DigitalSedition Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Hello, I recently started using a Mac for work. I have been using Linux for pretty much ever. Slackware to OS X is a pretty good shock to your system, but I am really enjoying myself, OS X is smooth and clean and there isn't much I don't care for (not nuts about finder hiding most of the file system, but I still got my CLI . So far the only thing I have had any trouble with is authoring a DVD the way I need it done. In Slackware I used DeVeDe. I need to be able to convert .avi's to a DVD .iso. In OS X I have tried the following without success: Roxio Toast Titanium Pro v10: Painfully slow conversion and fairly limited options, converts to .toast , I hear you can just change the .toast to .iso and burn away but I have not tried it. (My Mac does not have a DVD burner. Xilsoft DVD Creator: Painfully slow conversion, fairly limited options, Seems to fail on most .avi's I have tried with it. VisualHub: Outside not being able to find a legit copy, it seems not for me, and there appears to be bugs that will not be fixed since the software is now unsupported. FFMPEGX: This was pretty much what I thought was going to be the answer to my problems, until it was intsalled and I discovered I am unable to convert from .avi, which is pretty much the only format I am interested in converting from. I have tried converting to .mov and others and then converting to DVD, unfortunatly it appears that converting twice has severe consequences with overall quality of the finished product. iDVD: I was relatively dissapointed with this, there are virtually no options what so ever. DVD Studio Pro: Is next on my list to try out, I have my fingers Crossed. So please if anyone can tell me something i havent tried, free or pay for let me know, let me know anything you think might help, I would greatly apreciate it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/159846-new-to-os-x-in-need-of-dvd-authoring-software/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalSedition Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Wow over 100+ views and no opinions? Well than this is just a bump because I could still use some insight if anyone has any to offer. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/159846-new-to-os-x-in-need-of-dvd-authoring-software/#findComment-1122739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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