How to Burn TV Shows to DVD

You can Burn TV Shows to DVD in Windows Vista

You can use Windows Media center to record your favorite TV shows! All you need is a DVD burner and a little time. Read on to learn how you can burn TV shows to DVD in Windows Vista and Windows XP:

Things You'll Need

• Window Media Center.
• DVD burner or DVD writable drive.
• Blank DVD-R or DVD-RW

Instructions

Burn TV Shows to DVD (Windows Vista)

1. 

   Insert your blank DVD into your computer. Launch Windows Media Center. Go to the "Tasks" section and navigate to the option to "Burn CD/DVD"

2. 

   Press "ENTER" on the keyboard or Press "OK" on your remote control. This takes you to the "Select Disc Format " screen where you will select Video DVD as the video format. Click on "Next."

3. 

   Use the remote control or your keyboard to name your DVD disc. Click on "Next."

4. 

   Select the option "Recorded TV" as the location you want to browse for recorded shows. Click on "Next." This takes you to the "Choose Recorded TV screen." Choose the show or shows that you want to burn, using the remote control or your mouse. Click on "Next."

5. #Review the list of shows that you have selected. You will have three options at this point: Click on "Change Name" to rename the show; click on "Clear All" to delete all your selections; or click on "Add More" to add another show(s).

6. Click on "Burn DVD" to start the burn process. This process may take a few minutes, depending on your computer.

7. Eject and label your newly burned CD.

Burn TV Shows to DVD (Windows XP)

1. 

   Insert your blank DVD into your computer. Launch Windows Media Center. Scroll down and click on "More Programs." Click on the CD icon labeled "Create CD/DVD."

2. 

   Scroll down and click on "More Programs." Click on the CD icon labeled "Create CD/DVD." This brings you to the screen where you will select your Disc format. Make your selection and then click on "OK."

3. 

   Use the remote control or your keyboard to name your DVD disc. Click on "OK."

4. 

   Select the option "Recorded TV" as the location you want to browse for recorded shows. Click on "OK."

5. 

   Choose the show(s) that you want to burn. As you make a selection, a check mark will appear next to it. Click on "OK" once you are done.

6. 

   If you choose more shows than the DVD capacity can hold, you will get an error message: "CD/DVD FULL...There is not enough room on the CD/DVD.... Please select fewer files." In this case, just uncheck the extra show.

7. 

   Click on "Create DVD" to start the burn process. This may take a few minutes depending on your computer.

8. Eject and label your newly burned CD.

Tips & Warnings

• You will be able to fit an hour's worth of video on a single-layer DVD disc and two hour's worth on a double-layer DVD disc.

• There is a difference between a DVD-R and a DVD-RW. "R" stands for "recordable," "RW" stands for "read-write." or " rewritable." R disc format can only be burned once: once you have written data to it, it cannot be erased. The RW disc format is both readable and writeable: it can be erased several times.

• If you try to burn more shows than the allowable space for the DVD disc, Windows Media Center in Vista will compress the files. This will result in a reduced quality of the burned DVD.