Questions about the capabilities of Encore

[David Garrett]

Hi John,

It’s one of those situations where one piece of software can do things that the others can’t, and vice versa, the only one that can do them all is Sonic Scenarist but that cost’s “thousands of $’s” and probably the same amount again to learn how to use it properly.

I dumped DVD Lab some years ago in favour of Encore, as Encore enabled me to do the things i couldn’t accomplish in DVD LAB. But now I would say that the tables are reversed somewhat, although the tight integration with Encore and other Adobe appz are the strong point.

Make no mistake, DVD Lab Pro is one powerfull piece of software for the intial price(that has a small hardrive footprint) unlike Encore that is now become bloated. It’s one of those “you pays your money and you takes your choice” scenarios..

[George Wing]

[John Rich] “Overall, can Encore do stuff these other programs can’t? It seems pretty cool, but then the only thing I’ve compared it to is MyDVD.”

Hi John,

As David said — outside of Scenarist, there’s always going to be “differences” from package to package. Personally, I use a variety of tools for Video/Audio Editing, Conversions/Encoding, and DVD Authoring — I haven’t found a single package/bundle that can do everything. NOTE: some of those CS3 Packages/Bundles look very interesting 🙂

Encore DVD 2.0 does have some features not found in the likes of DVD Workshop 2.x, DVD Architect 4.0, and DVDLab PRO 2.x. One of its strengths (as David mentioned) is its tight integration with other Adobe applications. There are things Encore cannot do that the others can, but perhaps the CS3 version will close those gaps (I heard it adds BluRay Authoring, but other than that I’m not sure what other SD DVD features were added).

Regards,
George