Vista - Native DVD Burn Support?

Hello,

Does the current incarnation of Vista offer native DVD burn support?

Thank you.

smackedass


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smackedass wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does the current incarnation of Vista offer native DVD burn support?
>
> Thank you.
>
> smackedass
>
>

Yes.


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On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:49:21 GMT, "smackedass"
<kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote:

>
>Hello,
>
>Does the current incarnation of Vista offer native DVD burn support?
>
>Thank you.
>
>smackedass


Depends on what VERSION of Vista you get and what you mean by "native"
support. What are you looking to do and which version do you have?

>
> Depends on what VERSION of Vista you get and what you mean by "native"
> support. What are you looking to do and which version do you have?
>

I don't yet own it. What I'm referring to is the ability to burn a data,
music or video DVD using only the operating system, exclusive of the need
for something like Nero or Roxio.

Are you saying that the different verisions of Vista do or don't allow for
some of these functions?

sa

"smackedass" <kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
>
>>
>> Depends on what VERSION of Vista you get and what you mean by "native"
>> support. What are you looking to do and which version do you have?
>>
>
> I don't yet own it. What I'm referring to is the ability to burn a data,
> music or video DVD using only the operating system, exclusive of the need
> for something like Nero or Roxio.
>
> Are you saying that the different verisions of Vista do or don't allow for
> some of these functions?
>
> sa
Can't comment on DVD burning but I can on CD burning. To copy music cd's in
their original format ( .cda files) I had to install Nero ( latest version).
Using media player all it allowed was to "rip" cds to a Windows format and
then burn a cd, it would not see or copy any .cda's from the original disk.
I make a lot of compilation cd's from my collection and Vista would not do
that in the .cda format that my car cd player needs to play and Nero does
that with ease.
Bob

On Sat, 3 Mar 2007 13:53:30 -0500, "Bob" <luna5nospam@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>"smackedass" <kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:HjjGh.1965$Tf.1811@trndny03...
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Depends on what VERSION of Vista you get and what you mean by "native"
>>> support. What are you looking to do and which version do you have?
>>>
>>
>> I don't yet own it. What I'm referring to is the ability to burn a data,
>> music or video DVD using only the operating system, exclusive of the need
>> for something like Nero or Roxio.
>>
>> Are you saying that the different verisions of Vista do or don't allow for
>> some of these functions?
>>
>> sa
>Can't comment on DVD burning but I can on CD burning. To copy music cd's in
>their original format ( .cda files) I had to install Nero ( latest version).
>Using media player all it allowed was to "rip" cds to a Windows format and
>then burn a cd, it would not see or copy any .cda's from the original disk.
>I make a lot of compilation cd's from my collection and Vista would not do
>that in the .cda format that my car cd player needs to play and Nero does
>that with ease.
>Bob
>

Which is why I asked what the person wants to do. :-)

CD/DVD burning is a BROAD topic and covers a wide range of very
different tasks. You can simply use a blank CD or DVD and drag and
drop files to it, or you can rip a music CD, or a movie from a DVD
assuming it isn't copyright protected, then some apps claim you can
get around that. Then there are ways to "mirror" files and use
CD/DVD's to store the mirror image for a restore or backup purposes.

Also there is a whole universe of burning options to create your own
custom CD's or DVD's, for example make your own slide shows, home
vids, edited downloads of commerical DVD's, etc..

Another often misunderstood area is a lot of people new to the topic
of creating their own DVD's think all they have to do is edit the vid,
then poof put a blank in their DVD burner, and a few minutes later out
pops a DVD you can play in any computer or from your set top DVD
player. No, you need DVD Authoring software if you want to have
chapters, sub text and other goodies like on commerical DVD's and so
on which is above and beyond simple editing applications. Windows by
itself supports very little of the above.

Both Nero and Easy CD and a host of other similar applications let you
do all kinds of cool things with CD's and DVD's that Windows can't by
itself.

> Both Nero and Easy CD and a host of other similar applications let you
> do all kinds of cool things with CD's and DVD's that Windows can't by
> itself.


OK, point taken. Now, can any version of Windows Vista, by itself, without
Nero or Roxio or anything like that, burn a simple data DVD? Because XP
couldn't even do that.

sa

On Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:58:59 GMT, "smackedass"
<kemanospamcomputer@verizon.net> wrote:

>
>> Both Nero and Easy CD and a host of other similar applications let you
>> do all kinds of cool things with CD's and DVD's that Windows can't by
>> itself.
>
>
>OK, point taken. Now, can any version of Windows Vista, by itself, without
>Nero or Roxio or anything like that, burn a simple data DVD? Because XP
>couldn't even do that.

AFAIK, no if what you mean by a data disk is using a blank CD/DVD to
store raw files as a backup and at some point simply insert the disc
and either access or move the files back to a hard drive. This
requires a certain process and if I remember right that too is
licensed so I doubt Microsoft includes such a feature because they
would have to pay license fees to whoever holds the patent.