Can you burn a DVD without using a program....?

Question

...that didnt already come with Vista (my OS).,..example : Windows Media Player....

Answer 1

Yes but only for Audio Files.

Use Windows Media Player to quickly burn audio CDs or DVDs. Its user friendly interface will give you no headaches and it will save you time.

How to burn a CD/DVD

Open Windows Media Player and click on the Burn button. Insert the CD or DVD and drag songs, albums or playlists to the burn list.

Windows Media Player will notify you of the space available on the disk and the elapsed time of all the tracks that you have added. If you exceed the available space, a Next Disc marker will be displayed, notifying you that you will have to insert a new disc.

If you don’t want to burn an Audio CD or DVD, but instead you want a Data one, click on the arrow bellow the Burn button, and choose Data CD or DVD.

Selecting Volume Leveling Across Tracks on audio CDs will automatically equalize the volume of tracks across your playlist. This is done by detecting the music peaks across music tracks, and adjusting the volume of each track accordingly.

Click on the arrow bellow the Burn button and select More Options. Here you can select the Burn Speed. It is recommended not to use the fastest speed, but instead use the medium one. Also you can fit more music by converting to a lower bit rate, but this will reduce the sound quality.

You will need space for caching files, especially if your are burning DVDs. In order to adjust the temporary space used, go to Options, click on the Devices tab and press the Advanced button. Here you can change the path for the temporary files to be stored - in case you do not have enough space at the default location, which is the partition on which Vista is installed. You can also use the Delete Files function to delete cached files.

Click the Start Burn button when you are ready. Windows Media Player will check all files for any usage rights and will start converting them into WAV files. After this process ends, files will begin to be copied on the CD or DVD. The status bar will display the burning progress.

Answer 2

No, but you can get a free program and the best one I've found is called CDBurnerXP: http://www.cdburnerxp.se/home?lang=en

Don't worry about the "XP" in the name, it should work with Vista too.