Best DVD authoring software

[jkj]

Whats the best DVD authoring software? The only thing Ive actually used before is TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6. It was ok. Im burning my friends wedding on dvd and Ive already did the capture and tonight Im gonna run it through tmpeng to encode it in dvd format. What can I use to create menus and credits etc?

 

[sep]

Good question, but doesn't look like anyone is responding to it. I've used pinnacle 8 and 9. I was able to create a DVD, but couldn't burn it. I'm still having this problem and share the similar question as you.

In my research I've read a couple articles that MyDvd has the best user interface. I might try this software next.

-JC

 

[KutterMax]

It also depends on what you want to author.

Nero 6 for example offer some good basic DVD authoring functionality. I use it to create DVD's for when I burn MPEG-4's back to DVD.

If you are doing home video editing and want to make some DVD's, Studio 9 from Pinnacle offers a pretty reasonable all-in-one solution.

I have not used MyDVD, but it had been getting some pretty solid reviews recently.

HTH.

 

[Shenkoa]

DVD Shrink.

 

[fsstrike]

Get Adobe Encore 1.5. I use it, and its very easy. You can make great looking menus and it doesnt take very long to learn.

 

[Todd33]

Pinnacle Studio 9 is nice and cheap. It depends on how much time and control you want.

 

[Childs]

DVD Studio Pro. But, if you don't have access to a Mac DVDlab seems to copy DSP interface wise. Also, Adobe Encore and Sony's Vegas are supposed to be good.

If you want to create credits, you should probably use something like Motion or After Effects.

 

[Jeff7]

I've not used many programs, but I've found Ulead's Videostudio software to be adequate for MPEG2 editing and DVD creation. They offer a fully functional 30 day trial version.
It does menus; as for credits, I'm not sure. You could use an image editor like GIMP to make bitmap or JPEG images for credits, and use them with Videostudio - it can use still images and convert them to video formats. You just might have to make like 60 copies of the file, for 60 frames of video. But it shouldn't be too difficult to do.
Scrolling credits - don't know. I've never tried to do that.

 

[jkj]

Im using Ulead right now. The lack of credit creation kind of annoys me. Also I could not get the free trial to create chapters.

 

[gsellis]

IF you have an encoder, MediaChance DVDLab and DVDLab Pro (was still release candidate last week) are top notch. Pro even allows mixed 4:3 and 16:9 content on a DVD. There is a trail version available. It also supports AC3, subtitling, and a boat load of other features. DVDLab is only $99. Pro is $100 more.