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Creating a VCD

After you have saved your story, you can create a Video CD (VCD) of your story.

VCD is a CD format that contains both video information and traditional CD audio information. Photo Story VCDs can contain approximately 60 minutes of full-motion video.

Creating a VCD makes it easy to share your stories with friends and family because VCDs can be played on computers and most DVD players. For more information about playing VCDs, see Playing a VCD.

To create a VCD

  1. On the Completing Plus! Photo Story page, click Create a Video CD of Your Story.
  2. Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc into the CD recorder (burner).
  3. In the Create a Video CD dialog box, clear the following check boxes if you do not want to include the project or picture files on the CD:
  4. Under Drive, click the CD recorder drive you want to use.
  5. If you want to change the speed that is used to copy the files to the CD, under Select a write speed, click the speed you want the device to use to create the VCD.

    If you want to conserve system resources, click a low speed.

  6. If you want to create more than one VCD, under Number of Copies, click the number of VCDs.
  7. Under Video Format, click a format for your VCD.

    The appropriate format for your geographical area is displayed automatically if this information is available. Click a different format if your VCD will be played in a region that requires a different format. For more information about CD formats, see Choosing a video format for your story.

  8. Click the Create VCD button.

    Photo Story copies the files to a temporary folder on your computer and then creates the VCD. If you chose to create multiple VCDs, you are prompted to insert blank CDs.

  9. When Photo Story has finished creating the VCD, the CD is ejected and a message is displayed. Click OK.

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