Fast converion with customized menu ?

[Serville]

I like to use WinAVI to convert many clips into a DVD. Conversion is fast with good result.
WinAVI can produce the DVD menu automatically , but not customizable. This is what I hate most because I can not
set title, description, etc.

I like TMPGenc DVD Author to build the menu, but it takes so long to do the conversion. I can barely stand the conversion time.
Is there any smarter way to convert fast to DVD with customizable menu ?
Or is there any way to use WinAvi for conversion and use TMPGenc DVD Author to do the menu layout (while avoiding reencoding)?

[dragonkeeper]

Give Diko a try it uses DVD Styler to create menus. And uses HC-encoder to encode the video. And in my opinion the video quality is better than that of WinAvi.

[Serville]

Thanks. Will try.
Does it support AC3 5.1 ?

[dragonkeeper]

Yes it does, there are guides that should give details on doing this. I don't recall off the top of my head its been a few years since i used it. I now encode everything to mkv h264/ac3 and store on my media center after backing up to removable media.

[Serville]

Thank you. Will try very soon.

[lordsmurf]

Look at SVCD2DVD.