become part of my world. I am thrilled with the opportunities it presents to Dummies like me. So when selecting something easy, I thought the Dummy books were right up my alley. I was right. CD and DVD Recording for Dummies, Second Edition talks in a down to earth style that doesn't intimidate me. It makes me think I'm not such a dummy after all. Now when I purchase DVD Plus and Minus R and RW I have a better idea what to buy.
