Is DVD Architect major choice?

khersee wrote on 1/17/2006, 6:10 AM

I was wondering how many people are using the DVD Architect vs. another program. And what are your reasons/concerns, etc... thanks, kirk

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ScottW wrote on 1/17/2006, 6:34 AM

DVDAS 3.0 isn't a bad choice IMO for simple projects and as long as you can live within some of its constraints (no AC3 for example).

I've used DVDAS, DVDA and DVD Lab Pro for authoring. Of all of them I prefer Lab Pro for most projects, but for simple stuff, DVDA and DVDAS really shine.

For example, it can sometimes be very convenient just to drag the AVI file into DVDAS and let it do the encoding without going thru the seperate render step manually. The learning curve for DVDAS is much more gentle than DVD Lab Pro, on the other hand, there are other authoring utilities where there's even less of a curve - it all depends on how much time you're willing to invest in learning the tool.

One thing I do miss with DVDAS is lack of AC3 support; it would be really nice if I could feed it an AC3 audio file even if it doesn't have access to an AC3 encoder.

--Scott

khersee wrote on 1/17/2006, 7:27 AM

Thanks for the response. I currently use InterVideo WinDVD Creator. So far it's done the job. I suppose there's a program for most levels of production. I didn't install DVDA yet, cuz I was comfortable with what I knew. Thanks again, Kirk

ChristerTX wrote on 1/17/2006, 11:50 AM

I use Ulead's DVD program. It is much easier to use for just a casual Dvd project.
DVD-A is great if you want to change just about any aspect of what you see on screen.

IanG wrote on 1/18/2006, 5:54 AM

I use DVD Lab, though not the Pro version. I got it before DVDAS was introduced and I've never felt the need to change. I don't think the learning curve's as bad as people make out and it's an amazingly powerful app.

Ian G.