Need Help with Video Business

1) the good news is you don't have to have any special software to autorun. All you need is notepad. In Notepad write the following:

[autorun]
open=FileName.exe

Where "filename" is the name of your movie. You may have to drop the ".exe" and use ".mov" instead. I've never done it for just a video before, but it should work. Save the file as "autorun.inf" NOTE: It is case sensitive. Put this on the CD as well as your movie and see what happens. Usually someone else does this for me on my CD's so I'm not super-well-versed in this part. If it doesn't work let me know and I'll research it for you.

2) I'm guessing you mean 'copy protect' instead of copyright. I can't help you with copy protection. Sorry. With copyright, the truly best way is to register with the US Copyright Office, but that's probably overkill for this.

3) Using music (or anything else) that you did not create or that you do not have permission to use is a copyright violation. So, no, you cannot legally put music from your CD collection on your video. I know, you see it all the time and people get away with it. They are stealing someone else's intellectual property, plain and simple. You can buy music for about $30 - $100 per song that you have full rights to. Search for 'Royalty Free Music' on the web. Musicbakery.com is a good one. They have music made for use under videos like this and you'll stay out of video jail!