What do you use to make your DVD's?

Paul Gallagher · August 21st, 2006, 12:04 PM

Richard,

From what I have read and heard, it just uses 4:3 menus and can play back 16:9 footage no problem, its just can't use a 16:9 menu.

Paul

Paul Doherty · August 21st, 2006, 12:16 PM

Richard my 16:9 experience with Ulead DVD Workshop 2 is very limited. I tried to do one project recently, but at the final stage I had a problem with (a) it insisted on re-encoding my files which had already been encoded with CinemaCraft Encoder (for some reason the option to tell it not to re-encode material was greyed out) (b) I had a couple of inexplicable crashes.

It was more of a test project than a serious one so I didn't persevere. Anyway it's quite a while since Workshop 2 appeared, so I take the announcement that Workshop 3 is "on hold" as meaning that it is practically dead.

If you want a program to learn now, and with good potential for you still to be comfortable with it in the future then I don't think Workshop 2 is a contender.

My recent bad experiences may perhaps be my own fault, but certainly Workshop 2 cannot do 16:9 menus.

Paul Doherty · August 21st, 2006, 12:21 PM

Sorry I should have added that (as with other programs) the copyright protection is only applicable to projects mastered onto DLT and which you then have replicated at a duplication plant.

It's of limited value as there are widely available programs to get round it and you can't use it with discs you burn for yourself.

August 21st, 2006, 12:04 PM	#16
Paul Gallagher Major Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Omagh Posts: 306	Richard, From what I have read and heard, it just uses 4:3 menus and can play back 16:9 footage no problem, its just can't use a 16:9 menu. Paul

August 21st, 2006, 12:16 PM	#17
Paul Doherty Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sherburn, England Posts: 136	Richard my 16:9 experience with Ulead DVD Workshop 2 is very limited. I tried to do one project recently, but at the final stage I had a problem with (a) it insisted on re-encoding my files which had already been encoded with CinemaCraft Encoder (for some reason the option to tell it not to re-encode material was greyed out) (b) I had a couple of inexplicable crashes. It was more of a test project than a serious one so I didn't persevere. Anyway it's quite a while since Workshop 2 appeared, so I take the announcement that Workshop 3 is "on hold" as meaning that it is practically dead. If you want a program to learn now, and with good potential for you still to be comfortable with it in the future then I don't think Workshop 2 is a contender. My recent bad experiences may perhaps be my own fault, but certainly Workshop 2 cannot do 16:9 menus.

August 21st, 2006, 12:21 PM	#18
Paul Doherty Regular Crew Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sherburn, England Posts: 136	Sorry I should have added that (as with other programs) the copyright protection is only applicable to projects mastered onto DLT and which you then have replicated at a duplication plant. It's of limited value as there are widely available programs to get round it and you can't use it with discs you burn for yourself.