Ask A Geek

Q: I have a HD JVC video camera with a hard drive and can burn HD DVDs from my computer. I am making a highlight DVD and adding music to it but I cannot get it to burn in HD. Do I have to have a special program? I have downloaded Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0 from Sony but still can’t burn in HD. How can I burn a DVD in HD?

Q: I am using a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop and have burned DVD’s with no problem for quite a while but recently every time I burn a DVD the laptop has freezes throughout the DVD. I went to Dells website and tried updating everything (DVD/CD is TSSTCorp TS-L632H) but updating has not corrected the problem. Is there anything else I can do to try to fix this?

Q: I cannot figure out how to burn my my downloaded movies to DVD. Can you please help?

A: I would suggest to move your movie files to your desktop so that they are readily accessible. Once they are on the desktop I would:

1. Double-click on the My Computer icon.
2. Double-click to select your DVD Drive.
3. When the DVD drive opens with your disk showing, drag the files to that window.
4. On the left panel of that window you should see an option that says “Burn this DVD.”

These steps should take care of the problem for you.