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(More customer reviews)My knowledge level going in was that of being able to make my own mp3s from CDs and copying the DVDs I record from TV on my Sony GX300 recorder. Beyond that I know nothing about how to create a DVD of any kind. Even iDVD on the mac is too cryptic for me to mess with.
This package is different. There are really two pieces of software in it and so far I've only used one. The two packages are Sony Movie Studio and the accompanying DVD Architect software, which is all I've needed so far.
DVD Architect is designed to work with media that is already in the condition you want it to appear. I used the instructions in the manual last night to create a DVD with the audio from 8 different CDs. After locating album art images on the internet, I was able to use these both for buttons on the main menu and for backgrounds during song playback. The software automatically added the song title to be displayed with each song on the DVD, in any font size or style I had available on my PC. I could have controlled each title individually for location, font and size, but I chose to make them all the same to save time.
Once I decided how I wanted to approach the project the rest was a breeze. I did have problems using the software to rip the audio tracks from the CDs, but I was able to use better software I already had on hand for that task.
The software is very capable and has a lot of controls, so it is easy to get overwhelmed. However, a "Show Me" function can be activated at any time and the manual is quite clear on how to do the basics, so after a little experimentation I had learned enough to know how I wanted to approach the project, which was the single biggest obstacle. It would actually have been easier if I was working with videos and didn't need to worry about the backgrounds or titles of the songs.
The end result is a professional looking DVD with a background image of the band on the menu and small album cover images for buttons to play any of the albums on disc. I was able to easily add a playlist button (band logo) at the bottom of the menu that would play all albums in order. The software allowed me to easily customize the button navigation (where a left cursor movement goes, for example) and test the result before burning to DVD.
The primary part of the package, Sony Movie Studio, is a multi-track audio/video mixer and is designed to create the videos that can then be assembled into a professional package in DVD Architect. A video DVD comes with the package, which shows you the various parts of the interface and how to perform basic editing techniques. While I haven't delved into it yet, I am confident that I will be able to create anything from moving background images and text for audio playback to my own music video using video I can capture on camera or download from Public Domain sources.
A couple of days ago I knew nothing about DVD creation, now I'm working on a design plan for my own music video, while listening to my first audio compilation on the stereo. This software rocks!
Some technical stuff I wondered about and now know:
* It will accept every audio, video and image format that I can think of
* It has full audio and video editing capabilities. You can build a movie from 30 frames per second of jpg images and can create a soundtrack of soundbites from a variety of sources.
* The editor is non-destructive in that it never modifies a source file in any way, relying on its own index files to store your mods.
* You can do full 5.1 surround audio, controlling every sound on each channel as you wish.
* Audio can be encoded in PCM 2 channel, AC3 2 channel or AC3 5.1 channel.
* It works fine on Windows 2000 Pro. Many new software packages will not function on anything other than XP.
* Although I have no point of comparison, it is pretty fast. On my 2.6 gig P4 with 1 gig ram (and a lot of other things open), it was able to "render" my audio DVD, including compressing one album in AC3 format to make it fit (the rest were PCM), in about 25 minutes.
Highly recommended for beginners and it looks like a pro could do just fine with all this can do. What was once a dark unknown is now my creative playground, thanks to Sony Movie Studio!
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