DVDMaestro manual

[Gregg]

Hi,

Can somebody tell me where to get the complete manual or at least more detailed guide for DVDMaestro?

Thanks!

[Craig Tucker]

Did'nt you get one when you bought it

[housepig]

one of the mods (BJ_M I think?) has a standing offer - he'll photocopy the manual for you, if you send him a photocopy of your dongle showing the serial number. (along with enough cash to cover the copies and postage, of course).

[ImaWeTodd]

Here are some maestro help links:

http://digital-forums.com/dvd2dvdr/intro.htm
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/maestro.htm
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/maestro2.htm
http://www.dvdwriters.co.uk/articles/DVDMaestroUnleashed.pdf
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dvdmaestro/

Who needs the sinkin manual? I think it's over 680+ pages in a pdf. You'd go broke covering the shipping and copy charges.

How do I know this? Well I searched the DVD Authoring forum right here.

Some of the best quotes about the manual are:

Novel, I'd say more like dictionary. Its 688 pages. 688!!!! And it is a bit confusing.

I found the Maestro manual so useful it keeps up the back leg of my printer stand

[Vejita-sama]

Here's my list (cut and paste so some duplication):

Spruce DVDMaestro
http://www.geocities.com/eaussie01au/maestro.html
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/146371.php
http://digital-forums.com/dvd2dvdr/intro.htm
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/maestro.htm
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/maestro2.htm
http://myweb.cableone.net/trilight/dvdguides/multipgc/default.htm
http://www.tcnj.edu/~sarnell2/ART34508/dvd2dvdr/index.html
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/140765.php

DVDMaestro - product definition
http://www.spruce-tech.com/products/dvdmaestro.html

[Gregg]

Thank you for all your replies!
I didn't know it was a sensitive subject.

[Arky]

Thank you for all your replies!
I didn't know it was a sensitive subject.

It isn't. PROVIDED YOU HAVE A VALID LICENSE/DONGLE (in which case, even if you lost the manual, you'd be able to easily download it from the official Spruce Technologies support website).

If you don't, then quite obviously you shouldn't be asking for the manual anyway.

Sorry to be blunt, but there it is - let's not beat around the bush. I think you already know this because it's self-explanatory.


Arky ;o)

[Gregg]

Allow me to slightly disagree with you.
Having a knife doesn't mean you intend to kill.
According to your logic the guides posted here are some kind of violation because those who bought those products don't need them.
If you're so honest and concerned can I ask you why are you using this site at all?

Cheers!

[SupaCoopa]

I have to disagree with Arky too. One needs the manual to widen his knowledge of a particular program. He may or may not own the program. Who says that if I haven't bought the software I can't learn what the software does and how it works? If this was the case, bookstores selling software guides should ask for your valid software license everytime you wanted to buy a book. Also Gregg is very right in his remark about the guides on this site. Shouldn't the only guide available here be RTFM?

I haven't bought Maya, but I have three books about it and a manual too. Am I a thief? Am I breaking any copyright laws? I think not, at least not in my country. I was being taught Maya at school and used the books and the manual to learn at home. What's wrong with that? My employer has bought Maestro but won't let any item, such as the manual, be taken outside the office. If I have the manual in PDF on my PC so that I can clarify something I thought while at home, what's wrong with that? Would Spruce be happier if I didn't? I'm certainly not talking about installing the software at home without buying it, which is clearly a violation of the law.

The only reason I find right for not being able to acquire a manual for a program you don't own is that manuals are copyrighted, just as all books and most e-books are. If you duplicate it as to have it, physically or electronically, you are breaking its copyright. OK, so Maestro manual is not available to buy seperatly. If I pay some money to someone who owns the manual and doesn't need it anymore, is this OK with copyright? Or should I buy the program too just because I need the manual?

In all, I understand copyright subjects are sensitive, especially for a DVD-related forum. But let's not be hostile, otherwise moderators should start asking for product serial numbers any time a question regarding Scenarist or Cinema Craft Encoder was asked.

[tim6661234]

Maesto's a funny one. Apple took over Spruce and selved the product so you can't buy it. If you want to use it and didn't buy it along time ago you have to steal. Technically its copywrite theft but Apple can't be that bothered or they'd still be selling it

My 2p worth!

[blacardi]

I Agree to SupaCoopa... so Gents.....

Every time you ask a question.... you first supply
a name and serial number of all the software you are using....

You can mail it to me... i'll check it.... if it works....
i'll reply to youre post telling that te test has passed so ohter
visitors can answer youre question....

:P

[Rogue3]

You can download the manual from your favorite file sharing program.

[housepig]

I haven't bought Maya, but I have three books about it and a manual too. Am I a thief?

well, I don't know - are you? Did you buy the books? Was the manual freely available?

There is no problem buying books on software, or downloading manuals from a product's support site. So if he wants a Maestro manual, he should go to a bookstore or download it from the Maestro website.

If he can't do that, then the only legal way to get the manual is to buy the program. If he wants to learn more about the program, and the guides on this and other sites aren't enough information, he has the choice of buying the program and getting the manual, or not.

Unlike many other programs, the creators of Maestro have decided not to make their manual freely available. That is their right. Sometimes you have to pay to play.

And yes - Maestro gets singled out. People are more sensitive about Maestro, because more than most other software (except maybe Scenarist), someone asking a Maestro question on this board is most likely to have a pirate copy.

[SaSi]

[quote="housepig"]

And yes - Maestro gets singled out. People are more sensitive about Maestro, because more than most other software (except maybe Scenarist), someone asking a Maestro question on this board is most likely to have a pirate copy.

Perhaps nobody wants the Scenarist manual because it's worthless. It just tells you how to press buttons and select options. On the other hand, the DVD Maestro manuals is one of the best written s/w manuals I've seen. Technical, informative and not too complicated. However, the only descent way to read it is print it on a printer that can print on both sides of a page. Otherwise it get's to be heavy.

[F-ING HOSTILE]

I love how we can all sit around discussing "backing up" our DVD’s (most likely Blockbuster's DVD’s) with such a clear conscience, but when someone asks a question about a program like DVD Maestro, they are labeled a thief and made to feel bad!

God forbid you ask about a program you may not have paid for (which is commonly used to pirate DVD’s you didn't want to pay for)!

Yeah, I know, most of you have NEVER copied a DVD you didn't purchase

[noki]

F-ING HOSTILE

hit the nail on the head! thanks for your reply.

[housepig]

I love how we can all sit around discussing "backing up" our DVD’s (most likely Blockbuster's DVD’s) with such a clear conscience, but when someone asks a question about a program like DVD Maestro, they are labeled a thief and made to feel bad!

God forbid you ask about a program you may not have paid for (which is commonly used to pirate DVD’s you didn't want to pay for)!

Yeah, I know, most of you have NEVER copied a DVD you didn't purchase

he's more than welcome to ask a question about Maestro - but if his question makes it obvious he's pirated the software, he'll get called on it... the same way people get called on every day for talking about copying rental discs.

the fact that someone is a pirate is irrelevant - the fact that they are stupid enough to talk about being a pirate on this board, which goes out of it's way to distinguish what is piracy and what isn't, makes them a worthy target.

I could give a rat's ass if someone has a bootleg copy of Maestro - but they shouldn't talk about it here, it's a danger to the operation of this forum, which has plenty of useful, legitimate information on it.

[F-ING HOSTILE]

the fact that someone is a pirate is irrelevant - the fact that they are stupid enough to talk about being a pirate on this board, which goes out of it's way to distinguish what is piracy and what isn't, makes them a worthy target.

I'm sure that at the time of the post he was still relatively new to the game!
And if we are to assume that he has not purchased the program, why not assume that everyone is pirating DVD's?

[anaboland]

What the hell,

95% of this site/forum is concerned with making copies or should i say backups of copyrighted stuff, so who cares if somebody wants to learn
how to use a piece of software that is no longer commercially available.

i think it's just a few people who are pissed because they actually paid the
extremely over inflated price for it when it was on the shelves.

perhaps it should be released as a piece of budget priced software and people might buy it, shame to let it go to waste.

Do a search on just about any file share program and you will find it,
i just tryed and found it in about 1.25 ms.

[Baldrick]

Please discuss our rules somewhere ELSE(feedback forum)!!!