I give up

[13Gigatons]

Trying to create a dvd and have only been left frustrated by the amount of really bad software their is on the market to do it.

So far:

1. WinAVI = corrupted DVD that wouldn't play

2. Convert X to DVD = Froze up half way through, slow.

3. DVD Flick = 4 hours later it's done but it's 16:9 when I chose 4:3, no letterbox option.

4. Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus = slow, bloated, featureless

5. Super DVD Creator 9.5 = Featureless

6. Windows DVD Maker = Keeps Crashing


Still left are Pinnacle, Encore, anything else I should try?

 

[Kaido]

Nero, Toast, Vegas are all good.

 

[imported_wired247]

Ashampoo is worth the free trial to give it a shot. It's basically just like nero but much more "lite" AKA doesn't install bloatware

 

[13Gigatons]

I think I will download the sony vegas demo....

 

[13Gigatons]

This Sony Software is really really slow.

 

[13Gigatons]

WinAVI = 32 minutes

Sony = 5 hours

What a difference in encoding speed. I like the layout of the Sony software but man does it take forever.

 

[law9933]

sounds good http://www.download.com/Cheeta...0238561.html?tag=lst-8

 

[jjones]

You're just converting avi to dvd right? Don't know why you had a problem with ConvertXtoDVD. I've used this program many times, never a hitch, glitch or bad format, and does a 2 hour movie in approximately 35 - 40 minutes with good quality.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
Trying to create a dvd and have only been left frustrated by the amount of really bad software their is on the market to do it.

So far:

1. WinAVI = corrupted DVD that wouldn't play

2. Convert X to DVD = Froze up half way through, slow.

3. DVD Flick = 4 hours later it's done but it's 16:9 when I chose 4:3, no letterbox option.

4. Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus = slow, bloated, featureless

5. Super DVD Creator 9.5 = Featureless

6. Windows DVD Maker = Keeps Crashing


Still left are Pinnacle, Encore, anything else I should try?

are you trying to convert avi to MPEG2 for dvd and then master the dvd?

I use 2 tools for this:

Canopus Procoder 2 (version 3 is now out) and DVDLab Pro for mastering.

I just finished converting a Pal dvd to NTSC. Using Procoder to vob to vob. It only converted the movie, not the menu stuff. But still looks great.

 

[Soundmanred]

Originally posted by: jjones
You're just converting avi to dvd right? Don't know why you had a problem with ConvertXtoDVD. I've used this program many times, never a hitch, glitch or bad format, and does a 2 hour movie in approximately 35 - 40 minutes with good quality.

I've never had a bad conversion with ConvertXToDVD either, I wonder what the deal is here.
Nero I did have problems with, but they were always A/V sync issues...

 

[13Gigatons]

So far I've come to this:

1. Use WinAVI to convert the file to VOB (very fast)

2. Create the menus with Sony (nice gui but slow encoding)

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
4. Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 Plus = slow, bloated, featureless

Haha, I can't believe that company is still around.

 

[nace186]

Some time it could be the dvd player is old and couldn't play dvd-r disc.

Oh, and what I'm using now is call my video converter, it converts files to vobs. These files are heck a lot smaller than winAVI generate and the quality is on par. Then I use DVD Styler to create the menu.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: nace186
Some time it could be the dvd player is old and couldn't play dvd-r disc.

Oh, and what I'm using now is call my video converter, it converts files to vobs. These files are heck a lot smaller than winAVI generate and the quality is on par. Then I use DVD Styler to create the menu.

So far WinAVI has been the fastest, MyVideoConverter was much slower. Also file sizes can be made smaller in WinAVI if you want. I just wish WinAVI could produce proper AC3 audio.

 

[0roo0roo]

your avi must be a odd one.
i've used some of that software without problem in the past.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I have a whole bunch of MKV video files (music videos, pron and movie trailers), all using the x264 encoder. What's the best way to convert the files to vob/mpg so I can burn a DVD-Video disc?