Free DVD authroing Program (?)

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  1. keithyb

    keithyb Regular member

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    Does anyone know where i can get one?? or name of one?
     
    keithyb, Apr 13, 2004
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    herbsman Moderator Staff Member

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    Will DVD Shrink not do it for you..? :p)
     
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    yes as herbsman stated,wont shrink do it for you?
    your question is very vague because,judging by the info,shrink well do you just fine!
    we need more input,what do you need in a authoring program?
    blaze on clubbers
    jim
     
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  4. keithyb

    keithyb Regular member

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    well i had a PAL format..i made it NTSC format.. mpeg2. Your old guide on here says to use a DVD authoring tool from here. I tried just to burn it as data with nero and does not play. I need to some how make it dvd format again. I hope this helps
     
    keithyb, Apr 13, 2004
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  5. daba

    daba Guest

    Hi everybody,

    I'm also looking for a free DVD authoring tool. Not a DVD backup tool like Shrink.

    I have DVD-video compliant MPEG-2 files that I want to burn on a DVD. Thus I need to turn those MPG files into VOB files and create the corresponding IFO/BUP files.

    I've heard of commercial products such as TMPGEnc DVD Auhtor and DVD-Lab but I don't need the powerful features they provide. My authoring needs are basic: very simple menu or even no menu at all. I can even live without chapter points.

    Would IfoEdit do the job ?

    Cheers.
     
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  6. keithyb

    keithyb Regular member

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    Yes thats exactly what im looking for too... the old guide says to use dvdit PE but it cost $100 and no trial.
     
    keithyb, Apr 14, 2004
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    herbsman Moderator Staff Member

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    TMPGEnc DVD Author does cost $70 (with the AC3 plug-in costing an additional $30 , handy plug-in though) but it is what I use myself & it is highly recommended.
    There is a 30 day trial , download URL : http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tda.html

    A free piece of software that does this task does not spring to my mind readily , not sure if I have ever heard of one that's free [only trial] to be honest.
     
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    keithyb Regular member

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    Trial works! thanks HERB MAN!
     
    keithyb, Apr 14, 2004
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  9. daba

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    @ keithyb:

    There is an alternative. You might know MainConcept for their famous MPEG encoder. They also have a video editing tool called EVE (Easy Video Editing). They just released version 2.0.

    http://www.mainconcept.com/evev2.shtml

    For the same price as TMPGEnc DVD Author (70 $) you get video editing [bold]and[/bold] MPEG encoding [bold]and[/bold] DVD authoring in the same tool. I expect the image quality to be very good but I didn't compare with CCE yet.

    Cheers.
     
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    keithyb Regular member

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    Thanks, Ill look into it!
     
    keithyb, Apr 17, 2004
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  11. daba

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    I compared EVE's image quality with NeroVision Express and CCE Basic. See this thread in the general video discussion forum:

    http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/81580

    @ keithyb:

    You can turn a DVD-video compliant MPEG file to VOB [bold]for free[/bold] with IfoEdit. Go to the Author a DVD menu. It takes a video file and a audio file, thus you have to demux your source file if it contains both. Of course this is very basic authoring: no menu at all. There is a way to create chapter points but it's quite tricky.
     
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