Here is what people have said about each product.  Please note that I have removed several entries which were clearly duplicates from the same individual. 

Name:

mary-ah@pacbell.net

Software_1_Program:

Adobe Premier

Software_1_Score:

Excellent

Software_2_Program:

Scenalyzer

Software_2_Score:

Excellent

Software_3_Program:

 

Software_3_Score:

<Select>

Software_1_Comments

Captures OK from Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge, but I prefer Scenalyzer's filenaming function; Best for editing; version 6.5 includes MainConcept MPEG-2 encoder. Very stable, tons of info on web.

Software_2_Comments

Excellent DV/AVI captures from Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge; If splitting at commercials, sequential numbers automatically added to base filename.

Software_3_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Just got into this area since 12/30/2002 purchase of Sony DRU500A DVD burner. Very nice to see comparisons on your site of the many software packages available for a multitude of purposes. Good job! Too bad there isn't one perfect package that can do it all.

Name:

mary-ah@pacbell.net

Software_1_Program:

ULead DVD Movie Factory

Software_1_Score:

Excellent

Software_2_Program:

TMPGEnc

Software_2_Score:

Good

Software_3_Program:

 

Software_3_Score:

<Select>

Software_1_Comments

Does everything I need at the moment: simple menus, flexible chapter points, does not re-encode DVD-compliant MPG2 files, allows custom backgrounds and audio clips over menus. Easy to use, stable.

Software_2_Comments

Couldn't import AVI files after editing in Premier. Wrong settings?

Software_3_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

I downloaded and tried several DVD authoring program demos in early January. Some were too simplistic and limited (e.g. Sonic MyDVD that came with Sony DVD burner) I read excellent reviews of DVD Complete, but to my disappointment the downloadable demo was limited to 5-minute clips, which made it impossible to test with my current project -- to put 2 45-min TV episodes on a DVD. So I guess I'm sticking with Ulead DVD Movie Factory for now.

Name:

Mike Eve

Software_1_Program:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Software_1_Score:

Good

Software_2_Program:

<Select One>

Software_2_Score:

<Select>

Software_3_Program:

Ulead Video Studio 6

Software_3_Score:

Fair

Software_1_Comments

My "Good" rating is relative here. Capture worked for me with my 17 minute 8mm tape. Automatic scene detection was cool and editing very easy. Menus, transitions, were easy to do. However, something is wrong with the burn to DVD process. None of my PC-based DVD players recognize the DVD. Also, the program crashes at least once an hour. If the bugs were fixed, I would be quite happy with this program and would give it an excellent.

Software_2_Comments

Software_3_Comments

The capture from 8 mm tape worked, but I found editing very awkward -- make that unusable. Never got far enough to test the burn feature. However, the program never crashed on me!

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

This site looks good. I will be coming back here to find out what others are saying. I am new to DVD authoring. Trying to beat the clock and save some of my family VHS recordings.

Name:

microkid

Software_1_Program:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Software_1_Score:

Fair

Software_2_Program:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Software_2_Score:

Perfect!

Software_3_Program:

TMPGenc

Software_3_Score:

Perfect!

Software_1_Comments

Pro: Great editor. Con: synch problems, no chapters without a menu, average mpeg2 encoder.

Software_2_Comments

Everything what you need, always works!

Software_3_Comments

Superb MPG encoder, although a little slow.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

I'm an experienced "DVD creator", transferring many VHS tapes, TV broadcasts and DV camcorder holiday tapes to DVD. Have tried many tools. Current favo's : Pinnacle Studio 8 to capture and edit, TMPGenc or CCE to encode and Dazzle DVD Complete to author. TIP: to create a 16:9 DVD, just create the video_ts directory, and use IFOedit to edit the ifo's and set it to 16:9. Works like a charm!

Name:

 

Software_1_Program:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Software_1_Score:

Crappy

Software_2_Program:

<Select One>

Software_2_Score:

<Select>

Software_3_Program:

 

Software_3_Score:

<Select>

Software_1_Comments

Should have never been released to market. Shamefully underdeveloped and untested. DVD and MPEG2 features simply DO NOT WORK!! Don't be fooled by a good experience with Studio 7. Studio 8 is a piece of trash.

Software_2_Comments

Software_3_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Nice Site

Name:

 

Software_1_Program:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Software_1_Score:

Excellent

Software_1_Problems:

 

Software_2_Program:

<Select One>

Software_2_Score:

<Select>

Software_2_Problems:

 

Software_3_Program:

 

Software_3_Score:

<Select>

Software_3_Problems:

 

Software_1_Comments

Works great for me! I love it. I have not seen any degradation in encode quality like you mention, although I have not used TPMGenc. The reason I think it encodes perfectly is that I can see no difference between my source video (usually Digital 8) and the encoded result. Everything else works fine. There is one major thing I do not like though, if you forget something before you edit your menus and then want to add it, everything has to be regenerated and you lose your editing work. Overall, great product.

Software_2_Comments

Software_3_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Need a little formatting, but this could be a great resource if it is kept constructive and not allwoed to morph into just a complaint board.

Name:

 

Software_1_Program:

<Select One>

Software_1_Score:

<Select>

Software_1_Problems:

 

Software_2_Program:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Software_2_Score:

Fair

Software_2_Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Render Broken

Software_3_Program:

 

Software_3_Score:

<Select>

Software_3_Problems:

 

Software_1_Comments

Software_2_Comments

Hard to work with because of all the problems.

Software_3_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

monkey143

Software_1_Program:

Magix Video Deluxe

Software_1_Score:

Excellent

Software_1_Problems:

Capture Audio OOS

Software_2_Program:

Pinnacle Expression

Software_2_Score:

Poor

Software_2_Problems:

Encoding Quality Poor, Import Media Broken, Burn2DVD Broken

Software_3_Program:

Sonic's MyDVD

Software_3_Score:

Good

Software_3_Problems:

 

Software_1_Comments

This product works very well for me, start to finish. I have suffered very few minor glitches and usually my audio is IN synch but whenever I do have a problem, that's usually it. I highly recommend this.

Software_2_Comments

For the money, it's simple but extremely inflexible and the quality is poor. I got rid of mine.

Software_3_Comments

Can't edit as extensively as Magix Video Deluxe but the encoding is better than Expression. I recommend it for someone who wants simple software.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Pretty cool site. I love DVD authoring! Magix is BY FAR my favorite, glitches and all - one software does it all, and does it all well most of the time.

Name:

Paul

Software_1_Program:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Software_1_Score:

Fair

Software_1_Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs

Software_2_Program:

Sonic MyDVD

Software_2_Score:

Fair

Software_2_Problems:

 

Software_3_Program:

DVD Workshop

Software_3_Score:

Good

Software_3_Problems:

Program Crashes

Software_1_Comments

I use it to capture to avi, cut and transitions and then use DVD Workshop or Moviefactory to burn to DVD

Software_2_Comments

Poor menu making

Software_3_Comments

Not as many crashes as Studio 8 but if I bring in an AVI file I can usually render to DVD without many problems.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

I hope people will just be honest about their problems. The type of system you have makes a big difference as well as the media.

Name:

dand9959

Software_1_Program:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Software_1_Score:

Good

Software_1_Problems:

 

Software_2_Program:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Software_2_Score:

Poor

Software_2_Problems:

Capture Audio OOS, Render Audio OOS, Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Capture Broken, Render Broken, Burn2DVD Broken

Software_3_Program:

 

Software_3_Score:

<Select>

Software_3_Problems:

 

Software_1_Comments

Nice menu editing capability. Stable product. Limited to no editing functionality.

Software_2_Comments

Great feature list, very intuitive interface. Would be a joy to use if it worked.

Software_3_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

carz

Software_1_Program:

TMPGEnc

Software_1_Score:

Poor

Software_1_Problems:

Program Crashes

Software_2_Program:

<Select One>

Software_2_Score:

<Select>

Software_2_Problems:

 

Software_3_Program:

 

Software_3_Score:

<Select>

Software_3_Problems:

 

Software_1_Comments

always crashed before encoding no matter what I tried

Software_2_Comments

Software_3_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

a lot of trial and error involved, there don't seem to be any hard and fast rules applicable to every ones machine

Name:

newdogdigital@hotmail.com

Software_1_Program:

Magix Video Deluxe

Software_1_Score:

Excellent

Software_1_Problems:

 

Software_2_Program:

<Select One>

Software_2_Score:

<Select>

Software_2_Problems:

 

Software_3_Program:

Ulead Video Studio Pro v6

Software_3_Score:

Excellent

Software_3_Problems:

Program Crashes

Software_1_Comments

well, i believe a lot of software sucess depends on the users system and experience. I have 7 years experience editing video on PC and have tried them all. On my system Video Deluxe 2 is a real winner for Home video editing. Very intuative with more features than one needs to get the job done. However, DVD menu authoring is a bit weak.

Software_2_Comments

Software_3_Comments

Another great program for more experienced users. Excellent quality and plenty of features. My only problem is the program crashes on my system when trying to encode or import DV clips over 1 minute long :( Great program for streaming video.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Luis Castro

Software_1_Program:

Ulead DVD Workshop

T1:

 

Software_1_Score:

Excellent

Software_1_Problems:

 

Software_1_Comments

Great for authoring DVD. Very easy to use and flexible.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Software_1_Program:

Pinnacle Expression

T1:

 

Software_1_Score:

Crappy

Software_1_Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Encoding Quality Poor, Burn2DVD Broken

Software_1_Comments

VERY bad program. Not able to burn a VCD or SVCD. Lack of flexibility. Creates semgents instead of chapter points.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Software_1_Program:

TMPGEnc

T1:

Pinnacle Studio 7

Software_1_Score:

Excellent

Software_1_Problems:

 

Software_1_Comments

Excelent encoder. Great image quality. Pinnacle Studio 7 is reliable (I've tried Studio 8, but it is very unstable). Excelent capture quality with the included DC10 plus MJPEG card.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Shawn

Software_1_Program:

Adobe Premier

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Software_1_Score:

Excellent

Software_1_Problems:

 

Software_1_Comments

good basic editing and 6.5 works well. Much improved over 5.1. MPEG encoder is acceptable for most people.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

mpeg encoder 1.2 adds quality, but still not hollywood.

Name:

Shawn

Software_1_Program:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Software_1_Score:

Good

Software_1_Problems:

Encoding Quality Poor -

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

12:46:22

Software_1_Comments

good menus if you're willing to learn the script language. Themes lacking. Encoding not as good as other solutions.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

A good menu builder if you're willing to change the scripts that control the build process. Motion menus and thumbnails are a nice addition in this price range. 36 chapter points is not enough for long videos. I always use an external encoder.

Name:

Shawn

Software_1_Program:

TMPGEnc

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Software_1_Score:

Excellent

Software_1_Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

12:47:48

Software_1_Comments

great results after you learn to use the software. Couln't ask for much more for the money.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

great encoding after tweaking the settings. When used with AVIWrapper, can export to mpeg from premiere timeline.

Name:

Shawn

Product:

 

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

 

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

12:49:11

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

good for very basic authoring. would not use it on projects any more serious thatn home movies for family.

Name:

Grayson

Product:

Adobe Premier

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

13:19:14

Product_Comments

Stability great... when used properly.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

I was unaware that Adobe Premiere was capable of authoring DVDs... I thought it was simply an editor......... Also, you're misspelling the word Premiere(as Adobe uses it, at least).

Name:

Carey Robson

Product:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

18:22:52

Product_Comments

version 2.06 esd works well. Previous versions had major problems.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

David

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Render Audio OOS, Program Hangs

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

18:51:24

Product_Comments

Have had many problems, but so far have worked through them...all...I think...

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Dale C

Product:

TMPGEnc

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; YComp 5.0.0.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

19:12:49

Product_Comments

This product produces the best quality video of any encoder I've used. The bonus is that it is a mere $48! Program is stable, haven't needed to use tech support, so I can't comment on that. Watch out if you are overclocking your CPU...TMPGenc can crash because it is extremely CPU intensive.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Great concept...could use a little friendlier presentation, and will need to search as the data grows.

Name:

jim5055@usa.com

Product:

ULead DVD Movie Factory

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Encoding Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; H010818)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

20:57:44

Product_Comments

Burning SVCD using stills and video from digital camera. Basically this program does not work for SVCD on CDROM. Limited trial works but full version breaks if exceed 15Mbyte or so data ie useless

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Fair

Problems:

Capture Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; AT&T CSM6.0)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

21:03:57

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

JayJervey

Product:

Sonic MyDVD

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Fair

Problems:

Capture Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

22:21:46

Product_Comments

Can't capture with standard WDM capture drivers Audio and video out of sync

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

JayJervey

Product:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Encoding Quality Poor

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

22:22:35

Product_Comments

Trash

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

JayJervey

Product:

ULead DVD Movie Factory

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Fair

Problems:

Capture Audio OOS

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

22:24:16

Product_Comments

Limited authoring 48KHz audio capture is OOS

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

JayJervey

Product:

Ulead DVD Workshop

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Render Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

04 Feb 2003

Time:

22:27:40

Product_Comments

48KHz audio capture is OOS Motion button rendering crashes randomly Otherwise this is the best tool going Find a student who will buy it for you with academic discount though

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

Sonic MyDVD

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Good

Problems:

Render Audio OOS

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461; YComp 5.0.0.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Date:

05 Feb 2003

Time:

06:16:38

Product_Comments

Audio is out of sync at end of long recording (in 2nd of 2 54 min chapters)

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Great site. I am just starting to write DVD's.

Name:

 

Product:

<Select One>

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Ahead NeroVsion

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Hangs

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461; YComp 5.0.0.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Date:

05 Feb 2003

Time:

06:18:30

Product_Comments

After I paid for the MPeg encoder, this program hung when trying to write the DVD. Does seem to have potential though.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

cphaney@bellsouth.net

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Fair

Problems:

Program Hangs

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Date:

05 Feb 2003

Time:

12:05:15

Product_Comments

Pinnacle tech support is totally incompetent. The only help you can get is off the user board.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

I bought a DVD burner and started looking for capture hardware and software. I purchased the Studio Deluxe AV/DV package and the capture card crashed both of my HD's. I am not running a raid set up either. I contacted Pinnacle support twice and the only reply I received was a listing to links on how to convert MP3s etc. nothing relating to my problem. I then posted on the Pinnacle board and received a couple of board replies and several to my e-mail address. I spent several days reloading windows and reinstalling the card and my drive still continued to crash. I then spent some time on their board and found a few other instances of HD crashes. I eventually hooked the drive to an IDE controller and everything worked except the drive was then too slow for video capture. Seems the AV/DV card is incompatible with Asus boards and the onboard Promise ATA controller. There were a couple of people with Dells and HP that were getting crashed, but the Asus/Promise combo was a definite problem. I posted my findings on the board and criticized Pinnacle for not telling me and other people of the problem and they removed the post along with a few others having the same problem with Asus/Promise combination.

Name:

Mark

Product:

ULead DVD Movie Factory

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Fair

Problems:

Capture Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

05 Feb 2003

Time:

12:59:33

Product_Comments

Capture did not work in demo on my machine

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Capture Audio OOS, Render Audio OOS, Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Encoding Quality Poor

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Product_Comments

This program works ok if the project is kept small and simple. Turning off all auto features helps, but it still has lots of bugs. I like the interface, but it has a long way to go before it will work as advertised. Best for part time hobbiest, not some one looking for high quality work.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

This site is great so long as it will help keep people from buying crapy software. I have spent hundreds of hours with this program only to decide not to continue with it. I am looking for a profesional finished product without having to beta test for the software company. I have used at least four versions of Pinnacle software and found them to be less than advertised and thier support is lacking as well.

Name:

 

Product:

Magix Video Deluxe

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; DigExt)

Product_Comments

Great program. Easy to use. Poor documentation.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

I am using Video Deluxe 2.0. Very intuitive. Documentation is poor, but what a delight it is to figure things out on your own. Good MPEG2 encoder by Ligos. Would highly recommend to beginners

Name:

 

Product:

Adobe Premiere

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Capture Audio OOS

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)

Product_Comments

captured from DV in premiere 6.5, audio slowly drifts out of sync. when I play the capture in WMP, or almost any other editing program, the audio is fine. can't figure out the problem.....

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

<Select One>

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

<Select>

Problems:

Render Audio OOS

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 4.0)

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

bwgriff

Product:

ArcSoft ShowBiz

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0

Product_Comments

Very nice, cheap program for editing AVIs -- filters, transitions, etc. Save work as AVI and encode and author with something else.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

bwgriff

Product:

Ulead DVD Workshop

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0

Product_Comments

Great at authoring DVDs -- menus system is strong. The MPEG2 encoder is also very strong (Mainconcept) and much faster than TMPGENC.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

Sonic MyDVD

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Capture Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; YComp 5.0.0.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Product_Comments

Hangs most of the time

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

<Select One>

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

<Select>

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

I am still having so many problems I don't want to rate anything quite yet BUT I will say this----DELL is HORRIBLE on their support. But when I have been able to get one burned I am capturing it in Videowave Movie Creator and making an mpeg file there. I have had to work out some bugs with that but things have been going pretty good so far with that. Then I like to use Sonic MyDVD to get that "movie" I made because I like the options it gives me to use. But there seems to be a possible problem between Sonic MyDVD and DirectCD on the Dell systems. I am still working on that one. But after I removed the DirectCD, things DID start moving smoother until I had to uninstall MyDVD. When I tried to reinstall it, the program disk from Dell was corrupt and I am waiting on another one. Nobody would believe the hours I have spend in the last two weeks on one problem after another. My husband is about ready to divorce me. I've only gotten 3-4 hours per night sleep and have been at this computer the rest of the time. But I'm determined because I really do want to be able to take my home movies and burn them on DVD's. But these tech people sure aren't much help are they?

Name:

dknapp1117@cox.net

Product:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Dazzle 150 USB

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Capture Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461; YComp 5.0.0.0)

Product_Comments

Tech support took a month to reply. USB had no video, but would capture audio. Took it back and bought ATI AIW 9700 with Studio 8.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Good idea for site. Am astounded at the amount of problems I have read about for all products though. Finally got Studio 8 to capture correctly by using a second drive with nothing on it but captured files.

Name:

 

Product:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Wayne

Product:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

DV-Editor Deluxe

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Program Crashes

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Product_Comments

Too many wasted hours to count. Help menu even crashes

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

volodia@tiscali.co.uk

Product:

Ulead DVD Workshop

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Render Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Dan Burns, dmwright@hotmail.com

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Render Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Product_Comments

Rendering and compile hangs.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Studio 7 with Ulead MF 1.0 works well. Studio 8 has far to many bugs.

Name:

 

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Capture Audio OOS

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

Sonic MyDVD

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Crashes, Render Broken, Burn2DVD Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Slackerjj

Product:

<Select One>

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Sonic Foundry DVD Architect

Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Product_Comments

Quick DVD authoring and rock solid stable.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

ESR

Product:

Magix Video Deluxe

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Fair

Problems:

Program Crashes

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Product_Comments

I can't capture with my capture card. can't export mpeg files and its still pretty buggy & unstable. New patch 2.06 was a help tho and program has lots of features.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

wdormann

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Good

Problems:

Capture Audio OOS, Program Crashes

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030210

Product_Comments

The Studio Deluxe (AVDV) card has audio sync issues with Studio software. Forced to use Scenalyzer Live

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

wdormann

Product:

Scenalyzer

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030210

Product_Comments

Works like a charm!

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

wdormann

Product:

TMPGEnc

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030210

Product_Comments

Excellent software!

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

rastamon

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

mgg@prairienet.org

Product:

<Select One>

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Final Cut Pro

Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.22; Mac_PowerPC)

Product_Comments

Beats PC software hands down, going away!

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

eric@socialservicenetwork.com

Product:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Dazzle DVC 100

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Hangs

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; H010818)

Product_Comments

Capturing hangs after a few seconds

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

dave@jamsoft.com

Product:

ULead DVD Movie Factory

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Ulead DVD MovieFactory 22

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Import Media Broken

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

Product_Comments

Real time MPEG-2 encoding from DV is surprisingly good, even on my Celeron 1300. I still use TMPGEnc most of the time, for best quality. Import bug: Timecode for 23.976 fps video with 3:2 pulldown is off - counts time as if frames are at 29.97. Playback is ok but not if imported as separate video/audio - must be program stream or loses pulldown entirely. Video at native 29.97 fps has no problems. Scrubbing thru video to pick thumbnail frame can be very slow for large video clips. Tech support so far as been *nonexistent*. I am a registered user and have received zero responses to two bug reports. Even though the product works fairly decently, their tech support offering zero help will prompt me to look elsewhere for my next video software purchase. (ARE YOU LISTENING, ULEAD?) MPEG capture setting profiles are fixed, can be altered only with editing config file to unlock them. Wish it had animated menu abilities. Nice selection of backgrounds and themes included. I'm optimistic at least the pulldown bug will be fixed via patches.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

It's strange and disappointing how most if not all consumer DVD authoring software for Windows has stability problems. Nonetheless, I'm having a ball burning home-made DVDs. I prefer Unix/Linux and use Windows 2000 for video editing only because the tools I want are not yet available on Linux. Once they're up to snuff on Linux (maybe 1 year from now) I'll be retiring the "Windows box" anyway.

Name:

BDOG

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0)

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Dave Haynie

Product:

<Select One>

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Pinnacle Impression DVD Pro

Score:

Good

Problems:

Program Crashes

Remote Name:

209.66.33.213

HTTP User Agent:

Opera/6.01 (Windows 2000; U) [en]

Date:

10 Feb 2003

Time:

22:45:08

Product_Comments

This is an authoring program; it doesn't capture, edit, or encode. Not terribly stable, either, but I give it high marks for being capable. It handles AC-3, it does multiple audio and video tracks, and doesn't get in the way of accessing the capabilities of the DVD format.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

TMPGEnc

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

 

Remote Name:

209.66.33.213

HTTP User Agent:

Opera/6.01 (Windows 2000; U) [en]

Date:

10 Feb 2003

Time:

22:47:20

Product_Comments

This encoder may be abused by beginners, but when you know what you're doing, it does everything. And it does it better than just about anything else regular people can afford. Highly recommended.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Dave Haynie

Product:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Good

Problems:

Program Hangs

Remote Name:

209.66.33.213

HTTP User Agent:

Opera/6.01 (Windows 2000; U) [en]

Date:

10 Feb 2003

Time:

22:49:26

Product_Comments

I have only used this for authoring DVDs. It's not bad for beginners, being more capable than any other $100 program, but it's totally template based. You have to hack template scripts if you want to make major changes to layouts. They really need a layout/template editor. Like more beginner programs, you can't use AC-3 audio, and 16:9 formats have to be hacked with IFOedit.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Rderriman

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

Remote Name:

62.49.33.114

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

01:56:53

Product_Comments

Super product. Used on Athlon 1.1 under ME and XP Pro NO PROBLEMS.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Frank Spencer

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

 

Remote Name:

62.49.33.114

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

01:57:47

Product_Comments

None

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Burning lots of CD's

Name:

TreacleMines

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

 

Remote Name:

62.49.33.114

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

01:59:10

Product_Comments

Super product. Only bug found is with Title Deko and that has a workaround

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

What is the point of this site?

Name:

Singlehinge

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

Remote Name:

62.49.33.114

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

02:01:39

Product_Comments

Some problems getting the card recognised. Now brilliant

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Encoding Broken

Remote Name:

65.81.43.120

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

06:44:52

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Ron Davis

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Capture Broken, Render Broken, Burn2DVD Broken

Remote Name:

66.27.6.193

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

07:22:12

Product_Comments

Bad program, wait untill Pinnacle fixes

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Mark

Product:

TMPGEnc

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

Remote Name:

136.8.159.11

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0; T312461; F-5.5SP2-20011022; F-5.0.1-20000221)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

07:34:40

Product_Comments

Very, very slow at top quality.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

jefran2

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Render Broken, Burn2DVD Broken

Remote Name:

216.192.226.23

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

08:49:53

Product_Comments

With 23 years of experience in the SW engineering field, I can say with some authority that the Studio 8 product isn't even beta quality. I've installed on three different platforms and tried to process multiple types of video through to DVD, and have yet to get through the entire process once w/o studio crashing and/or hanging. Rendering (even just to a file) always chokes randomly. Bottom line, save yourself the stress, and get a reliable product till Pinnacle takes getting this junk fixed seriously.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Good site. Glad someone is finally steering people away from the potential frustration with some of the video products out there. My DVD authoring experience so far is less that 6 months.

Name:

microkid

Product:

Sonic MyDVD

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Fair

Problems:

 

Remote Name:

212.238.241.187

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

13:04:36

Product_Comments

Just an average program, nothing fancy. Poor user interface.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

Sonic MyDVD

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Good

Problems:

Program Hangs

Remote Name:

66.190.193.59

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

16:32:21

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

sj-steve@pacbell.net

Product:

<Select One>

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

<Select>

Problems:

 

Remote Name:

216.103.83.86

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Date:

11 Feb 2003

Time:

19:08:26

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Vegas Video 4

Name:

 

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

 

Remote Name:

64.172.162.20

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90)

Date:

12 Feb 2003

Time:

09:24:38

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Render Broken

Remote Name:

64.12.96.137

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; AOL 8.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

12 Feb 2003

Time:

12:10:35

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

paulfritzpub

Product:

Ulead DVD Workshop

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Fair

Problems:

Program Crashes

Remote Name:

64.160.19.240

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

12 Feb 2003

Time:

12:28:49

Product_Comments

Hangs and crashes may have finally been solved with a patch. Managing large projects with lots of files is nearly impossible. Scrubbing in edit mode is too slow. Burning does not allow inclusion of data files. Can not use Next/Prev remote buttons to navigate through multiple titles. Does not save and reuse rendered motion menus. I always use TMPGEnc for encoding because rendered files do not automatically replace original file and are poorer quality.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

paulfritzpub

Product:

TMPGEnc

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

 

Remote Name:

64.160.19.240

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

12 Feb 2003

Time:

12:39:23

Product_Comments

Professional quality tool. Feature rich. Lossless encoding possible at 15Mbs (or less) for archiving source material.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

 

Product:

ArcSoft ShowBiz

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Render Audio OOS, Program Hangs

Remote Name:

63.201.140.194

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

12 Feb 2003

Time:

13:04:03

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Chester

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

 

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Crashes

Remote Name:

65.197.189.226

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Q312461)

Date:

12 Feb 2003

Time:

18:57:24

Product_Comments

Does not like XP.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Capture Audio OOS

Remote Name:

66.27.6.193

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

14 Feb 2003

Time:

13:19:34

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Program Crashes

Remote Name:

66.27.6.193

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

14 Feb 2003

Time:

13:20:12

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Remote Name:

24.184.249.23

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

14 Feb 2003

Time:

18:38:18

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Martin.Doppelbauer@t-online.de

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Encoding Quality Poor, Render Broken, Import Media Broken, Encoding Broken, Burn2DVD Broken

Remote Name:

212.185.248.219

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Date:

15 Feb 2003

Time:

08:26:21

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Hi, I'm into DVD for 18 months now and have used (or at least tried to use) Studio 8 since Summer 2002. My experiences with the software are extremely bad. The program crashes so frequently that it's almost unusable. Even the latest bug-fix (8.5.18d) is only cabable of doing projects less then 30 mins in length. And you will need a minimum of 1 GB RAM even for movies of that size! DVD authoring and DVD menues are totally unusable.

Name:

i_best@hotmail.com

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Capture Audio OOS, Program Crashes

Remote Name:

217.41.68.58

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Date:

17 Feb 2003

Time:

14:44:09

Product_Comments

Tech support, or any kind of support is useless. The software is full of bugs. I upgraded my pc to a faster machine with XP and had to pay out for a software upgrade and now it works worse than before! Audio is either non-existent or out of sync or only 1 second of video gets captured or the whole app crashes!! Useless!

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

burgman88@hotmail.com

Product:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Crashes

Remote Name:

24.53.161.198

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01

Date:

20 Feb 2003

Time:

06:35:36

Product_Comments

I have tried several times to bring in MPEG2 complieant files that are over 1 gig in size and repeatly this version 2.06 crashes under Windows XP! Stick to a reliable program like MYDVD or Pinnacle Expression

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

I have been making DVD movies for the last year and before that I owned a production company making projects for VHS.

Name:

Product:

Dazzle DVD Complete

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Fair

Problems:

Program Crashes

Remote Name:

66.108.219.221

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

20 Feb 2003

Time:

16:19:01

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

madnadcapone

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Hangs, Render Broken

Remote Name:

68.47.165.112

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705)

Date:

21 Feb 2003

Time:

18:15:55

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Microsoft Movie Maker

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Remote Name:

12.125.208.38

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; Q312461)

Date:

23 Feb 2003

Time:

00:54:47

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Microsoft Movie Maker

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

<Select>

Problems:

Remote Name:

204.210.80.209

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

25 Feb 2003

Time:

19:58:41

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Ulead DVD Workshop

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Fair

Problems:

Capture Audio OOS

Remote Name:

66.153.95.131

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 4.0)

Date:

06 Mar 2003

Time:

10:44:19

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Has a nice interface fairly easy to use but can't get the audio in sync no matter what i do. called tech support no good, no one answers or they would say the company was closed. sent several e-mails, phone messages no good either never a call back.sent it back

Name:

bayeesingh@yahoo.com

Product:

<Select One>

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

PictureToTV

Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Remote Name:

202.156.2.162

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

09 Mar 2003

Time:

23:37:07

Product_Comments

Very easy to use, and much more flexible than Ulead PictureShow when you have lots of pictures. Transitions are cooler as well.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

ArcSoft ShowBiz

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

<Select>

Problems:

Remote Name:

80.49.9.96

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

21 Mar 2003

Time:

05:49:36

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

ArcSoft ShowBiz

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

Encoding Quality Poor

Remote Name:

80.49.9.96

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

21 Mar 2003

Time:

15:09:38

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Poor

Problems:

Encoding Broken

Remote Name:

134.134.136.2

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

25 Mar 2003

Time:

15:09:52

Product_Comments

does not allow direst mpeg2 encoding upon caoturing as advertised

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<Select One>

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Burn2dvd

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<Select>

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Remote Name:

80.61.35.35

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

05 Apr 2003

Time:

05:49:28

Product_Comments

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Name:

billbr

Product:

Ulead Video Studio Pro v6

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Score:

Good

Problems:

Encoding Quality Poor

Remote Name:

66.237.95.100

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90; Q312461)

Date:

07 Apr 2003

Time:

10:32:02

Product_Comments

Missing templates for DVD editing. Works as advertised (albeit very slowly)

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

DVD newbie. 27 years of computer development and implementation (hardware and software).

Name:

billbr

Product:

Sonic MyDVD

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Score:

Good

Problems:

Remote Name:

66.237.95.100

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90; Q312461)

Date:

07 Apr 2003

Time:

10:34:06

Product_Comments

Limited capability, but workable for simple projects.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Excellent information place. Some sites are all glitz. This one is all data!

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Product:

TMPGEnc

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Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Remote Name:

68.10.61.41

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

12 Apr 2003

Time:

22:35:54

Product_Comments

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Product:

ArcSoft ShowBiz

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Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Program Hangs

Remote Name:

195.67.69.138

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Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

29 Apr 2003

Time:

05:27:44

Product_Comments

HP300i program pack, as soon as a transition or other effect is added to/between inserted videoclips the program hangs. Tested in WinXP/WinME. No help from either HP or ArcSoft,.. no support at all :-(

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Name:

geo69

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Poor

Problems:

Capture Audio OOS

Remote Name:

24.112.68.140

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

03 May 2003

Time:

19:59:54

Product_Comments

sucks

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Name:

almost40_3girls

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Remote Name:

12.34.246.7

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 4.0; Q312461; SFIE60122601; SFIEAUTH1)

Date:

21 May 2003

Time:

09:02:14

Product_Comments

Over all very satisfied with the performance with Studio 8. I capture analog only now, and output to VHS and DVD-r. Have had very little problems, just learned to save the project file frequently.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Just found the site. DVD authoring is fun for me, I have MyDVD hich came with my Pioneer burner but it is way simple and you can't do much. Studio 8's authoring is very nice and full featured for a $99USD product. There are somethings I would like to see added, but for now it is great.

Name:

almost40_3girls

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Remote Name:

12.34.246.7

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 4.0; Q312461; SFIE60122601; SFIEAUTH1)

Date:

21 May 2003

Time:

09:04:37

Product_Comments

Over all very satisfied with the performance with Studio 8. I capture analog only now, and output to VHS and DVD-r. Have had very little problems, just learned to save the project file frequently.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Just found the site. DVD authoring is fun for me, I have MyDVD hich came with my Pioneer burner but it is way simple and you can't do much. Studio 8's authoring is very nice and full featured for a $99USD product. There are somethings I would like to see added, but for now it is great.

Name:

RonH

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Poor

Problems:

Capture Audio OOS, Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Capture Broken, Render Broken, Import Media Broken, Burn2DVD Broken

Remote Name:

66.89.22.90

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

21 May 2003

Time:

09:23:11

Product_Comments

Great editing features, but program crashes a lot while editing, so save often. Caturing analog gets audio OOS problems. Encoding is excruciatingly slow. Forget about DVD menus and burning. Tech support is only through their forum and is very sparse.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Good forum. Studio 8 is the most unstable software I've ever seen, but it has a cool editing interface for video and audio, with lots of pro-looking transitions. I use Scenalyzer for analog capture, Studio to split into AVI's and add music and fades, TMPGenc to render the AVI's to MPG's, MyDVD to burn, RecordNow to copy, and MediaFace to make labels and case inserts. Takes forever but the end result is very satisfying.

Name:

RonH

Product:

Scenalyzer

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Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Remote Name:

66.89.22.90

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

21 May 2003

Time:

09:25:26

Product_Comments

Very nice, audio is always in sync when using Pinnacle AVDV, but I can confirm that the stop capture timer does not work ... it fills up the hard disk if I forget to stop it myself!

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Product:

Sonic MyDVD

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Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Capture Broken

Remote Name:

66.89.22.90

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

21 May 2003

Time:

09:30:19

Product_Comments

Was not able to capture from DV cam without crashes. Burn crashes sometimes if I forget to reboot before starting. I use this only for creating DVD's from finished AVI's or MPG's, where each one is a selection on the menu and it works very for that. Wish it had the ability to select chapter points from a finished video.

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Product:

ULead DVD Movie Factory

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Score:

Fair

Problems:

Remote Name:

66.89.22.90

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

21 May 2003

Time:

09:32:06

Product_Comments

I tried this and didn't like how two levels of menus were required. I use MyDVD instead.

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Product:

TMPGEnc

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Score:

Perfect!

Problems:

Remote Name:

66.89.22.90

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

21 May 2003

Time:

09:35:09

Product_Comments

Great program, very stable, lots of options, lots of progress reporting, batch encoding capability. Only hangup is poor English translations on interface, but who cares since this works great.

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Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Render Broken

Remote Name:

199.53.215.37

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0; H010818)

Date:

23 May 2003

Time:

11:25:51

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Good

Problems:

Render Audio OOS

Remote Name:

12.221.197.136

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

19 Jun 2003

Time:

22:13:48

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Easy to use when it works but many bugs require frequent updates and fixes. Still having audio OOS problems on old analog videos.

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Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Excellent

Problems:

Remote Name:

66.176.97.53

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

20 Jun 2003

Time:

10:15:58

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Fair

Problems:

Burn2DVD Broken

Remote Name:

152.163.252.133

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; AOL 7.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

21 Jun 2003

Time:

02:54:09

Product_Comments

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs

Remote Name:

203.220.89.19

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

06 Jul 2003

Time:

08:02:22

Product_Comments

corrupted projects is common.had to rebuild project twice(half hour vid including 330 clips and titles-8 hrs work)also keeps losing soundtracks in project.great to use but the crashes cause too many problems.more drama than the early settlers !! if they don't get it together soon i doubt i will bother with their software in the future.once bitten,twice shy

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Crappy

Problems:

Program Crashes

Remote Name:

81.6.221.156

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90; T312461)

Date:

08 Jul 2003

Time:

15:54:51

Product_Comments

Complete rubbish. Don't bother

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Very helpful

Name:

Lenny

Product:

Ulead Video Studio Pro v6

Other_Product_Not_In_List:

Score:

Fair

Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs, Encoding Quality Poor

Remote Name:

206.195.19.41

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 4.0; T312461)

Date:

11 Jul 2003

Time:

09:15:08

Product_Comments

Good: transition and video effects. Bad: Slow, inconvenient, bad quality output (slideshow on DVD).

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Video Studio 7 - trial version

Name:

gcrob@bellsouth.net

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Poor

Problems:

Render Audio OOS, Burn2DVD Broken

Remote Name:

68.17.130.235

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

13 Jul 2003

Time:

04:48:37

Product_Comments

"Failed to compile disk" crops up unexpectedly and then dissappears.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Crappy software. Most of my software can't capture (Sonic, ULEAD, MS MovieMaker. Studio8 captures nicely, but usually can't compile.

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Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Fair

Problems:

Burn2DVD Broken

Remote Name:

68.106.114.55

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

21 Jul 2003

Time:

15:04:59

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Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Pinnacle Studio 8

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Score:

Poor

Problems:

Program Crashes, Program Hangs

Remote Name:

68.193.38.130

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

25 Jul 2003

Time:

19:24:43

Product_Comments

Program is dramatically unstable and the support offered by Pinnacle is poor. The features would be great if they all worked.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

ULead DVD Movie Factory

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Score:

Poor

Problems:

Render Audio OOS

Remote Name:

194.129.249.240

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

28 Jul 2003

Time:

12:15:53

Product_Comments

everything was great, but the burned output has sound that is OOS !

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Sonic MyDVD

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Score:

Fair

Problems:

Program Crashes

Remote Name:

194.129.249.240

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)

Date:

28 Jul 2003

Time:

12:17:07

Product_Comments

fails whenever trying to burn a DVD with any sub-menus; does not properly calculate MINUTES of video when importing files.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Name:

Product:

Ulead DVD Workshop

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Score:

Poor

Problems:

Capture Broken

Remote Name:

4.40.151.209

HTTP User Agent:

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Date:

04 Aug 2003

Time:

20:25:18

Product_Comments

I was, at a previous time, able to capture with this program and it did a reasonably good job (captures to MPEG-2, which is useful to me). At some point (without my making any changes to the program) I began to get "Failed to build preview graph" errors when attempting to capture. I reinstalled the product, corrected some potential permissions problems on my work drive and tuned up my IEEE a little (read that the error could be caused by a device conflict). Nothing resolved the issue, and I am not having trouble with any of my other capturing problems.

Site_And_Overall_DVD_Authoring_Comments

Very nice site, lots of useful info here. The design is easy on the eyes, too. I have been working with digital video for years and PCs in general for...a really long time. I have only authored a few DVDs, but I'd consider myself to be at an intermediate level of knowledge (and soon to be expert with sites like this!).

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Product:

Ulead DVD Workshop

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