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What is best program to create a DVD from any video file?
KenR:
I probably should have mentioned this in my last post, but I'll share my solution with you. I used to run around scurrying for the best ways to put divx files on DVD & I finally got fed up one day & bought a DVD player capable of playing divx files that had a USB port on the front of it.
Now I just put my video files onto my USB flash drive & plug it into the DVD player. Saved me a crap-load of money in blank DVD discs.
-Innuendo (June 19, 2009, 10:06 AM)
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Cool idea Innuendo. I'll definitely use that approach when I can. :Thmbsup:
Ken
MilesAhead:
On the .mpg playback, maybe players are better now at handling data DVDs but I've had players that would only play the first .mpg file in the list.-MilesAhead (June 19, 2009, 12:47 AM)
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We have a better class of cheap Chinese imports here in Australia :P
Plus I only write ISO9660/UDF format DVDs, (data and video), so the player never has to deal with foreign formats like Toilet...err...Joliet.
The only problem I've ever had is with the player not liking the DVD brand.
-4wd (June 19, 2009, 02:18 AM)
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Could be. Imgburn seems to do the same if I let it have its way. I haven't tried it in a long time just because of(bad pun on the way) being burned in the past. :)
MilesAhead:
Sure, but with DVD format you also get chaptering, which is useful when you don't watch all in one session. Also, fast forward, rewind work nicely, for divx it may depend on the player.
-MerleOne (June 19, 2009, 10:09 AM)
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Try to get one that at least has Divx Ultra support. At least on mine, hitting the Stop button works like with a DVD instead of going back to the start of the file. Also I can FF 32x and it supports chapters and menus if the .divx has been formatted for that. .wmv still has a way to go, it will play but that's about all. So I convert with AviDemux to xvid one pass or to DVD depending on the vid.
widgewunner:
DVD Lab Pro! +1
If you are serious and want to make a full-featured DVD with Hollywood super effects, DVD Lab Pro by mediachance is the only one to look at. Its extensive capabilities and feature set rival scenarist (which is the program Hollywood uses and costs around $20,000!). DVD-Lab Pro does almost as much for $245. And if you need a good video editor, they offer a package deal where you get both DVD Lab Pro and Edit Studio Pro for $299. Edit Studio Pro, which was a product offered by PureMotion (which went out of business), was recently acquired by mediachance who promptly upgraded it to version 6. This editor includes the high quality MainConcept mpeg-2 encoder which produces the DVD compliant files which are required by DVD-Lab. I agree with 4wd that the Studio version is probably the better choice if you don't need the extra bells and whistles that come with the Pro version (i.e. more than 2 audio tracks, titles with both 16:9 and 4:3 aspect etc).
About the company: - The one-man-show of mediachance, ("Oscar" is his moniker), is truly a genius and the quantity and quality of the software he has produced is amazing. His software takes complex tasks (video editing, image creation, editing and manipulation, DVD mastering, etc), and makes them very easy for the user, without sacrificing functionality. Like Jan at JGSoft, he writes lots of quality code that is highly functional and very reasonably priced. I can't say enough good about both of these guys!
But for generating very high quality DVD mpeg-2 files (with Dolby AC3 digital audio), from any input file type, I prefer to use the TMPGenc 4.0 XPress stand alone encoder. It has never let me down (and can convert anything to anything else).
However, if you want a cheaper, but still quite powerful all-in-one application that can edit the video, encode the mpeg-2 files and burn the DVD all in one whack, take a look at Magix Movie Edit Pro 15 Plus. The latest "Plus" version runs about $90 (don't bother with the cheaper non-plus version). I've used several versions of this Magix software (10, 11, 11+ and 14+ but not yet 15) and like it very much (even though its installation process can be rather obtrusive, and the program has been known to crash on occasion.) This software is packed with LOTS of cool features including unlimited tracks, keyframe animation, excellent audio capabilities (5.1 surround), and lots of very powerful effects and transitions. MEP also features the MainConcept encoder. This is my editor of choice.
One more note: avoid Pinnacle products like the plague! Trust me on this one...
sorry about the long post - can you tell I like messing with video? :)
MilesAhead:
All sort of comes back around to mouser's comment. If you want bells and whistles and motion menus and fancy packaging the software list is likely to be a lot different than if you just want an easy reliable compliant quality VIDEO_TS authored from a straight conversion.
OTOH if you want to take source material and actually mess with it yourself, that's another matter. That I am not into. Think the most I ever did was take some audio and put fades at the end when the end of a track was too abrupt. :)
Guess it should break down into
-- Straight Conversions
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-- Video Creation
and on from that divide
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