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DVDAuthorgui is a very basic win32 frontend for the DVDAuthor project. The gui is meant to be an easy means to create a basic dvd. Features: multiple titles (pgc), multiple titleset menus, m2v still creation, chapters, subtitles, multiple audio streams, basic navigation commands, iso creation.
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8.7 (8.6) 30 votes Guides Similar tools |
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Latest version: 1.019 test (May 11, 2009) Download sites: Download from author site Windows Sections/Browse similar tools: Authoring (DVD) Alert me! when this software has been updated. |
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*1.019 View entire changelog -Moved dva registering into the installer. *1.018 -Moved the GUI from writing to the program folder, to writing to the system's temp folder (for vista, win7 compatability) Similar tools/Alternative to DVDAuthorgui: DVDStyler, GUI for dvdauthor Sponsored tools: Guides and How to's:
Dvdauthorgui DVD authoring and PgcEdit menu command editing - Read View all guides with guide description here How to use DVDAuthorgui for creating a basic dvd (updated to version 0.988) - Read Tool features, DVD Author(BETA!): Import elemantary streams, MPEG2 video, MPEG1 video, VCD video (no video reconverting), SVCD video (no video reconverintg), MPEG1 Layer 2 audio, AC3 5.1 audio, AC3 Stereo/Mono audio, Menus, Motion menus, Editable menus, Basic linking, Chapters, Selectable audio tracks, Selectable subtitles,
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DVDAuthorGUI for some reason cannot mux DTS audio tracks into the project. However, one of the tools it invokes, mplex (included with DVDAuthorGUI), can mux DTS into the output MPG or VOB file. So, if you need to mux M2V+DTS, then install DVDAuthorGUI but only run mplex.
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tried it just once and like it, but with the following observations: I had to demux the 4GB video I was using as it had an SCR error. After this, the program automatically remuxed it. the program converts the original VOB to MPEG and then back to VOB, at least it did in my case since I had to do a demux to begin with. This seems to result in a lossy type conversion, loss of pic quality with the final product a bit darker than the original VOB. It would be interesting to see if others had the same video loss or not. On a single title menu, I was trying to figure out how to make the picture NOT take up the whole screen but still cannot figure it out. The Guide is extremely extensive and will take you a few days to digest.
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I don't know if I've got the same one to all you chaps - mine keeps crashing, for no good reason! Also it doesn't show the menu screen when you go to add buttons, just a black square (amongst other bugs in that part)... I'm getting by with selecting the areas I want to put the button on in PSP and noting the numbers in order to enter them manually! It seems to have a good heart, and although somewhat impenetrable at first, everything is pretty logical once you get used to it. Featurewise it's a bit sparse, but it has everything you really need for putting the disc together if you have the necessary other programs to make the menu screens "by hand" (as used to be the case with VCD!). However, twice I've tried to make a DVD with it, twice it's bombed out before I've even got to a point where I'd normally think of saving (as I'm not even at a point where the initial prototype is complete) and had to start over - I'll be saving fastidiously with every change on the third and final chance and maybe report back on my progress... It's a shame it's like that, as it doesn't suffer some of the dumber problems found in GUI4DVDAuthor (not being able to delete videos easily, etc) - though perhaps this is also down to simplicity and lack of features? - but at least the other tool seems well-programmed and stable :( ... still haven't tried DVDStyler, so maybe that next?
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"Can't handle DVD-ready MPEG2 files (needs them demultiplexed beforehand)." Which it states quite clearly in any guide, manual and readm file...
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Can't handle DVD-ready MPEG2 files (needs them demultiplexed beforehand).
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To the previous comment, the issue with 16:9 or 4:3 is a result of the encoding step, not the authoring step. I've authored properly-encoded 16:9 material all the time with DVDAuthorgui, without a problem. All the authoring tool does is take the video/audio files already made and package them into the correct DVD-compliant file format. It doesn't create or change aspect ratios - that's set by the encoder. This is great tool for making quick, easy DVDs. Not a very extensive menuing capability, but it suits my needs.
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This is a great tool to author your DVD unless your using 16:9 aspect video! I chose using this program over the GUI For DVD author because it was simple to use. The only problem is when I put my DVD in my player all of my 16:9 aspect videos are played in 4:3 aspect!! This was very frustrating. So if the person who made this program is reading this, put some 16:9 support for this program! HD is coming and it only supports 16:9 aspect. Other than that it is a great free program.
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Okay, this newer version is EXCELLENT! Still no support yet for split vob/mpg/m2v files. Apart from that, the rest is cosmetic... eg: the menu button editor is still not exactly pixel-precise (probably the display scaling obscures it by some minute percentage), but this is generally not a problem since if I need anything to be that perfectly positioned I'll just enter the numbers manually anyway (manual entry is a nice feature--few others do this). Another oddity is that when returning to the menu editor to make changes, it will needlessly say "could not open file" even though nothing is wrong and then proceeds to operate just fine having opened the file it said it couldn't?! Just a few little things like that, but otherwise works wonderfully and easily.
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A great program, but it killed wmp6.4... but that's what I have Partition Commander to remedy.
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Great program--lightweight, fast, flexible... problem is that it crashes frequently if you try to do something outside of its expectations rather than deliver an error message.
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Excellent, and almost more importantly, easy. My favorite GUI for the DVDauthor app(s). Read a 5 minute guide to the functions and you are good to go.
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never works for me to create dvd if subtitles are added.
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About 3/4 of a year ago I happen to choose this tool to author my DVDs and have never looked back. Its incredibly easy to use the GUI and with a little experience you can even edit the .dva files by hand since they are ASCII. I have been remiss about not reviewing it before now. An excellent product.
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This is a great DVD AUTHORING tool for simple home video needs. I have looked around for this kind of tool which supports subtitles but did not find one which supports my needs. I have special needs of adding DV datecode/timecode (captured date time stamp) as subtitles to my home videos. I have been using this tool since version 0.997 but the newer version 1.004, had all the functionality that I needed, adding chapters, subtitles, multiple menus, adding subtitle on/off switch from the menu. Thanks to liquid217 for developing the tool.
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EXECELLENT!! in every aspect - what more can 1 say for the "price". Easy to use & the brilliant!! all round flexibility puts many other costly packages to TOTAL!! shame in my book. Tip for newbies - when creating chapter markers (can do in real time using Gui's 'visual editor') to avoid marked chapter playback inacuaracies & to ensure button markers placed in menu editor, play exactly as placed, downloading freeware Dscaler 5006 DirectShow Mepg2 decoder (www.dscaler.org) is HIGHLY!! recommended & use a DirectShow Filter Manager (www.softella.com) to set Dscaler decoder to 'prefered" (Merit 8). Dscaler also vastly!! improves video quality (no artifacting) It would be nice in future, to see frame step buttons in 'visual editor' otherwise 10 out 10 to the prog's author. Keep up the good work
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Love this program! It allows me total creative control over my menu and DVD design. And you can't beat the price...
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Really awesome program. Use it all of the time when authoring DVD's.
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Works great, and makes making your own working DVD simple. No gotchas like those other free authoring tools. Wish list: Ability to enter chapters by frame number instead of timestamp, italic subtitles don't seem to work (ignores tags), ability to use .sup subpicture stream instead of text input.
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This is really a good tool. This tool makes it easy to author your own DVD. It DOES let you make menu buttons without any button image. It also takes BMP images for buttons. You have to prepare a menu image (either a movie or a still image). It's fun, isn't it? Of course you can author a very simple DVD without menus. And the great thing about this tool is that you can add sutitles. It takes text subtitle files. It is a flexible tool. Highly recommended!
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This program has some weird ways of working. You can't make a menu unless you have either a video to overlay the menu or an image to use as a button. I'd like this program to just allow users to make the menu without first needing these before allowing access to the menu creation. That's pretty much it. Nice program, does the job. Congrats.
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Using it for more than 6 months and learned to handly the few tricky PAL items. Its great in its simplicity/flexibility! A Dutch guide can be found at http://home.hccnet.nl/g.van.schaik
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I am a beginner to the world of DVD authoring, and this program worked great for me. With the right guide (I used the one below), authoring is painless. I made my own menu screen, but the coordinates for buttons I gave the program didn't actually match up when used in my DVD player. However, this is a minor flaw, and in no way compromises the impressive performance of this program. I recommend this program to beginners like myself.
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This is a great front-end for dvdauthor and several other tools. It really lets you do all the fun stuff that low-end commercial products don't, like adding extra audio tracks and subtitles and having control over button placement. In reference to a previous comment, in the current version you can make box highlights for buttons instead of just underlines -- just change the height value. I was not able to get a DVD using a motion menu to work properly on my Toshiba standalone player (button highlights wouldn't move when you used arrows on remote control) but it played OK with software player on PC. I was able to implement just about every other control, however. You still need to be willing to dig into the documentation for the tools, however and bill willing to experiment alot.
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Haven't used all the bells and whistles yet. Just wanted to comment about how simple it was to take the m2v and mp2 files generated by TMPGenc (or other apps) and create a VIDEO_TS folder that Copy2DVD burned without a hiccup. It may all be open source but can we donate something? (the "7" ratings are only because I haven't had the time ye to test the other features. If they work as advertised, I'll update to "10")
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Dvdauthorgui DOES support motion menus. You will have to create your menu however, with another program like Zwei-Stein or Avisynth are too free programs that will do it. I'm still waiting for a box instead of an underline myself, and when that occurs THIS will be my main authoring program! Have fun stormin' the castle! Rog
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