General opinion of Pinnacle Studio

[larynx]

Hello-

I am not very experienced in the art of DVD authoring. I have had the opportunity to author a couple DVD's with Pinnacle Studio 11.0 and was satisfied in that it did what I asked it to. I've noticed that there is not a lot of discussion about Studio in this forum and was wondering if there is a good reason for it.

Thanks
Big Dave

[oldandinthe way]

There is little discussion in this forum of any authoring tool which comes bundled with hardware.

That includes Pinnacle, ULead, Roxio and Nero.

[Richard_G]

I doubt your version came bundled with hardware as I think it is the most recent. Bundles usually include a cut down (Lite) version of an out of date version. I don't know about 11 but earlier versions of Pinnacle Studio were buggy, unreliable, regularly crashed your pc and seemed to make a habit of losing video/audio sync. I don't think you'll find many people on here with a good word to say about it.

I started with Pinnacle software in 1999 and struggled like hell to get any usable results. I changed to Ulead Mediastudio Pro (which doesn't come bundled) to edit and Ulead DVD Workshop to author and haven't looked back since.

[Nelson37]

Blowage. Wouldn't stop to pick up a free one.

[edDV]

Long history of unfixed problems. If free, try to use it. Don't upgrade until you try demos from the others.

[larynx]

Thanks guys............

Not sure if it's kosher to add another question, but, for a newbie, what are your opinion(s) of the most sensible DVD authoring software? I'm not stupid, just inexperienced

Big Dave

[kyemeng]

Have used Pinnacle for editing a long time ago. Like its simplicity but had several issues with its stability.

For DVD Authoring, I would recommend TMPGEnc DVD Author. Simple, effective and quick.

[edDV]

Thanks guys............

Not sure if it's kosher to add another question, but, for a newbie, what are your opinion(s) of the most sensible DVD authoring software? I'm not stupid, just inexperienced

Big Dave

You haven't given a budget or feature expectation but look at ULead Movie Factory 6 for a start.
http://www.ulead.com/dmf/runme.htm

[mats.hogberg]

the most sensible DVD authoring software?

TMPGEnc DVD AUthor. Or DVD-Lab Pro if you're up for a challenge. Can do anything within the DVD specification, but doesn't hold your hand.

/Mats