Can't comment on DVD burning but I can on CD burning. To copy music cd's in
their original format ( .cda files) I had to install Nero ( latest version).
Using media player all it allowed was to "rip" cds to a Windows format and
then burn a cd, it would not see or copy any .cda's from the original disk.
I make a lot of compilation cd's from my collection and Vista would not do
that in the .cda format that my car cd player needs to play and Nero does
that with ease.
Bob
Which is why I asked what the person wants to do.
CD/DVD burning is a BROAD topic and covers a wide range of very
different tasks. You can simply use a blank CD or DVD and drag and
drop files to it, or you can rip a music CD, or a movie from a DVD
assuming it isn't copyright protected, then some apps claim you can
get around that. Then there are ways to "mirror" files and use
CD/DVD's to store the mirror image for a restore or backup purposes.
Also there is a whole universe of burning options to create your own
custom CD's or DVD's, for example make your own slide shows, home
vids, edited downloads of commerical DVD's, etc..
Another often misunderstood area is a lot of people new to the topic
of creating their own DVD's think all they have to do is edit the vid,
then poof put a blank in their DVD burner, and a few minutes later out
pops a DVD you can play in any computer or from your set top DVD
player. No, you need DVD Authoring software if you want to have
chapters, sub text and other goodies like on commerical DVD's and so
on which is above and beyond simple editing applications. Windows by
itself supports very little of the above.
Both Nero and Easy CD and a host of other similar applications let you
do all kinds of cool things with CD's and DVD's that Windows can't by
itself.
