The following applications can be used to create playable
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind ...
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Free software
Free software
Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, no ...
implementations often lack features such as encryption and
region coding
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due to licensing restrictions issues, and depending on the demands of the DVD producer, may not be considered
suitable for mass-market use.
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DeVeDe (Linux)
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DVD Flick
DVD Flick is an open source DVD authoring application for Windows developed by Dennis Meuwissen and released under the GNU General Public License. DVD Flick is capable of importing audio tracks, video files and subtitles, composing a DVD-Video mo ...
(Windows only)
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DVDStyler
DVDStyler is a DVD authoring tool. It allows menu creation, buttons, and DVD previews. It is free software under the GNU GPL. Some users have criticized the inclusion of adware in the installer (and the obfuscation of the "opt-out" option) in versi ...
(Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux using wxWidgets. Recent versions are bundled with
Potentially Unwanted Programs that may accidentally be installed unless care is taken during installation.)
Professional studio software
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MAGIX
Magix (or MAGIX Software) is a German software company specializing in video editing, audio editing, DAW and photo slideshow software. The company is based in Berlin, with locations in Madison, Wisconsin, Dresden and Lübbecke, as well as Hui ...
Vegas DVD Architect (previously known as
Sony Creative Software
Sony Creative Software is an American software company that develops various media software suites. Sony Creative Software was created in a 2003 deal with Madison-based media company Sonic Foundry in which it acquired its desktop product line, ...
's DVD Architect Pro) (discontinued)
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Apple
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DVD Studio Pro (Mac) (discontinued)
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Sonic DVDit Pro (formerly DVD Producer) (discontinued)
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Adobe Encore
Adobe Encore (previously ''Adobe Encore DVD'') is a DVD authoring software tool produced by Adobe Systems and targeted at professional video producers. Video and audio resources may be used in their current format for development, allowing the us ...
(EOL / discontinued)
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Sonic DVD Creator (discontinued)
Professional corporate software
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MAGIX
Magix (or MAGIX Software) is a German software company specializing in video editing, audio editing, DAW and photo slideshow software. The company is based in Berlin, with locations in Madison, Wisconsin, Dresden and Lübbecke, as well as Hui ...
Vegas DVD Architect (previously known as
Sony Creative Software
Sony Creative Software is an American software company that develops various media software suites. Sony Creative Software was created in a 2003 deal with Madison-based media company Sonic Foundry in which it acquired its desktop product line, ...
's DVD Architect Pro) (discontinued)
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Adobe Encore
Adobe Encore (previously ''Adobe Encore DVD'') is a DVD authoring software tool produced by Adobe Systems and targeted at professional video producers. Video and audio resources may be used in their current format for development, allowing the us ...
(Last version is CS6, bundled with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 / EOL) (discontinued)
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Sonic Scenarist SD/BD/UHj
*MediaChance DVD-lab (discontinued)
Home
* Apple
iDVD (Mac)
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CyberLink Media Suite
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Nero
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Vision
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Pinnacle Studio
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Roxio Easy Media Creator
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Roxio Toast
Roxio Toast is an optical disc authoring and media conversion software application for Mac OS X. Its name is a play on the word ''burn'', a term used for the writing of information onto a disc through the use of a laser.
Discs can be burned ...
(for Mac OS)
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Sonic MyDVD
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TMPGEnc
TMPGEnc or TSUNAMI MPEG Encoder is a video transcoder software application primarily for encoding video files to VCD and SVCD-compliant MPEG video formats and was developed by Hiroyuki Hori and Pegasys Inc.Pegasys IncTMPGEnc User License Agreem ...
DVD Author
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Ulead DVD MovieFactory
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Windows DVD Maker
Windows DVD Maker is a discontinued DVD authoring application developed by Microsoft introduced in Windows Vista, available in the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista for users to create slideshows and videos for playback on media ...
(discontinued)
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WinDVD
WinDVD (owned by Corel Corporation which bought InterVideo in 2006) is a commercial video player and music player software for Microsoft Windows. It enables the viewing of DVD-Video movies on the user's PC. DVD-Video backups stored on hard dis ...
Creator
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Ashampoo Burning Studio
See also
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DVD-Video
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DVD authoring
DVD authoring is the process of creating a DVD video capable of playing on a DVD player. DVD authoring software must conform to the specifications set by the DVD Forum.
DVD authoring is the second step in the process of producing finished DVD ...
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DVD ripper
Ripping is extracting all or parts of digital content from a container. Originally, it meant to rip music out of Commodore 64 games. Later, the term was used to extract WAV or MP3 format files from digital audio CDs, but got applied as well to ...
References
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List
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
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DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind ...
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind ...
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kind ...