TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.5 - any good?

[Martin]

I want to use better software than the Ulead stuff - is this any good?

[Mark A]

Post by Martin
I want to use better software than the Ulead stuff - is this any good?

I think it's bloody superb! Much much better than anything Ulead come
up with. I'd spring for the extra AC-3(2.0) plug in, though it is a pain
keep phoning home once a month to revalidate itself, so if you haven't
got a net connection on the PC you edit on you can't use the AC-3 part.
It also only edits down to key frame level, not any frame. Apart from
that I don't think there's anything better for the money.

Regards

Mark

[Steve]

Post by Mark A

Post by Martin
I want to use better software than the Ulead stuff - is this any good?

I think it's bloody superb! Much much better than anything Ulead come
up with. I'd spring for the extra AC-3(2.0) plug in, though it is a pain
keep phoning home once a month to revalidate itself, so if you haven't
got a net connection on the PC you edit on you can't use the AC-3 part.
It also only edits down to key frame level, not any frame. Apart from
that I don't think there's anything better for the money.

I'll second that. It's running now dropping some Simpson eps on to dvd
for a guy at work. One of the best bits of dvd s/w I've got.

[Gary Lightfoot]

Post by Steve
I'll second that. It's running now dropping some Simpson eps on to dvd
for a guy at work. One of the best bits of dvd s/w I've got.

Can you custome build menus?

I seem to remember it had some fixed templates, and I wanted to use a
backround image with just a chapters and play all button, but couldn't
have that option.

Gary.

[Steve]

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by Steve
I'll second that. It's running now dropping some Simpson eps on to

dvd

Post by Steve
for a guy at work. One of the best bits of dvd s/w I've got.

Can you custome build menus?
I seem to remember it had some fixed templates, and I wanted to use a
backround image with just a chapters and play all button, but couldn't
have that option.
Gary.

Hi Gary,
Yes you can add your own image, there's an 'edit' option at the foot of
the page where you can import your pic's

[red6000]

Post by Steve

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by Steve
I'll second that. It's running now dropping some Simpson eps on to

dvd

Post by Steve
for a guy at work. One of the best bits of dvd s/w I've got.

Can you custome build menus?
I seem to remember it had some fixed templates, and I wanted to use a
backround image with just a chapters and play all button, but couldn't
have that option.
Gary.

Hi Gary,
Yes you can add your own image, there's an 'edit' option at the foot of
the page where you can import your pic's
--
Steve

worth having a look at dvd-lab as well, you can customize menu's as much as
you like.

[ThePunisher]

Post by red6000

Post by Steve

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by Steve
I'll second that. It's running now dropping some Simpson eps on to
dvd for a guy at work. One of the best bits of dvd s/w I've got.

Can you custome build menus?
I seem to remember it had some fixed templates, and I wanted to use
a backround image with just a chapters and play all button, but
couldn't have that option.
Gary.

Hi Gary,
Yes you can add your own image, there's an 'edit' option at the foot
of the page where you can import your pic's
--
Steve

worth having a look at dvd-lab as well, you can customize menu's as
much as you like.

DVD-Lab stomps all over TMPGEnc DVD Author.

[Tony Gartshore]

Post by ThePunisher

Post by red6000
worth having a look at dvd-lab as well, you can customize menu's as
much as you like.

DVD-Lab stomps all over TMPGEnc DVD Author.

Indeed it does. IF you're prepared to put in the effort to climb the learning curve.
T.

[Mark A]

Post by Tony Gartshore
Indeed it does. IF you're prepared to put in the effort to climb the learning curve.

And pay the much higher cost than TDA.

Regards

Mark

[ThePunisher]

Post by Mark A

Post by Tony Gartshore
Indeed it does. IF you're prepared to put in the effort to climb the learning curve.

And pay the much higher cost than TDA.
Regards
Mark

A £17 difference, yes, much higher.

[Mark A]

Post by ThePunisher
A £17 difference, yes, much higher.

Yeah, sorry about that. I thought it was much more expensive, something
like £400. Must've been thinking of something else.

Regards

Mark

[Moldy]

On Sun, 09 May 2004 15:46:51 GMT, "Gary Lightfoot"

Post by Gary Lightfoot

Post by Steve
I'll second that. It's running now dropping some Simpson eps on to

dvd

Post by Steve
for a guy at work. One of the best bits of dvd s/w I've got.

Can you custome build menus?
I seem to remember it had some fixed templates, and I wanted to use a
backround image with just a chapters and play all button, but couldn't
have that option.

Yes you can create custom menus

Post by Gary Lightfoot
Gary.

[Tân Coul]

Post by Moldy
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[Moldy]

Post by Tân Coul

Post by Moldy
"Then you have the low-carb dieters. This involves the active avoidance of
life-giving antioxidants while scarfing massive amounts of known carcinogens
until someone punches you to death for bragging about how much weight you
lost." - Scott Adams

Best. Sigfile. Ever.
Just thought you should know ;-)

Thanks!

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[Moldy]

On Sat, 08 May 2004 23:28:55 +0100, Mark A

Post by Mark A

Post by Martin
I want to use better software than the Ulead stuff - is this any good?

I think it's bloody superb! Much much better than anything Ulead come
up with. I'd spring for the extra AC-3(2.0) plug in, though it is a pain
keep phoning home once a month to revalidate itself, so if you haven't
got a net connection on the PC you edit on you can't use the AC-3 part.
It also only edits down to key frame level, not any frame. Apart from
that I don't think there's anything better for the money.

Seconded. I use it in conjunction with Womble MPEG2VCR which does a
frame level cut then saves a new MPEG without re-encoding, a matter of
seconds for a 4gb MPEG. This then goes into TMPGEnc DVD Author (with
AC3 Plug-in).

fantastic bit of software

Post by Mark A
Regards
Mark

[Tân Coul]

Post by Martin
I want to use better software than the Ulead stuff - is this any good?

Very simple to use, and the menus aren't quite as preset as in V1.0,
and provided you use something like SVCD2DVD to spoof SVCD headers to
make TMPG think they're actually DVD compliant then the rest of it is
pretty much drag n drop.

For power of use I prefer DVD Lab, which will take SVCDs at face value
with just a warning message, but it does sometimes have issues with
transcoding audio - yesterday I had to spend 10 hours with TMPEG
converter to get a couple of files into a state DVD Lab was happy
with. They both come with free fully functional trials, so try them
both and see which you're happiest with - either one is streets ahead
of ULead :-)

[*TrappedUser*]

Post by Martin
I want to use better software than the Ulead stuff - is this any good?

I use TMPGEnc, it's easy to use and the results are amazing,
you can make your own menus or simply use the templates.

I recorded a few tv shows on my standalone then re-authored
them with TMP and editing out the crap was so easy. when
doing this you have the option of creating an MPEG file to edit
or just edit the dvd files.

I hate Ulead software, buggers up my PC which is why I went
for TMP. I have tried other software but I found TMP was so
simple to use which is why I bought it. <cough>

Matt