burning dvd-help

[Super Cronk]

hey guys if someone could help me out it would be appreciated.

I have a cd/dvd burner built into my computer (comp is only a few months old) ive got windows media centre (vista) and in WMC there is an option under Tasks that says "burn cd/dvd", now im only new to "burning" stuff  so please bare with me through the stupid questions, does this mean i dont need NERO or some other burning program? can i just burn movies straight onto dvds from the WMC?

And is there a certain dvd i have to burn on? DVD-RW or DVD-R, does it matteR? if so how do i find out which one my burner uses?

[nacho]

u can burn straight from windows media
although ive only tryed and succeded with mp3 files im pretty sure it should work fine with windows media

[mrshoff]

just be careful with what you use....you can crypt it all up....with the copyright stuff

[nacho]

just be careful with what you use....you can crypt it all up....with the copyright stuff

what do u mean by 'crypt it all up'?

[perthstormer]

if its standard movies use DVD shrink you can download it free just search it.  after you shrink it just use nero or whatever program you have.   

[Super Cronk]

i want to know if i can use windows media centre instead of nero.

[nacho]

i want to know if i can use windows media centre instead of nero.

yes you can

[Super Cronk]

thanks. Didnt mean to be rude...just confused, which isnt out of the ordinary for me really 

[mrshoff]

just be careful with what you use....you can crypt it all up....with the copyright stuff

what do u mean by 'crypt it all up'?

if the cd is overloaded it can crypt...as some people call it forcing the cd not to take on the data which wont make it work....i used to burn alot and i know what happens...