Burning Anguish

I have a confession to make: I've never burned a DVD. That's right. I spend the majority of my waking hours in front of a computer, and I've never burned a DVD. This weekend, I made the resolve to learn how and burn something to try on the DVD player in the living room.

I recently got a new computer, at least, almost all of the parts are new. I had to switch from my normal IDE drive to a new SATA drive. I found a Nero disk in my box-o-computer stuff and installed it. For some reason, there were no DVD options. I chalked this up to the fact that it was a watered down version they send out with new drives. I grumbled and struggled further with the program.

I finally found a really great program called DVDFlick that is amazingly easy to use. I put together the necessary files and embarked on the long process for properly encoding it to be played in a DVD player. For a half hour, I sat and scratched my head about why it wasn't giving me the option to choose a DVD drive, why my drive wasn't working... basically what was going on in general.

I bend down and look at my drive. DVDROM. MY DRIVE... IS NOT A BURNER.

I feel like a moron. I'm going to have to install my IDE expansion card and install the other drive, or maybe just order a new SATA burner. It's not like they're expensive. I wasted a lot of time for nothing. Well, what's new?

And that is my story of Burning Anguish.