Questions regarding Sonic's DVDit! PE at DVinfo.net

Ed Fiebke · January 12th, 2003, 12:06 PM

I'm considering the purchase of Sonic's DVDit! PE. In looking over its features, it seems to be the best bang for the buck (as a DVD authoring program within its price range of about $600).

Here's my system:

Dell Precision Workstation 420
Pentium III 733
512 MB DDRAM
2 hard disk drives both 7200rpm (1st is 10 GB, 2nd is 20 GB soon to be upgraded to 120 GB for video!)
Matrox G400
Windows XP Pro
Vegas Video 3 - as the video editing program
DVD burner: Sony's DRX-500UL (burns both -R/RW and +R/RW formats)

Camera: Canon's GL2 (newly purchased!)

Here are the questions:

1) Is this a solid program? Does it work in burning DVD's that can be played on a majority of DVD players?

2) Do you think it will work with the above software/hardware configuration (especially utilizing video files - MPEG1, MPEG2, AVI -from Vegas Video 3) (using Sony's DRX-500UL external DVD burner) ????

3) Suggestions for other DVD authoring software similar to DVDit PE??

Thank you for your time and attention!

Ted Fiebke, RN

Rob Lohman · January 12th, 2003, 05:35 PM

I don't know whether Sonic's DVDit! PE includes an MPEG1/2
encoder, but if it doesn't it will not allow you to author
a DVD with AVI files! Only mpeg1 & 2 files that have been encoded
to the specs will be allowed then.

As to whether your disc will be playable in all DVD players has
nothing to do with the authoring application. The job of the
authoring application is to maken a DVD image that contains
the correct structures, data and information for it to be
recognized as a DVD-Video disc and be playable.

Your DVD burner, DVD media and players decice if your disc
will be playable. If you need to have a 100% compliant disc
you will need to have it pressed instead of burned!

More and more players will play DVD-R and DVD+R (I'm leaving
the rewritable formats out of here now), but not all. Certainly
not the "older" models!

Good luck.

Nori Wentworth · January 12th, 2003, 06:17 PM

Sonic's DVDit! PE does include an MPEG1/2encoder.

I am currently in the process of creating a "shorts" dvd with this software, that will be completed in about 2-3 weeks. I'll let you know the results of different dvd player testings.

- Nori

Ed Fiebke · January 12th, 2003, 08:36 PM

1) Vegas Video 4
2) DVD Architect

I actually might hold off until these products are for sale and see if they (especially DVD Architect) might meet my needs. . .

To be honest, this whole DVD authoring thing is quite un-nerving. There's a wide range of products in a wide range of cost . . . from < $100.00 to $30,000.00! !

I need to do much more research into I spend $$$ on this.

As always. . . any input is graciously appreciated!

Ted

Keith Luken · January 13th, 2003, 12:41 PM

I used to use DVDIt! SE 2.5.2 which I quickly dumped it for Ulead DVD Wrokshop. Workshop does not have as much as DVDIt! PE, but it is much more stable and less finicky about the input files. I had routine problmes with DVDIt! not liking the format of the MPEG files I created with TMPGEnc or even some AVI files. Also DVDIt! would get confused and think I have files int he project that were delted and sometimes duplicate the files int he project, this would result in a project that it wanted to create that was far larger that the DVD could hold. Ulead is in the middle of updating many of their apps, so I am hoping DVd Workshop 2.0 is coming soon!

January 12th, 2003, 12:06 PM	#1
Ed Fiebke Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Lebanon, New York Posts: 240	Questions regarding Sonic's DVDit! PE I'm considering the purchase of Sonic's DVDit! PE. In looking over its features, it seems to be the best bang for the buck (as a DVD authoring program within its price range of about $600). Here's my system: Dell Precision Workstation 420 Pentium III 733 512 MB DDRAM 2 hard disk drives both 7200rpm (1st is 10 GB, 2nd is 20 GB soon to be upgraded to 120 GB for video!) Matrox G400 Windows XP Pro Vegas Video 3 - as the video editing program DVD burner: Sony's DRX-500UL (burns both -R/RW and +R/RW formats) Camera: Canon's GL2 (newly purchased!) Here are the questions: 1) Is this a solid program? Does it work in burning DVD's that can be played on a majority of DVD players? 2) Do you think it will work with the above software/hardware configuration (especially utilizing video files - MPEG1, MPEG2, AVI -from Vegas Video 3) (using Sony's DRX-500UL external DVD burner) ???? 3) Suggestions for other DVD authoring software similar to DVDit PE?? Thank you for your time and attention! Ted Fiebke, RN __________________ iMac Pro (3.2 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon W ): OS X 10.15.6; 64 GBs RAM; Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB graphics; 2 TB internal SSD; 3 external SSDs; MOTU 828ES

January 12th, 2003, 05:35 PM	#2
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I don't know whether Sonic's DVDit! PE includes an MPEG1/2 encoder, but if it doesn't it will not allow you to author a DVD with AVI files! Only mpeg1 & 2 files that have been encoded to the specs will be allowed then. As to whether your disc will be playable in all DVD players has nothing to do with the authoring application. The job of the authoring application is to maken a DVD image that contains the correct structures, data and information for it to be recognized as a DVD-Video disc and be playable. Your DVD burner, DVD media and players decice if your disc will be playable. If you need to have a 100% compliant disc you will need to have it pressed instead of burned! More and more players will play DVD-R and DVD+R (I'm leaving the rewritable formats out of here now), but not all. Certainly not the "older" models! Good luck. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

January 12th, 2003, 08:36 PM	#4
Ed Fiebke Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Lebanon, New York Posts: 240	Sonic Foundry is putting out two new products 1) Vegas Video 4 2) DVD Architect I actually might hold off until these products are for sale and see if they (especially DVD Architect) might meet my needs. . . To be honest, this whole DVD authoring thing is quite un-nerving. There's a wide range of products in a wide range of cost . . . from < $100.00 to $30,000.00! ! I need to do much more research into I spend $$$ on this. As always. . . any input is graciously appreciated! Ted __________________ iMac Pro (3.2 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon W ): OS X 10.15.6; 64 GBs RAM; Radeon Pro Vega 64X 16 GB graphics; 2 TB internal SSD; 3 external SSDs; MOTU 828ES

January 12th, 2003, 06:17 PM	#3
Nori Wentworth Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kelowna, B.C. Canada Posts: 217	Sonic's DVDit! PE does include an MPEG1/2encoder. I am currently in the process of creating a "shorts" dvd with this software, that will be completed in about 2-3 weeks. I'll let you know the results of different dvd player testings. - Nori

January 13th, 2003, 12:41 PM	#5
Keith Luken Major Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 200	I used to use DVDIt! SE 2.5.2 which I quickly dumped it for Ulead DVD Wrokshop. Workshop does not have as much as DVDIt! PE, but it is much more stable and less finicky about the input files. I had routine problmes with DVDIt! not liking the format of the MPEG files I created with TMPGEnc or even some AVI files. Also DVDIt! would get confused and think I have files int he project that were delted and sometimes duplicate the files int he project, this would result in a project that it wanted to create that was far larger that the DVD could hold. Ulead is in the middle of updating many of their apps, so I am hoping DVd Workshop 2.0 is coming soon!