DVD authoring Tools

DVD authoring describes the process of creating a DVD video that can be played on a DVD player. DVD authoring software must conform to the specifications set by the DVD Forum group in 1995. The specifications are complicated due to the number of companies that were involved in creating them.

Strictly speaking, DVD authoring is a separate process from MPEG encoding, but most modern DVD authoring software have a built-in encoder (though separate encoders are still used when better quality or finer control over compression settings is required).

DVD Resources

  Jim Taylor's DVD FAQ

  Duplicating your DVDs

  VLC DVD Tutorial

  Understanding Recordable & Rewritable DVD by Hugh Bennett

Authoring Applications

Top-end

  Sonic DVD Creator

  Sonic Scenarist

  Sony Pictures Entertainment Blu-Print (for Blu-Ray Authoring)

  Matsushita MEI Authoring Tool

Studio Professional

  Apple DVD Studio Pro (Mac)

  Mediachance DVD-lab PRO

  Sonic DVDit Pro (formerly DVD Producer)

  Adobe Encore 2.0 and up

Corporate Professional

  Adobe Encore

  Mediachance DVD-lab PRO

  Pinnacle DVD Impression

  Sonic DVDit

  Sonic ReelDVD

  Sony DVD Architect (Part of Sony Vegas)

  Ulead DVD Workshop 2

  Astarte DVDirector (now owned by APPLE and incorporated into DVD Studio Pro)

Home

  Apple iDVD

  Arcsoft Showbiz DVD

  Cyberlink PowerProducer

  GEAR Video

  Magix Movies on CD-DVD

  Mediachance DVD-lab

  Muvee Technologies AutoProducer

  Nero Vision

  Pinnacle DVD Expression

  Roxio Easy Media Creator

  Sonic MyDVD

  TMPGEnc DVD Author

  Ulead DVD Movie Factory

  WinDVD Creator

  Sony DVD Architect

  MuxMan by MpuCoder

Free software

Free software implementations often lack features such as encryption and region coding, and depending on the philosophy of the DVD producer, may not be considered suitable for mass-market use.

  DVDStyler uses wxWidgets

  'Q' DVD-Author uses Qt (toolkit)

  KDE DVD Authoring Wizard

  DVD Flick

  Avi2DVD

  GUI for DVD Author

Guides

http://www.videohel p.com/author

http://www.afterdaw n.com/guides/ archive/advanced _tmpgenc_ dvd_author_ guide.cfm

http://www.doom9. org/mpg/dvdautho ring.htm

http://www.pcmag. com/category2/ 0,1874,652761, 00.asp

http://www.tappin. me.uk/Linux/ dvd.html

http://www.digital- digest.com/ articles/ Nero_Vision_ 4_DVD_Authoring_ Guide_page1. html

http://www.videofor ums.co.uk/ guide-How- to-make-a- DVD-38.htm

Category: Appz, DVD Tools, Tutorial