Finally Found a DVD Authoring Program
For a while I was looking for a program that would easily allow me to take clips (mpg2 format) and put them onto a DVD. While they all do that, most will just add them as titles or separate timelines. The suggestion was usually to merge the clips and then make chapter points. Who wants to do that when you want to put 40 clips onto a DVD?
Finally, I found what I was looking for. TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6 allowed me to easily add files (all at once) and have them be chapters in one timeline (although I could make other timelines too). I created a DVD easily, and can skip through it just as easy now. I spent a little extra time setting up a menu for it as well. I have it start out and go right to the first clip, but if you hit menu it’s there. It has about 10 pages of clips, title and picture for each chapter. Not bad. I just have to create a theme since I used a blah default one.
After all the trial programs and such I’ve had to download and try out I’m glad I’ve found something I can work with. As I create a few more DVDs I hope I can tweak it with the same ease it took to create what I’ve made so far.
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