Is Nero better than DVD-Lab for actually burning DVD's?

[Mythos2002]

I was wondering if Nero is actually better for burning DVD's than DVD-Lab. I currently am using the latest version of DVD-Lab standard and Nero 5.5 because it came with my burner.

Anyway, I tried to import a VOB into DVD-Lab. It complained about it and suggested demultiplexing it. Well, I burned to a -RW for testing. I did two tests. On one, I let DVD-Lab change the VOB how it suggested. On the other test, I just ignored DVD-Lab's suggestion and burned to another -RW. Neither of these -RW's have ever been a problem. I also have not used them more than 4 or 5 times. Anyway, neither -RW would play correctly in my Pioneer. One refused totally and the other pushed the image towards the top of the screen and the rest of the screen was filled with lines where the image was stretched. This didn't happen on a Zenith player I tested on. The VOB was homemovie that was captured from my VCR at 352x480 and was MPEG-1 originally.

Well, I just took one of the same -RW's and erased it. I then took the Video_TS and Audio_TS folders and placed them into Nero 5.5. The first time I did this, Nero complained about not finding an asset. I quit Nero and restarted it. This time I only dragged over the Video_TS folder since the Audio_TS folder was empty and Nero already had one. I burned the -RW again and had no problems with playback on the Zenith or Pioneer.

I'm wondering if it is just better to use DVD-Lab for making the DVD layout and menus and let something like Nero do the actual burning.

Anyone have any comments on that?

I do plan to upgrade to Nero 6. Hopefully, my new dual format burner will come with it. If not, I will buy it from New Egg.

Thanks

Mythos

[guns1inger]

Personally, I wouldn't use either of them. DVD Lab's burning engine is known to be porr, so I would never use it. Nero is OK, but I would not use it for DL burning.

Personal preference is either copytoDVD or DVD Decrypter. To use Decrypter you need to create an ISO first. ISO Buster can do this.

[MOVIEGEEK]

RecordNow Deluxe is also good.
You might try using Folder2ISO and DVDDecrypter.

[Mythos2002]

Thanks for the information. Would any of those programs you mentioned be good for making a dual layered DVD?

Thanks.

Mythos

[danzeb]

Actually there was a recent post comparing IMGTOOL, DVDDecrypter and Nero for burning. A test was done and the results indicated that Decrpter was the best at burning.

[aguillon]

I've found the burning engine for DVD Lab Pro to be shaky at best, giving me coasters quite a few times.

I instead author the DVD to VOB files on my hard disk, then use Nero to burn the resulting files. Found no noticeable problem with burning using Nero - all my DVDs play perfectly on stand alone DVD players.
For me it s less problematic than DVD Decrypter since you do not have to feed an Iso file to it

[dcsos]

I quote Edmund here
RECORD NOW MAX 7.21 or higher will do DUAL LAYER PROPERLY

Yes, it will set the layer break for you automatically in IFO file, and will make a physical layer switching at the same exact spot. Just make sure that your version of RecordNow supports DVD+R DL. If your RecordNow recognizes a blank DL disc as "DVD+R9 8152MB Free" then you should be fine. If not, then you'll have to upgrade RecordNow.