dvd authoring

[dazzle3]

Received my bonus this week woo hoo ! and have just finshed installing my brand new pioneer DVR-A03. Armed with blank disks what is the best authoring program for making menus and chaptres on a Low to medium budget , also for encoding AVI files to dvd format.

[Jestorius]

ReelDVD or Impression DVD-Pro is for real DVD authoring with subtitles, more video and audio traks.

The easyest to use is Sonic DvdIt PE, only 1 video and audio track.

VideoPack 5 is the same as DVDit but with motion menu and support for VCD and SVCD creations.

Pinnacle Express ( I didn't try it ) can giv you the same futures as VP5.

Is it your bundled software MyDVD? It's a easy and good authoring solution to make a low/medium budget DVD. Only one meny and no chapter-link to menu button.

[dazzle3]

Yes the bundled software is ok but its a bit to budget for me , I would rather the DVD boot stright into a film than have a static flim menu. thanks for responding

[rphunt]

My experience has been ULead DVD Movie Factory gives you good flexibility for the price ($45, try the demo first). Additionally, it allows insertion of pre-encoded vids, which saves a lot of time when creating the final DVD, and makes changes a lot easier. It does not provide for animated icons or backgrounds, but does allow a video to run before the menu!

[rphunt]

Ulead will also provide for no menu at all, if you want the movie to start right off. It does have its own encoder, but I prefer the results from LSX.