DVD Authoring Software Gallery
-- Consumer Tools (see also Professional
Tools)
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by Douglas Dixon
Software applications for desktop DVD authoring,
organized from consumer to professional. Each application includes a brief
description, and information on the latest released version. Product
descriptions and images are summarized from published information.
Contents
See also: Digital
Video Editing Software Gallery
Updates -- 2008
4/2008 - CyberLink - PowerDVD 8
Updates -- 2007
8/2007 - Apple - iDVD '08
7/2007 - Adobe - Encore CS3
2/2007 - Ulead - DVD MovieFactory 6
1/2007 - Roxio - MyDVD 9
Updates -- 2006
12/2006 - Sonic - DVDit Pro HD
- Sony - DVD Architect Studio 4 standalone
- CyberLink - PowerDVD Ultra
11/2006 - CyberLink - PowerProducer 4
- InterVideo - WinDVD 8
5/2006 - InterVideo - WinDVD Creator 3
4/2006 - CyberLink - PowerDVD 7
3/2006 - Adobe - Encore DVD 2.0
- Ulead - DVD MovieFactory
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2/2006 - Sonic -
MyDVD 8
1/2006 - Apple - iLife '06 - iDVD 6
Updates -- 2005
8/2005 - Sonic - DVDit 6 Pro
6/2005 - InterVideo - WinDVD 7
- MedioStream -
NeoDVD 7
4/2005 - Apple - DVD Studio Pro 4
3/2005 - Ulead - DVD MovieFactory 4 Disc Creator
1/2005 - Apple - iDVD 5
Updates -- 2004
10/2004 - InterVideo - WinDVD 6
9/2004 - Microsoft - Windows Media Player 10
- Sonic -
MyDVD Studio Deluxe 6
- Sonic - DVD
Producer 4.5
7/2004 - Sonic - DVDit 5
- Ulead - DVD
Workshop Express
6/2004 - CyberLink - PowerDVD 6
5/2004 - Adobe - Encore DVD 1.5
- Apple - DVD Studio Pro 3
1/2004 - Apple - iDVD 4
- Ulead - DVD
MovieFactory 3 Disc Creator
- Ulead - DVD Workshop 2
Updates -- 2003
9/2003 - Sonic Solutions - MyDVD 5, RecordNow! 6
- Sonic
Solutions - DVD Producer 4, Scenarist 3
8/2003 - CyberLink - PowerDVD 5
- InterVideo
- WinDVD 5
4/2003 - Apple - DVD Studio Pro 3
- Adobe -
Encore DVD
- Pinnacle -
Instant CD/DVD
2/2003 - Apple - iDVD 3
1/2003 - Adaptec - MyDVD Video Suite
- NVIDIA - NVDVD
- Topics
Entertainment - Instant DVD Maker
- Ulead - DVD
MovieFactory 2.0
Software applications for playing DVDs on your computer,
with enhanced viewing options and capabilities for exploring the DVD structure.
Bundled free with operating systems, or third party applications for $50 to $80.
Apple Computer - DVD Player for Macintosh OS X
Microsoft Corp. - Windows Media Player for Windows
XP
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All-in-one player and organizer for music and video,
CDs and DVDs, Internet and portable devices
Windows Media Player 11 beta, 2006
Windows Media Player 10, Sept. 2004
Windows Media Player 9, Jan. 2003
Windows Media 9 Beta released Oct. 2002
Media Player version 8 included with Windows XP
www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia
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CyberLink Corp. - PowerDVD Ultra
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New Dimensions in Movie Entertainment
CyberLink PowerDVD 8, released April 2008
PowerDVD 8 $49, Deluxe $69 with advanced video & audio
Ultra $99 with HD video & audio, Blu-ray
www.cyberlink.com
Find related CyberLink
articles in the Manifest Tech Blog
Find CyberLink
PowerDVD (7) on
Amazon.com
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CyberLink PowerDVD 8, released April 2008
PowerDVD 8 $49, Deluxe $69 with advanced video
& audio
Ultra $99 with HD video & audio, Blu-ray
- HD video: Blu-ray discs, SMPTE VC-1, AVCHD,
MPEG-2 HD
- Digital A/V connectors: HDMI and SPDIF mixing
- TrueTheatre video & audio enhancement
- HD Home Theater Audio: Dolby, DTS, 7.1-channel
- MoovieLive.com: Online community, share comments & remixes
- Movie Collection, Movie Remix
CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra, released Dec. 2006
HD DVD and Blu-ray, $99
- Support for HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc playback,
Microsoft Xbox 360 external HD DVD
- Optimized HD video on graphics cards: NVIDIA PureVideo, ATI Avivo, Intel
Clear Video
- Support for next-gen disc features, Picture-in-Picture movie mode,
networking, interactive BD-J and iHD features, bookmarks, advanced disc
navigation
- High-definition audio: Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD
- Home theater audio 6.1-channel surround sound, audio expansion up to 8
channels
- Support double-layer HD DVDs and Blu-ray Discs
- High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) for premium content
through DVI and HDMI connectors
- Support for BUS Protection for premium content protection via VGA
systems
Plus:
- Say-it-Again - one-click DVD dialog looping
- Read-it-Clearly - moveable DVD subtitles
- See-it-All - automatically activated DVD time stretching for low power
mobile
- Power-saving settings for notebooks, onscreen battery meter
- UPnP media player support
CyberLink PowerDVD 7 released May 2006
Standard $49, Deluxe $69
- Integrated support for high-definition H.264
playback
- Say-it-Again - one-click dialog looping
- Read-it-Clearly - moveable subtitles
- See-it-All - automatically activated time stretching for when mobile PCs
run low on power
- Power-saving settings for notebooks and an onscreen battery meter
- UPnP media player support and premium content protection
CyberLink PowerDVD 6 released Nov. 2004
Standard $49, Deluxe $69 with DivX Pro, DVD-Audio playback,
surround formats
- Eagle Vision 2 dynamic video, brighter luminance
and more natural colors
- Smart Video Deinterlacing frame-by-frame adaptive de-interlacing
- Pano Vision both 4:3 and 16:9 DVD content and PC monitors.
- DVD-Audio 192 KHz, 24-bit, up to 256 times better fidelity than audio
CDs, MLP Losless
- HD Video MPEG-2 HD and WMV-HD; DVD-/+VR, DivX Pro
- Home-theater surround sound Dolby Digital EX, true 8-channel surround
sound
- Multi-channel Environment Impression 2 (CLMEI-2), Dolby Pro Logic IIx
audio-expansion
- Virtual Speaker and Headphones
- Audio Equalizer, Pitch Scaling enhances music for Karaoke
- Parental Controls, Dual Subtitles, closed captioning, angle switching
- Mobility Pack saves notebook battery
- MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) Pack for next-generation DVD standard
CyberLink PowerDVD 5 released June 2003
Standard $49,
Deluxe $69 with DTS and Dolby Virtual Speaker
- Eagle Vision automatically adjusts the colors
and contrasts
to enhance video image sharpness and detail
- PanoVision a non-linear stretching to playback 4:3 movies in
wide-screen
without distorting major portions of the scenes
- Multi-Channel Environment Impression multi-channel virtual
surround
from two-channel audio
- Set scene capture snapshot resolution
CyberLink PowerDVD XP 4.0 released January 2002
Standard from $49 and, Deluxe from $69
InterVideo Corp. [Corel] - WinDVD 8
InterVideo WinDVD 8 released Nov. 2006
Gold $39, Platinum $59 (latest audio/video technologies)
InterVideo WinDVD 7 released June 2005
Gold $49, Platinum $69 (MPEG-4 AVC / H.264, DVD-Audio. advanced
Dolby audio)
Video Center
- Universal Player - Real Player, Quick Time, Windows Media, DivX 5.2 Pro,
HD Audio
MPEG-4 AVC H.264 Main Profile, 3GPP/3GPP2, WMV-HD
- Digital TV Content Support - MPEG2-TS (MPEG2 Transport Stream)
- TrimensionDNM Advanced (Digital Natural Motion)
- DivX / External Subtitle Control
Audio Center
- InterVideo Hall Effect - New
- High-Definition Audio
- Home Theater Speaker Control - New
Media Sharing
- Universal Plug & Play (UPnP) CE / PC player
- Share video content on mobile device
InterVideo WinDVD 6 released June 2004
Gold $49, Platinum $69 advanced Dolby audio
- Trimension DNM (Digital Natural Motion) smooth
motion playback, Smooth Reverse
- Quick Clip - grab animated file
- Real, QuickTime, and MPEG-4 video files
- DVD-Audio, Intel High Definition Audio, WMV-HD (Windows Media Video High
Definition)
- Time-stretching speeds up playback without loss of audio or video
quality.
- Smart Stretch minimizes distortion for different displays and aspect
ratios
- includes Audio Booster Pack - Dolby Digital, Headphone, Virtual Speaker;
SRS TruSurroundXT, TruSurround XT Headphone; DTS
Digital Surround Sound
InterVideo WinDVD 5 released July 2003
Gold $49, Platinum $69 advanced Dolby audio
Audio Booster Pack $12
Mobile Technology Pack $19.95, laptop power
DVD-Audio Pack $39
WinDVD QSound Plug-in $ 14, 3D audio
- Enhanced Playback: playlists, bookmarks; Movie
Encyclopedia
- Optimized Display Presets
, Stackable Video Effects
InterVideo WinDVD 4 released May 2002
Standard $49, Plus $79
InterActual Technologies - InterActual Player 2.0
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Plays DVD-Video seamlessly integrated with Web
content stored on either the disc or the Web
InterActual Player 2.0 released August 2000 (formerly
PC Friendly)
Included on retail movie DVDs
InterActual acquired by Sonic Solutions, Feb. 2004
www.interactual.com
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Sonic Solutions / Roxio - CinePlayer
Sonic CinePlayer Surround, Q1 2003, $69.99
Sonic CinePlayer 1.5 released Oct. 2002
(formerly Ravisent); $49
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Simplified DVD authoring - working at an
"abstraction layer" to hide the details (and significant capabilities)
of the full DVD-Video specification. Can provide turn-key DVD authoring, direct
from DV in to DVD out. Import and convert a wide variety of media formats.
Template and wizard-based, automated menu layout, and some capability to edit
and customize. Range from around $30 to $100.
Apple Inc. - iDVD '08
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Create Hollywood-style DVDs featuring your movies and
slideshows
Apple iDVD '08, released Aug. 2007
iLife '08 suite $79, included with new Macs
www.apple.com/idvd
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Apple iDVD '08, released Aug. 2007
iLife '08 suite $79, included with new Macs
Ten new Apple-designed themes, animated menus, 16:9
and 4:3
Better performance, faster switching between themes and menus
Advanced menu customization
New button library, drop zone editor, dynamic alignment guides
Combine video and photos in slideshows and use higher-quality photos
Pro-quality encoding, higher quality, more movies & slideshows on a single
DVD
iDVD 6 released Jan. 2006
iLife '06 suite - Bundled, $79
iPhoto 6, iMovie HD 6, iDVD 6,
GarageBand 3, iWeb
Import content shot from the latest
HDV and widescreen DV cameras
Author custom DVDs with widescreen menus, movies and high
resolution slideshows
10 new Apple-designed menu themes in both widescreen (16:9)
and standard (4:3) formats.
Themes include new autofill drop zones for customizing
menus
Burn using compatible third-party DVD burners
New Magic iDVD automatically creates a complete DVD
iDVD 5 released Jan. 2005
iLife '05 suite - Bundled, $79
iPhoto 5, iMovie HD, iDVD 5, GarageBand 2, iTunes 4.7
Share Your Life on DVD
15 new themes featuring moving drop zones
OneStep DVD, DV camcorder
All single-sided DVD formats including -R, +R, -RW, +RW
with compatible Apple SuperDrive
iDVD 4 released Jan. 2004
Bundled with Macintosh systems,
iLife 04 suite $49, upgrade $19
Creates professional-looking DVDs in a few simple
steps
Media browser: iMovie movies (with chapter markers),
iPhoto photos,
iTunes or GarageBand music
Drag and drop movies, photos, albums or slideshows to drop zones
Photo slideshows with cinematic transitions and iTunes playlists
New themes and pro effects: use photos and movies as buttons, backgrounds and
menus
Second-level themes to build menus that match primary
themes
Encoding to fit over two hours of video on a single DVD
DVD Map provides an overview of entire DVD project
New "Save as Archive" feature makes DVD projects fully portable
Installs on systems with a Combo Drive or SuperDrive;
create projects on the former; create and burn them on the
latter
iDVD 3 released January 2003
DVD menus from iMovie markers
iLife suite $49, upgrade $19.95
Apple iDVD 2 for Mac OS X released October 2001
2.1
upgrade released July 2002
CyberLink Corp. - PowerProducer 4
CyberLink PowerProducer 4
- HD DVD and Blu-ray support
- High-definition / HDV video capturing and production, 16:9 widescreen
- Magic Video editing tools:
Magic Style editing templates, Magic Fix stabilize
shaky videos
CyberLink PowerProducer 3, from $49
CyberLink PowerProducer 2 released July 2003, $39
- DVD Disk Defragmentation utility
- Right-to-Disk Recording:
DV to DVD without buffering to hard disk
- DVD Video Import, Editable DVDs
CyberLink PowerProducer released Oct. 2002
$39 download, $49 retail
- Organize and produce home movies and photos on CD or
DVD
- Complete with customized navigation menus
- Import digital photos or videos in various formats
InterVideo Corp. - WinDVD Creator 3
InterVideo WinDVD Creator 3 released May 2006
Gold $49.95, Platinum $69.95
- Smart Movie instant movie creation with Style
- Single menu access to Capture, Edit, Author and Burn DVD/CD
- Portable on Apple iPod or Sony PSP
- HDTV program recording, editing and output!
- DVD, VCD, Slideshow DVD/CD, DVD+- Dual Layer Format Support
InterVideo WinDVD Creator 2 released July 2003,
$99
- Instant preview, Adaptive Smart Rendering
- Dolby Digital, DivX, OnDiscEditing, Photo Slide Shows
InterVideo WinDVD Creator released Sept. 2002,
$79/99
WinDVD Creator Plus released Oct. 2002, $99/$119
- Four steps: Capture - Edit - Author - Make Movie
- Burn as DVD, VCD, SVCD, mini-DVD, MPEG-4, DivX, WMP movie
WinDVD Creator Plus:
- Direct Recording: Burn DVDs without editing
- UniPass: Integrated DVD creation and editing, quick re-render of simple edits
- OnDiscEditing: Edit existing DVDs
MedioStream - NeoDVD 7
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DVD authoring software you can depend on
neoDVD 7, released June 2005, $49.99
www.mediostream.com
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neoDVD 7, released June 2005, $49.99
- Video Capture, DVD Video Creation, DVD Copy
- Wide screen (16/9) or classic (4/3) Resolution
- Import Real Media video files
- Swap discs between PC and DVD PVR seamlessly
- DVD camcorder support
MedioStream NeoSTUDIO $129
MedioStream neoDVD 4.0 Aug. 2002
neoDVDstandard from $29, neoDVDplus from $49
- NEO TaskBar - Capture, create/edit, and copy video
- "Direct-to-Disc Recording" and "Smart Buffering"
- Industry-first Video Recording (+VR) support for DVD+RW drives
Plus:
- Create a DVD or VCD Slide Show with still photos (.bmp and .jpg)
- Set Moving Menus, Add video with Dolby Digital audio
- Create disc labels using labeling software and label maker (boxed only)
Roxio [Sonic] - MyDVD 9
Roxio MyDVD 9, released Jan. 2007
MyDVD 9 Premier $69; Studio $49 (SD)
Also in Roxio Easy Media Creator 10
Suite
www.roxio.com/enu/products/creator/suite
- Blu-ray Disc (BD) and mobile device support
- Windows Vista® compatibility
- Enhanced video-editing functions
- Innovative DVD design and playback-behavior controls
Sonic MyDVD 8 released Feb. 2006
MyDVD 8 Premier $69.99; Essentials
$49.99 (SD)
New, refined user interface: MyDVD
Home launch pad
Hierarchical project tree viewer, full control over menu
customization
Define play sequences for titles, chapters, buttons and
actions
Slideshows: up to 999 photos in full-screen or widescreen
format,
Transitions, motion effects (pan
and zoom), audio tracks
Photo editor: touch-up photos,
red-eye, rotating, cropping, AutoFix
Video editing: automated CineMagic Editor, Storyline and
Timeline Editors
Timeline Editor: multi-track, in-place editing and video
alignment control
Easy video capture: high definition video from HDV
camcorders
HD video file support: DivX HD and MPEG-2 HD
Video formats, MPEG-1/2, DV-AVI, TiVo, WMV, and DivX 6.
SmartScan, quickly capture specific scenes from their DV
camcorder,
Plug & Burn, automatic transfer the entire DV tape to
DVD
Artistic transitions and effects, templates, 16:9
(widescreen) motion menu, 4:3 (full-screen)
Media management and sharing:
UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
sharing
LiveShare, browse photos to PC
using any Web browser
Windows Media Center file support
and TiVoToGo
Sonic MyDVD 6 released Sept. 2004
MyDVD Studio 6 - $69.99 - complete CD and DVD video
authoring
with integrated video editing, plus Sonic CinePlayer DVD
playback software.
MyDVD Studio Deluxe 6 - $99.99 -
plus music CD ripping and burning, CD/DVD copy, built-in
disc labeling
MyDVD Studio Deluxe Suite 6 - $149.99 - plus Sonic BackUp MyPC
New user interface, perform multiple tasks
simultaneously
Fit-to-DVD automatic quality setting, plus manual quality settings
True 16:9 widescreen support in consumer product
Enhanced photo slideshow capabilities: import from digital cam; up to 1,000
photos per slideshow
Playlists up to 99 audio files, synchronized slideshows, loop
Freeform menu button placement, 100 new video transitions
Double-Layer DVD+R drives and media
Sonic MyDVD 5 released Sept. 2003
Sonic MyDVD Studio Deluxe 5 - $99.99 Physical
- with Cineplayer 1.5.1, RecordNow! 6.5, Sonic Express Labeler v3 by SureThing
Sonic MyDVD 5 Deluxe - $69.99 Download
- Integrated video editing with special effects
- Dolby Digital AC-3 stereo encoding for 50% more video per disc
Sonic MyDVD 5 - $49.99 Download
Sonic MyDVD 4.0 released July 2002
Plus $79, Video Suite $99
- Photo
slideshows, motion menus, new streamlined user interface -
- OpenDVD - Photo Archives
Sonic MyDVD 3.5 - March 2002
- OpenDVD
support - DVD titles can be opened, changed and edited
- Edit-on-DVD -- changes to OpenDVD
discs virtually instantaneous no reload to hard disc
- Video CD support
- Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) menus -- DVD
Style Sheet Specification for DVD navigation
- Enhanced ease-of-use -- improved
capture interface, enhanced menu quality,
video thumbnail select, re-sequence buttons in menus,
"play all" clips on DVD automatically
- Expanded language support -- 12
languages
Ulead Systems - DVD MovieFactory 6
Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6, released February 2007,
$49, Plus $79
Plus: HD capture (HDV, AVCHD),
editing, and burning (HD DVD, Blu-ray)
disc utilities for data and
media, disc copying
- Import and edit HD footage from AVCHD camcorders
- Convert downloaded DivX movies to DVDs
- Edit Room -- Create opening sequence with animated graphics and overlays
Edit video clips on storyboard or timeline, with DVD
chapter points
Trim, auto-enhance, transition effects, titles,
background music, voiceover narration
- Animated button moving paths, Distort menu objects
- Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound audio
DVD MovieFactory 5 released
March 2006, $49, upgrade $39
- Convert HDV video into standard definition DVDs
- Menu transition
- Ad-Zapper, burn TV shows to disc, automatically detects commercials
- Create authored HD DVD or Blu-ray projects and view on a computer
- Will supply free software updates as next generation burners become
available
DVD MovieFactory 4 Disc Creator released
March 2005, $99
DVD MovieFactory 4, DVD authoring-only $49
- Quick-drop icons, Enhanced multi-trim, Edit
music files
- Photo pan / zoom motion effects
- Burn DVD Audio discs (6 hours), Dolby Digital audio-only DVD discs (45
hours)
- Double-layer DVD burning; 16:9 video and DVD menus
DVD MovieFactory 3 Disc Creator released Jan.
2004, $99.95
DVD MovieFactory 3, basic version, download $49.95
- Suite of DVD creation tools
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Motion menus and buttons with real-time preview, Dolby AC-3
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Video editing tools, add transitions and text to videos and photos
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Disc-Direct capture, Smart On-Disc editing
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All DVD formats including DVD-Video, DVD-VR, and DVD +RW (VR)
Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2.0 released Dec.
2002
Download $44, retail $49
Disc-Direct capture camcorder to DVD
DVD+RW, disc re-editing
Ulead DVD MovieFactory released Oct. 2001, $44
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