Windows DVD Maker

Windows DVD Maker is a component of Windows Vista and Windows 7 that creates DVD-Video, viewable using a DVD player.

Features

Windows DVD Maker is available on Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista and on Home Premium, Professional 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.

See also

• List of DVD authoring applications
• Features new to Windows Vista
• List of features removed in Windows 8