Is NeoDVD really fast ?

[ktnwin]

I read recently that NeoDVD can capture, convert and burn directly to DVD disc in near real time (on 1.2GHz T-bird machine.

Has anyone seen it authoring DVD starting from DV video that fast ?

If this is TRUE, I should have seen many happy posts about this new software.

[romanoj]

I use NeoDVD alot to convert from analog video (not DV) to DVD using an AverDVD capture card. It does convert in real-time to DVD format but it takes a couple of minutes longer to create the DVD. Not bad really. It doesn't go strictly from capture to DVD in real-time, it uses a temporary file and writes it to DVD upon completion really fast to the DVD writer. It is one of the fastest to get a DVD written. it is not like the consumer DVD recorder where it writes as it captures but I highly recommend. The only drawback is the DVD format is basic with menus and titles in fixed locations.

[ktnwin]

OK so neoDVD converts DV to DVD really fast. Can you tell me how fast it is ? For example on the 1.2GHz T-bird, is it a 1X conversion ?
How about the quality compared with other methods (TMPGenc, ULEAD, PS8, etc..) ?
I would appreciate the infos before I spend money to buy it.

[romanoj]

I don't know about DV to DVD. I just convert analog to DVD using neoDVD. For a 10 min video clip, it takes about 12 minutes. The benchmarks they put on their website is pretty accurate. I can't tell you if the quality is better than TMPEG but it looks as good to me.

[alucard2050]

i use NEODVD...i could probably squeeze a little better out of TMPGE but for the speed i am with NEO...I have created many vids with TMPGE but the time is a factor....NEO in my opinion is a fantastic program and gives me very good quality....

[gcutler]

But if you want more sophisicated authoring, neoDVD (or plus) is a little simple. I bought it just because it imports VOB files, does that really well (especially when I'm taking PAL VOB files and want to convert them to NTSC.)

[ktnwin]

Thanks for all the replies. For simple apps, neoDVD appears then to be a good choice because of its speed.
I have many VCR tapes (2 hour long each) to transfer to DVD. It normally takes me 12 hours total to get from VCR to DVD using a DVD burner. I tried with a DVD recorder before and it's real time, but the chapter points are so stupid (every 5 mins or so).

[Bob W]

I use NeoDVD Plus to capture from VHS then convert to DVD and it is very fast on my P4-2.53 GHz system. It's so simple to make a menu and add chapters or edit the length with this fine software. I wish I had tried it before I wasted my money on other programs that just don't work or are full of bugs.
http://www.mediostream.com/products/neodvdplus/index.html

[ASB]

I tried V3 Plus and do not think the output was good enough. Has anyone expirenced V3 and V4, I would like to know if the output quality has improved in V4?

[ktnwin]

Is there a trial version of NeoDVD to download ?
If yes, where can I find it ?
Thanks

[Bob W]

No demo for NeoDVD. I wrote them about that and this is what they came back with.

Thank you for your interest in neoDVD. Unfortunately, we currently do not
have a trial version for neoDVD 4.0. However, we do offer a 30-day money
back guarantee if purchased directly from us at
http://store.mediostream.com. If our software does not meet your needs,
simply complete and return a Refund Request form within 30 days of date of
purchase. Customer satisfaction is our top priority.

Regards,
MedioStream, Inc.

[ktnwin]

Bob W, thank you for your quick reply.

[Bob W]

I read recently that NeoDVD can capture, convert and burn directly to DVD disc in near real time (on 1.2GHz T-bird machine.

Has anyone seen it authoring DVD starting from DV video that fast ?

If this is TRUE, I should have seen many happy posts about this new software.

Last night I used the program on a 5.2GB mpeg2 file to convert and make a set of DVD files to burn. It took NeoDVD twenty minutes to convert the files then I burned the DVD-R using RecordNow Max but I coud have used NeoDVD to do that as well. Great program shame they don't offer a demo at this time.