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Awesome tool!
I have been a big hold out because most of the tools out there handcuff you as far as what you can do and how you can do it. I'm not one of those people who wants Sonic myDVD's to determine what is right for me and to make the decisions for me.
DVDLab, while it has no video and audio encoder, is just what the doctor ordered! I don't want a fat program to encode anything for me.. especially since that would mean that I would probably get a sub-standard encoder that would only do CBR (and I would have to wait version after version for the features I needed.. and pay more for it, too!).
You can create your MPEG2 files and audio files using other tools that are more refined for your tastes, and then import them in to DVDLab. From there, just let DVDLab do the magic! You can easily create menus, buttons, background audio, motion menus, etc, and visualize it all within their interface!
The only things that are lacking are:
o Fine tuning the chapter marks.
o Confusion between the start of the movie (which, in the rest of the world, it is typically tagged as Chapter 1) and Chapter 1. Folks, chapter 1 is ALWAYS the start of the movie!!
o The preview window doesn't play the audio track associated to it (I guess that is because there is no way to associate it to it).
o There is no easy way to preview the DVD within the app. You have to go through hoops of burning the DVD to a DVD-RW to properly test out the menus, links, background audio, etc.
I used to use SpruceUp up until a few days ago, and DVDLab is THE replacement. (Yes, I know SpruceUp hasn't been updated since Apple bought the company and dissolved it, but, hey, it had all of the features I needed (including those listed above)!).
There is a little bit of a learning curve to get started with this powerful tool, but it is worth the investment in time and money! Try out the 30 day eval copy, and after working through the steps to author one DVD, you'll be hooked! |
