Freeware DVD authoring

[DiscoverPlatinum]

My TMPGEnc DVD Author trial is going to expire soon. Is there any way to get around it?
Or are there any freeware DVD Authoring tools out there?

You are in breach of the forum rules and are being issued with a formal warning.

From the rules: Do NOT ask for warez.

/ Moderator lordsmurf

[fritzi93]

DVDauthorGUI and Rejig are free. Not quite as convenient, but they work.

[freestyler]

kinda funny coming from a user named DiscoverPlatinum...

cards maxed out?

[jimmalenko]

My TMPGEnc DVD Author trial is going to expire soon. Is there any way to get around it?

Yes. Purchase it.

Or are there any freeware DVD Authoring tools out there?

DVDAuthorGUI is good for multi-titleset DVDs. IFOEdit can do single titlesets.

[samijubal]

That's actually a very reasonably priced program for how easy it is to use and how well it performs. Check the prices of other programs, you'll find that TMPGEnc is pretty cheap.

[lordsmurf]

Enter the serial number:
OICU812BREAKINTHELAW123BYJUDASPRIEST

[mats.hogberg]

There are several GUIs for DVDAuthor that are free. IfoEdit is also free, but not as "visual"...

/Mats

[Baldrick]

dvd authoring tools ordered by price, free ones first:
https://www.videohelp.com/tools?listuser=&orderby=Type&s=2#2

[borax]

DVDAuthorGUI is good for multi-titleset DVDs

Just to correct it a little bit: Not for multi-titleset but for multi-title. For multi-titleset (necessary for different aspect ratios or resolutions on one DVD) it is much more easy with GUI for dvdauthor.
(We have a long discussion about that topic in the Programming Forum actually: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1094117#1094117 )

[DiscoverPlatinum]

Yes my cards are maxed out ! =)

Thanks everyone. I'll look into either the price of tmpgenc or the freeware =)

[gshelley61]

I use IFOEdit all the time for simple, no menu DVD's. Works great. I pick out chapter points (and create a chapter point text file) for my demuxed .mpg's first with MPEG2Schnitt.

[vhelp]

I too use ifoEdit to author my DVD's. I'm only just starting
out here (and there a little, when time allows) but I just concured a small
hurtdle (which seemed big to me) at the time with regards to Chapters.

Anyways.

I'm now only making my way with subtitles (I started a topic on it elsewheres)
And, I hope to get some feedback. Anyways.

One of the reasons why I like ifoEdit is because it does not fal up the
Aspect Ratios when it creates (authors) the VOB file it creates. I wrestled
with this one too, a long time ago (can't remember)

I wouldn't mind getting into short menus though. That's my next step, if I
can concour the subtitles. Anyways.

There is also a gui for dvd author that you could try. It has a bunch of
bells and whistles too. And it's also freeware.

-vhelp

[Garibaldi]

There is also a gui for dvd author that you could try. It has a bunch of
bells and whistles too. And it's also freeware.

I also use GUI for DVD Author and have been very happy with it! With it you can make your dvd as simple or complex as you want, and add many features. And its free. BTW, does anyone know how to run this on linux (I tried wine but it just freezes) or could it be ported to linux? I have tried q dvd author but would like to have both if possible.

[borax]

I think it is not possible to run GFD in linux. Visual Basic just uses to many windows internal funtions...

The only program I know where the effort to port the prog to linux may be bearable is purebasic. But AFAIRC there is still no 64 Bit integer in purebasic. In addition I don't know if there is anything like the gdiplus.dll in linux which can be used from a purebasic program.

[jimmalenko]

DVDAuthorGUI is good for multi-titleset DVDs

Just to correct it a little bit: Not for multi-titleset but for multi-title. For multi-titleset (necessary for different aspect ratios or resolutions on one DVD) it is much more easy with GUI for dvdauthor.
(We have a long discussion about that topic in the Programming Forum actually: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1094117#1094117 )

Thanks for your input, but I know what I said, and it was JMO

[johns0]

Can DVDAuthorGUI make motion backgrounds?

[Garibaldi]

I think it is not possible to run GFD in linux. Visual Basic just uses to many windows internal funtions...

The only program I know where the effort to port the prog to linux may be bearable is purebasic. But AFAIRC there is still no 64 Bit integer in purebasic. In addition I don't know if there is anything like the gdiplus.dll in linux which can be used from a purebasic program.

I am still running a 32 bit system so would the 64 bit integer really matter? Could it be installed in wine (with the gdiplus.dll) and be configured to work correctly, or interface with the linux version of dvd author?

[Garibaldi]

Can DVDAuthorGUI make motion backgrounds?

I don't think it can make them but it can use them... you could use something like movie maker or vegas or wax to create them.

[johns0]

Sorry,meant use motion background,i can make them with tmpgenc easy enough,thanks for the info.

[vhelp]

I get sea-sick very easy and

@ Johns0

Do you mean like that one they used in the first Matrix
movie, where then have the menu (in green) and a video/audio
is playing in the background

-vhelp

[johns0]

Cant remember the matrix menu,just a 15 second motion background of a movie scene with thumbnail motion menus is what i like best.

[overloaded_ide]

Tmpgenc DVD Author is a great program, but many people do have a good reason to not register it now, or my case not to upgrade to newer versions.

Did they ever do away with that mandatory online crap yet? I read all the details on it awhile back, yes it only takes a second or two and all that and only needs done ocasionally, but that's also about how long it takes for MS crap bugs to be hacked, or viruses attack and such. NEVER will my main work systems be connected for even a second to the net!

I know if I searched them out I could find the hacks and cracks to aviod the online hassels and use the newer versions probably, but why should I have to do that to buy a program and then expect to be able to use it??
So I won't ever be buying any progams that require it, I just won't use them. As for the ones I already bought, well I geuss I loose my free upgrades or have to use hacks and cracks if I want to use the free upgrades I was promised at time of purchase! It still really ticks me off how more and more companies think every computer in the world has to have net access. WHY???

I have one system at home I can download with, it's connected all the time and I spend about 3 hours a week updating virus defs, anti spyware programs, scanning for virus and spyware after updating, installing this weeks new MS patch etc....
Not about to be doing all that on my work systems too!

Then I have to do it all again at the office when I go in and use the systems there that are on the net.

[burnman99]

Can DVDAuthorGUI make motion backgrounds?

DVDAuthorGUI can Generate an AVISynth file based on your .m2v files that can be used as a motion menu. You can also just import in menus edited in another program such as Adobe Premirer or Studio DV or the like. Either way, it takes them.

I use the avs files and with a little editing, i get good menus.

Hope this helps.

Rog

[borax]

I am still running a 32 bit system so would the 64 bit integer really matter? Could it be installed in wine (with the gdiplus.dll) and be configured to work correctly, or interface with the linux version of dvd author?

Yes, there are many functions I use within GFD which need 64 Bit integer variables. 32 bit variables (with sign) have a range of +/- 2147483647 (bytes) and a lot of video files are bigger. BTW purebasic is not a 'windows simulator' like wine, but a programming language (compiler) like C or pascal but with a basic like syntax.

Have you tried to run (simple) VB programs in wine already?
(Like bitrate calculators or such things...)