A fellow user of Ulead DVD WORKSHOP has written a review about Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO that includes a very interesting segment about DVD authoring.

Scroll to the bottom of the review's first page and click on the drop-down list and jump to the "Smart Render In Depth."

http://www.matroxusers.com/mreviews.php?op=showcontent&id=6

Very interesting reading.

"When using multiplexed (system) VBR video files in DVD Workshop, as long as the bit rate settings are greater than or equal to the max bit rate of the video file and VBR is set correctly, DVD Workshop will NOT re-render the video."

"If you uncheck the "do not convert compliant files" box, and select different audio setting, only audio will be re-encoded and you will see a "audio file is being converted" message."

"So, you can use VBR video's with different bit rates in DVD Workshop with out re-rendering."

The review was written by Mark Dileo.

Enjoy.

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net