TSUNAMI MPEG DVD AUTHOR PRO Coming

[TBoneit]

Hopefully this is news. I may try it out myself since it has a free trial version

From their e-mail:

Scheduled to be released at the end of September. A 30-day trial
version will be available at http://www.tmpg-inc.com

DVD AUTHOR PRO is an all-new DVD-Video authoring software package
aimed at beginners, advanced users and everyone in-between. Its
brand new easy-to-use interface as well as a variety of new
features makes advanced DVD-Video authoring easier than ever
before. DVD AUTHOR PRO offers Smart Rendering, a Fit-to-Disc
Transcoder, DVD + R Dual Layer support, SlideShow Creation,
Dolby(R) Digital sound, a Live DVD simulator, a library of menu
templates*, and much more.

http://www.tmpg-inc.com/product/tdap_feature.html

It sounds good, except for the price of $99.95 unless a other TMPGenc product user then 2 price levels of 59.95 and 79.95.

Cheers

[lordsmurf]

Nothing here says "pro".
More like "amateur version 2".

[BJ_M]

these authoring apps seem so cheap after considering the first apps were 30 grand on up and even 5 years ago were 5000-10,000

(except for scenarist which which never came down in price and which i think is quickly being replaced by DVDSP most everywhere)

[slacker]

It SAYS "Pro". I like the packaging. Software looks cleaner. Better integration. I think they finally hired a REAL business guy and a REAL IT guy. Can't wait to download the trial. "Pro" for the masses!

If only edDV hadn't convinced me to go with Mainconcept driven products for their encoding expertise, i.e. Ulead, Sony, Adobe.

[TBoneit]

Some of the features interest me.
Frame Accurate edits now where it just re-encodes the cuts GOPs. Vs the older DVD Author's Gop accurate edits.
The ability to transcode to fit if the source is a little to large.
2 audio streams can be added now. Now if I'm a little oversize I don't need to author and then run through shrink.
Adding a slideshow to a project without needing separate s/w.
Background music for menus.
Customize layout of menu items such as background images, thumbnails, buttons and text by applying various special effects (color shading, shadows, transparency, lighting, etc.) Looks like really nice menus may be possible with this product.
And to me interesting the ability to shift the audio to synchronize it. And filter the audio as well as adjust the audio level.

Cheers

[jtoolman2000]

It SAYS "Pro"

I think the original remark was intended to mean that he did not "see" this as a proffessional level product.

Sound interesting to me though.
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[compuser]

Almost sounds like NeroVision Express.. With the exception of being able to add another audio track...

[slacker]

jtoolman2000,

No SHIT Sherlock! Some of us weren't born yesterday! And learn to spell please! I'm grumpy in the morning!

[gadgetguy]

I don't see support for subtitles and worse yet, it requires an INTERNET CONNECTION for ACTIVATION.
No thanks. I'll stick with my current version (1.5)

[Wile_E]

Customize layout of menu items such as background images, thumbnails, buttons and text by applying various special effects (color shading, shadows, transparency, lighting, etc.) Looks like really nice menus may be possible with this product.
Cheers

It looks like it also contains TMPGENC encoder to encode the motion backgrounds/special effects of the menus. I hope it won't re-encode or transcode stuff that is already in MPG format. So if the trial is available, why isn't the full version released? Are they adding more features? A lot of features that were proposed by users, are still missing from this version.

Missing Features taken from a post on www.tmpgenc.net...
1) Way to make preview screen larger. It is small on 1600x1200 monitor resolution. Should be able to maximize DVD Author window to full screen. **ADDED
2) Correct the combined maximum bitrate you can use. Currently a warning pops up, that says "The combined bitrate can be no more than 9848kbps." This is wrong. Maximum combined bitrate for all DVD players is 10080kbps.
3) Way to download third party themes for backgrounds,buttons,etc... There are not enough pre-made themes.
4) Hot-Keys for all preview window buttons, including fast-forward, rewind.
5) Motion Menu selection of beginning/end frames, instead of just seconds.
6) Way to set a clip to "First Play" and hide the track menu completely. Can only hide chapters.
7) Built-in subtitle creation and support.
8) Ability to use "transition clips" to add transitions between main menu and track menus.
9) Add support for multiple audio tracks. *ADDED

DVD Writing Tool needs a buffer, "underrun burn protection", and the ability to verify the burn.

[BJ_M]

9848=10080 depending on if your 1000 is 1024 or a 1000

[Baldrick]

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