DVD Movie Burning Software for the Mac - Suggestions?

[RaiderJ]

My friend is trying to burn movie files onto blank DVD's to watch on a regular DVD player, but iDVD doesn't seem to work very well, or I can't figure it out.

Any suggestions for something simple and easy to burn DVD movies with?

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: RaiderJ
My friend is trying to burn movie files onto blank DVD's to watch on a regular DVD player, but iDVD doesn't seem to work very well, or I can't figure it out.

Any suggestions for something simple and easy to burn DVD movies with?

Burn

 

[Need4Speed]

ooh .. that looks great. I've been looking for something simple like that. Thanks for posting!

 

[mmntech]

Toast is probably the best, though I haven't used it in a vary long time. I just looked at Burn though and it can actually burn DVD-A discs! Impressive.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: mmntech
Toast is probably the best, though I haven't used it in a vary long time. I just looked at Burn though and it can actually burn DVD-A discs! Impressive.

Toast is very much not free though. Burn is just a bunch of Unix utilities thrown together with a simple, yet functional UI. I tend to use it even though I have Toast installed.

 

[mmntech]

Originally posted by: TheStu

Originally posted by: mmntech
Toast is probably the best, though I haven't used it in a vary long time. I just looked at Burn though and it can actually burn DVD-A discs! Impressive.

Toast is very much not free though.

Well, I guess it is now ever since Pirate Bay closed down. lol

 

[sourceninja]

I second Burn.

Toast is nice, but not worth the cash imho. I'm not ever going to pirate software when good, solid, open source software exists to do the job.

 

[RaiderJ]

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll forward them over to him.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: sourceninja
I second Burn.

Toast is nice, but not worth the cash imho. I'm not ever going to pirate software when good, solid, open source software exists to do the job.

My opinion of what qualifies as good and solid may differ from yours (OpenOffice does not fit that bill for me, and neither does GIMP), but I agree with your principle, but extend it slightly further. If a dev has made a useful app that I see myself using more than 3 times, and the price is less than $10 I won't even bother looking for a free alternative. Especially if the price includes free lifetime upgrades. XSlimmer is like that, as is AppZapper. If AppFresh ever comes out of beta, and is cheap, I will probably get it too.

 

[Kmax82]

Originally posted by: TheStu

My opinion of what qualifies as good and solid may differ from yours (OpenOffice does not fit that bill for me, and neither does GIMP), but I agree with your principle, but extend it slightly further. If a dev has made a useful app that I see myself using more than 3 times, and the price is less than $10 I won't even bother looking for a free alternative. Especially if the price includes free lifetime upgrades. XSlimmer is like that, as is AppZapper. If AppFresh ever comes out of beta, and is cheap, I will probably get it too.

I agree. I understand where sourceninja is coming from, on Toast anyway. It's a nice piece of software, but it's really expensive for it's limited use. Disk Utility does most of what Toast does for free, and really the major benefit of Toast is it's media capabilities, which you can also do yourself relatively free. The interface is nice though, and super easy for people who don't want to fuss with the OS utilities. Of course, they probably aren't very likely to be copying discs, etc...