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This is a great product in regards to the interface (GUI), in fact, just like it's predecessor, it really is a joy to use.
But just like it's predecessor, the quality of the encoding engine is shameful, the amount of bitrate that has to be thrown at the project just to be considered OK.... is absurd, granted Mpeg2 compression capabilities are not great in regards to low bitrates (it was never meant to be), but even when chucking high bitrates at a project, the quality of the output is still arguably terrible when compared to something like HC Encoder, in fact HC Encoder is far superior to FFMpeg (the underlying encoding engine this program uses) when it comes to quality, and even though HC Encoder does require a lot more processing speed, these days are not an issue due to Mpeg2 encoding being very easy, even CPU's of three generations ago could easily run HC Encoder at MAX settings with more than satisfactory speed.
I had high hopes when i heard that a new version was coming out, but ConvertXtoDVD is just as disappointing as it's predecessor when it comes down to what matters the most.... Quality.
The reason for bad scoring regarding value for money, is mainly because there are so many products out there that does the same as this one, and they all roughly charge the same..... and nearly all of them are powered by FFMpeg not HC Encoder unfortunately (HC Encoder is free, the developer will obviously not allow it to be used for commercial gains)
it's quite unfortunate that we don't have many alternatives that does give us a great GUI (like ConvertXtoDVD) and powered by HC Encoder....
AVStoDVD is still being developed from time to time..... but getting the program working on your system (codecs need to be installed and also setup just how the program likes them to be!!!!) can be difficult, but if it does work..... WOW, regarding quality.... AMAZING, thanks to HC Encoder.
DVD-VIDEO is a dying breed now though, which is of course why so many options stopped being developed a long time ago.
x264 or even Xvid is the more better option,
I will say that ConvertXtoDVD can produce great quality, but only if the bitrate given to it is very high.
90-130minutes of video (SD resolution) = DVD-9 (double layer DVD)
xx-75minutes = DVD-5 (single layer DVD.... Normal DVD-/+)
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