Which authoring program to use?

[Duqbrux]

I want to author a DVD with only a simple main menu and a chapter menu. I prepared a separate MPEG-2 video file (m2v) and a 2 channel Dolby surround audio track (AC3). What authoring program should I use best? I've tried DVDit PE and besides crashing on a regular basis I get the "build failed Unknown error (BRErr, 1)" message when I try to burn. Any suggestions?

[Specialist]

Have a look at Ulead DVD Workshop.

The trial download is located here:

http://www.ulead.com/dws/trial.htm

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

[housepig]

also check out DVD Lab.

www.mediachance.com

very flexable, full-featured program.

[willy_annand]

My suggestion would be grab a couple of demos and a DVDRW, and burn some test copies.

Front runners would be:

Sonic DVDit $400
TMPGEnc DVD $100
Ulead DVD Workshop $300

or Media chance DVD-Lab $100

I tested each and decided the later was better suited to my needs.