I just wondered what program(s) other people are using for editing
their home movies, and authoring to DVD?

I was using Nero 6 but have been having a lot of problems so am
thinking of switching.

I've been looking at a lot of different website for different programs
for example:

DVD Lab
Pinnacle Studio 11
Roxio MyDVD 9 Studio
Pegasys DVD Author 3
Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6

Anyone have any preferences/recommendation for a decent bug free non
bulky good value highly compatible efficient product for editing and
authoring your own home movies to DVD? What gives the best bang for
your buck?

John

John wrote:

I just wondered what program(s) other people are using for editing
their home movies, and authoring to DVD?

DVD Lab
Pinnacle Studio 11
Roxio MyDVD 9 Studio
Pegasys DVD Author 3
Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6

I use Pegasys DVD Author 3, but then it's not really a full blown
movie editor. It's more a DVD authoring package that allows for some
simple near-lossless MPEG cutting and pasting. If you want full
frame-by-frame time-line editing then that's not what it does. But
if you want to simply transfer existing DVD or Sky STB material
(via a DVD recorder) and remove ads down to frame accuracy, then
it's first class.

Regards

Mark

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"John" wrote in message
...
I just wondered what program(s) other people are using for editing
their home movies, and authoring to DVD?

I was using Nero 6 but have been having a lot of problems so am
thinking of switching.

snip

Anyone have any preferences/recommendation for a decent bug free non
bulky good value highly compatible efficient product for editing and
authoring your own home movies to DVD? What gives the best bang for
your buck?


Well if you want to keep it cheap and are using XP Home SP2 (or higher
/ later)might I suggest Windows Movie Maker for editing and then
freeware software called D2MP [1] (actually a suite of programs inter
dependant programs) that will compile an ISO image file that can then
be burnt with Nero.

As is always the case with video content / DVD authoring, the better
your computer spec' and the more HDD (non boot drive) storage you have
the quicker and less problematic the process will be - could it be
that your problems are hardware rather than software related?


[1] The software will produce basic DVD's (best for single content
disc's) that will play automatically - ie. without menu.

If you want to activate the extras, below, then you can buy an
activation code for 6 Euros.

- MPEG file handling;
- AVS Script review (video & audio);
- External audio file support;
- Subtitle font configuration;
- Full MENU configuration;

On 14 Aug 2007 02:00:03 -0700, Mark A
wrote:

John wrote:

I just wondered what program(s) other people are using for editing
their home movies, and authoring to DVD?

DVD Lab
Pinnacle Studio 11
Roxio MyDVD 9 Studio
Pegasys DVD Author 3
Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6

I use Pegasys DVD Author 3, but then it's not really a full blown
movie editor. It's more a DVD authoring package that allows for some
simple near-lossless MPEG cutting and pasting. If you want full
frame-by-frame time-line editing then that's not what it does. But
if you want to simply transfer existing DVD or Sky STB material
(via a DVD recorder) and remove ads down to frame accuracy, then
it's first class.

If you need to do both what would you recommend? Would you buy DVD
Author and a separate movie editor or is there one package that can do
both and is pretty good?

John

Well if you want to keep it cheap and are using XP Home SP2 (or higher
/ later)might I suggest Windows Movie Maker for editing and then
freeware software called D2MP [1] (actually a suite of programs inter
dependant programs) that will compile an ISO image file that can then
be burnt with Nero.

Jerry, I have XP Pro SP2 32 bit. I have recently done a clean install
of this to a new 500gb hard drive. I have about 380GB free space on
this drive and I have a few more drives too with free space.

Hardware is all fine, I've been through and checked everything up to
date drivers no conflicts hardware wise no video card problems drivers
are up to date. I have DirectX 9.0c.

I don't think I would want to use Windows Movie Maker because it is
very buggy and unstable. At least it was when I last tried it about a
year ago. I don't think it is powerful enough for what I want to do.

As is always the case with video content / DVD authoring, the better
your computer spec' and the more HDD (non boot drive) storage you have
the quicker and less problematic the process will be - could it be
that your problems are hardware rather than software related?

Nope.

John

"John" wrote in message
...

snip

I don't think I would want to use Windows Movie Maker because it is
very buggy and unstable. At least it was when I last tried it about
a
year ago. I don't think it is powerful enough for what I want to do.


Then consider Adobe Premier Elements, 70 UKP (or both Premiere
Elements & PhotoShop Elements 100 UKP)?

http://www.dvc.uk.com/acatalog/Adobe...lements_3.html

Ulead Video Studio may do what you want...there is a free trial.

"John" wrote in message
...
I just wondered what program(s) other people are using for editing
their home movies, and authoring to DVD?

I was using Nero 6 but have been having a lot of problems so am
thinking of switching.

I've been looking at a lot of different website for different programs
for example:

DVD Lab
Pinnacle Studio 11
Roxio MyDVD 9 Studio
Pegasys DVD Author 3
Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6

Anyone have any preferences/recommendation for a decent bug free non
bulky good value highly compatible efficient product for editing and
authoring your own home movies to DVD? What gives the best bang for
your buck?

John

"John" wrote in message
...
On 14 Aug 2007 02:00:03 -0700, Mark A
wrote:

John wrote:

I just wondered what program(s) other people are using for editing
their home movies, and authoring to DVD?

DVD Lab
Pinnacle Studio 11
Roxio MyDVD 9 Studio
Pegasys DVD Author 3
Ulead DVD Movie Factory 6

I use Pegasys DVD Author 3, but then it's not really a full blown
movie editor. It's more a DVD authoring package that allows for some
simple near-lossless MPEG cutting and pasting. If you want full
frame-by-frame time-line editing then that's not what it does. But
if you want to simply transfer existing DVD or Sky STB material
(via a DVD recorder) and remove ads down to frame accuracy, then
it's first class.

If you need to do both what would you recommend? Would you buy DVD
Author and a separate movie editor or is there one package that can do
both and is pretty good?

John


You don't mention the format of the "home movie" footage
that you want to edit. You could check out an editing program
that can handle both DV and MPEG, a good choice for
"home movies" would be something like Ulead's VideoStudio.
Check the tool listings at www.videohelp.com

Luck;
Ken

John wrote:

If you need to do both what would you recommend? Would you buy DVD
Author and a separate movie editor or is there one package that can do
both and is pretty good?

Sorry, I don't edit home movies so I don't have any experience. I do
know I tried earlier versions of Ulead's Video Studio and was surprised
at how poor it's menuing and authoring side was. It's probably got a lot
better now though.

Regards

Mark

"Mark A" wrote in message
...
John wrote:

If you need to do both what would you recommend? Would you buy DVD
Author and a separate movie editor or is there one package that can do
both and is pretty good?

Sorry, I don't edit home movies so I don't have any experience. I do
know I tried earlier versions of Ulead's Video Studio and was surprised
at how poor it's menuing and authoring side was. It's probably got a lot
better now though.

Regards

Mark

As someone who is very familiar with TDA and who
has always discouraged trying to author with an editing
package, I also feel that a dedicated DVD authoring
program is the much better approach. But, there has
been some real improvement in the authoring function
of VideoStudio, to include 16:9 menus. I agree that
it is not as versatile or intuitive as TDA, and that I would
certainly continue to use TDA for any routine DVD
production, for the way it fits into a good workflow.

For someone with camcorder footage, that can benefit
from editing, though; VideoStudio offers a reasonably
good DVD creation process. Of course there is nothing
to prevent editing in VideoStudio then rendering the
movie as DVD compliant MPEG, for authoring in a
dedicated authoring program.

Luck;
Ken