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manolito · 22nd December 2018, 09:51

IMO the DVD format still has its merits, and due to the sheer number of devices which support DVD playback the format will not disappear any time soon. If you intend to share your conversions with others, using the DVD format is still a good idea.

Another advantage of DVDs is good freeware support for creating nice looking menus. For the modern AVC and HEVC formats you need to spend big bucks and a lot of time for learning how to author BD menus.

The big flaw of the DVD format today is that only SD frame sizes are supported (720x576 and 720x480). IF you want HD then DVD is not for you.

I recommend three different free software solutions for creating DVDs. DVDFlick2 is the easiest to learn, limited features, but it does produce menus and the quality is very acceptable.

AVStoDVD and DVDStyler are the other two. Both have similar features. AVStoDVD is a little bit limited for menu creation (but powerful enough for most users). Its main strength is using high quality tools like HCenc and Muxman. And if offers high quality procedures for users who need to convert things from PAL to NTSC or vice versa, it handles soft pulldown and much much more.

DVDStyler has a lot less transcoding features (it can only use FFmpeg for transcoding), but it offers very powerful menu creation tools. If your main goal is to create elaborate menus then this is the software you need.

I suggest you check out all three of them, it will cost you nothing except some time...

Cheers
manolito

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manolito Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 3,079	IMO the DVD format still has its merits, and due to the sheer number of devices which support DVD playback the format will not disappear any time soon. If you intend to share your conversions with others, using the DVD format is still a good idea. Another advantage of DVDs is good freeware support for creating nice looking menus. For the modern AVC and HEVC formats you need to spend big bucks and a lot of time for learning how to author BD menus. The big flaw of the DVD format today is that only SD frame sizes are supported (720x576 and 720x480). IF you want HD then DVD is not for you. I recommend three different free software solutions for creating DVDs. DVDFlick2 is the easiest to learn, limited features, but it does produce menus and the quality is very acceptable. AVStoDVD and DVDStyler are the other two. Both have similar features. AVStoDVD is a little bit limited for menu creation (but powerful enough for most users). Its main strength is using high quality tools like HCenc and Muxman. And if offers high quality procedures for users who need to convert things from PAL to NTSC or vice versa, it handles soft pulldown and much much more. DVDStyler has a lot less transcoding features (it can only use FFmpeg for transcoding), but it offers very powerful menu creation tools. If your main goal is to create elaborate menus then this is the software you need. I suggest you check out all three of them, it will cost you nothing except some time... Cheers manolito Last edited by manolito; 22nd December 2018 at 09:54.