Well, DVD Architect Pro 6 is now here…

[John Rofrano]

[Mike Kujbida] “I use DVDA to author but use ImgBurn to do my burning. It’s free and is a great app.”

Yea, me too and BurnAware Free is another great free burner that I’ve been using lately. I prefer it over ImgBurn because it doesn’t expect you to be a rocket scientist like ImgBurn and know the difference between ISO9660, Joliet, UDF, etc. You can just select burn a DVD or burn a Blu-ray or burn an MP3 CD, and it sets everything up correctly for you.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Steve Rhoden]

I use ConvertxtoDVD, although its not free, its a briliant little
gem. I stay far far away from Nero, and advise any serious
editor to keep it off their systems.

And as my earlier mention of HD, As i speak, many television
stations across the globe havent even yet fully incorporated
High Definition in their broadcast.

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia
1-876-832-4956

[Dave Haynie]

The fact that it’s fairly stable, sure, that’s a good one. And if you’re making basic DVDs, DVD Architect is great at almost instantly supporting both DVD and BD-that-look-like-DVDs very nicely.

On the other hand, it doesn’t completely emulate DVD on BD (it has some trouble with some kinds of transparency), and it doesn’t really support any Blu-ray authoring features, and the only audio feature is slightly higher bitrate AC-3 if you want it. Of course, HD video is the first thing you’re looking for, but there’s so much room for improvement you could drive a truck through it.

The other issue I have is that the UI was antiquated when it first came out, but these days, it’s just crazy stupid. Even something as simple as adding a three video sequence without having to anchor those second two on a menu somewhere… this is something I could do easily back in Impression, in the cowboy days of DVD. Or making a button that appears or disappears when you “hover”.

It’s good for cranking out quickies, but a pain in the butt for anything complex, if that complex idea you had was possible at all. And their calling this version 6, what basically amounts to adding support for one more file type (AVC-MVC), suggests my original assertion, that it’s all but abandoned, isn’t far off the mark.

-Dave

[Mike Kujbida]

[John Rofrano] “Yea, me too and BurnAware Free is another great free burner that I’ve been using lately.”

Thanks John. That sounds like a good app and I will be checking it out ASAP.

[Steve Rhoden]

Well abandon or not Dave, There are always tons of options.
If Apple could abandon such a powerful and world renowned
Compositor such as Shake in its prime and an industrial
standard at the time….Then what says DVD Architect…lol

Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia
1-876-832-4956

[Jason O’connell]

This is a message for John Rofrano (or anyone else who uses Primiera disc publishers!):

> I use DVD Architect to create my master ISO file and then the
> Premiera PT Publisher to burn multiple copies with my Bravo II robot.

Do you have an audio-only workflow for Vegas -> PT Publisher audio CDs?
I’ve been trying to find a way to do this without burning a master CD and then re-importing into the PT Publisher program.

Thanks!
Jason

[Dave Haynie]

[Steve Rhoden] “Well abandon or not Dave, There are always tons of options.”

There are… just not ideal options. I’d love something like DVD-Lab for Blu-ray. I’m certainly not planning to drop a few grand on a high-end application just to author better looking BDs.

[Steve Rhoden] “If Apple could abandon such a powerful and world renowned Compositor such as Shake in its prime and an industrial
standard at the time….Then what says DVD Architect…lol”

Apple’s a special case. They’re clearly motivated toward dropping their high-end… that’s the end of Shake, Compositor, DVD Studio Pro, etc… the ancient Mac Pro, the end of the server and storage server, etc. The Appification of Final Cut Pro, without regard to professional users (no project import, etc). That’s what happens when the entire Mac world is only 15% of Apple’s business, and nearly all their growth is from consumers.

Apple still thinks they’re a hardware company. The acquisition of all that media content creation software was a smart strategic move back in the days of a 1.5% Mac share of the PC business, mostly media content pros. They needed that to shore up the platform against other suppliers dropping it, and they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. But little of that’s important to Apple now, apparently, because iOS has done so much better. There are even rumors (I’m very skeptical, but they persist) of Apple kicking x86 out of the Mac in a few years and replacing it with a higher-end ARM of their own creation (in fact, I posted on a few EE Tech sites just how crazy this sounds.. but if you restrict “Mac” to basically just iMac and laptop users.. increase the performance of their A6-core processor (don’t know if they have a name for it yet) by 2.0x-2.5x, put in 4-8 cores, and you’re well into i5 territory, if not better.

In fact, that’s kind of a strategy. They can’t be Intel, building a bunch of different CPU microarchitectures to fill out a full PC line of product. Even AMD has trouble doing that, with a much larger volume than Apple. But take the ARM approach of modular systems, and they could build mobile and desktop processors with the same basic tech. They might also find that ARM on a power supply can run really fast.. that’s not something that’s been done, given the emphasis on mobility. But one of Apple’s two IC company acquisitions is Intrinsity, a company that’s basic mission has been making stuff go faster (pre-Apple, they worked with Samsung on the “Hummingbird” core processor, taking ARM’s 600-ish-MHz A8 and making it go twice as fast — that’s also the CPU core in the A4 SOC from Apple).

-Dave