VideoPack vs. Express vs. MovieFactory

[Medical]

Hi !


I want to author S-VCDs and DVDs which of the
following Programs is recommended - has anyone
some experience with one (or more) of these?

Pinnacle Express
Roxio Videopack 5
Ulead DVD Movie Factory

ANY reply is VERY welcomed!!!
Med.

[Medical]

Oh, I forgot:

Is any of the built-in mpeg1/mpeg2
encoder as good as TMPGEnc?

Thanks
Med.

[Jestorius]

Ulead DVD Movie Factory. Cheap, easy to use and support A03 burner.

Roxio VideoPack 5 - doesn't support A03 as a DVD-burner, only as a CD-R or CD-RW.

[sayeesreedhar]

Firstly I do not have any idea about the authoring in the three mentioned by you.I am using SpruceUp DVD Authoring and its really good.
Nero's MPEG2-SVCD Plugin is good.Similarly Sonic Foundry's
MPEG1-MPEG2 Plugins are really good.

[rick-kim]

I prefer videopack5 over dvd factory. Only v5 allows you to make menus and submenus from both stills and video. Mpg2 compression is good also.

[jarry]

PE officially will not support miniDVD. I've had it with there tech support lowsy answers even though their own press release last March said PE would allow users to make DVD quality movies on CDR/W. That was a lie. SVCD is best it gets and that is "near" DVD quality (Pinnacle's own words in tech replies). I understand that Pinnacle's Studio DV 7 is awesome for capturing and editing (no authoring). I am also now researching a great authoring program to go with Studio DV7. any of these authoring programs freeware?

[Medical]

Hi all !

Thanks for your replys, I very much appreciate it!
But if someone still has something to add, you're
welcome - I just wanted to say a "Thank you" so far.

@ jarry:
Ulead has a 30 day trial, none of the programs are
freeware.

Med.

[jarry]

@Medical:
are you referring to Ulead Movie Factory?
do you know if Ulead Video Studio 5.0 DVD will do it all for me capture,edit,author (does it have the preview capture like StudioDV7? looks like VIdeo Studio5.0 doesn't come with board (OK).

[Medical]

@ jarry:

Yes, I am referring to Ulead DVD Movie Factory!
Ulead has a 30 day Trial to download at:
http://www.ulead.com
Unfortunatly I have no idea about Ulead's Video Studio
so you will have to check it out yourself. But I
assume that Ulead also has a trial-version of it's
Video Studio to download - give it a try if you want!

Greetings
Med.