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TheHappyFriar wrote on 11/14/2003, 11:35 PM
I bought a DVD vurner and it came with some burning software. Not the best, but it does what i need.

Why not just upgrade to DVD? From the way you frased your statement, it sounds like you got the $, just ordered the wrong one.

mojazz101 wrote on 11/14/2003, 11:44 PM
Does Vegas have an upgrade to DVD A?
farss wrote on 11/14/2003, 11:49 PM
Yes,
you ust buy it, don't quite know if you get any discount for already having VV, maybe the bundled price is a bit lower than the sum of the parts.
Liam_Vegas wrote on 11/15/2003, 2:43 AM
The upgrade on this site is here - $299.

I wasted money on buying every combination of "little" DVD burning software out there (such as MyDVD, ULEAD etc) and was never satisfied with the results... until I switched to DVDA. I know that DVDA has its limitations, but for the price, iit has amazing capabilites and an ease of use that more than pays for itself.

Just my unbiased opinion :-)

MisterPat wrote on 11/15/2003, 4:57 AM
You could take a look and free trial at this >>

DVD Lab by Medichance
donp wrote on 11/15/2003, 5:43 AM
I use DVDlab and it does the job for me.
Jessariah67 wrote on 11/15/2003, 8:51 AM
JMHO

DVDA is worht the price. It certainly has its share of "I wish I could do this..." but I've got a feeling that DVDA 2 will be quite a leap in features (head actions, end actions, etc.).
Softcorps wrote on 11/15/2003, 9:04 AM
I, too, like DVDLab a lot. However, it has no audio/video compression built-in, so you will have to compress to MPEG2 and AC3 or MPA in some outside program. But for authoring discs using already compressed assets, it's very powerful and hard to beat for the $79 price.

James
JackW wrote on 11/15/2003, 1:26 PM
If you have a need for complex authoring capability, take a look at DVD Workshop. We've been using it with files from Vegas and have found it to be excellent. Menu development is easy and has the potential for a great deal of sophistication in layering menus and in importing artwork to use as backgrounds and buttons. The documentation is pretty thin, but there is a book (available through Amazon.com) that goes into great detail.

Jack Wolcott
JazzyG wrote on 11/15/2003, 3:20 PM
Thanks for all the helpful advice...I think I am going with the DVD upgrade.
Jsnkc wrote on 11/15/2003, 11:23 PM
I posted this in another thread and I will put it here as well.

A word of caution for all the DVD Lab users out there, that program allows yout to create discs that are not within the DVD Spec. This can cause playback problems, compatability problems, and a lot of replicators and duplicators that use any kind of verification process (the good ones) won't touch them. I know a lot of people "think" this is a great program and are amazed at the price, it is true that you do get what you pay for. I would avoid that program if at all possible if you are doing professional DVD's.