Chapter 1

• Ability to create a bootable disc using the El Torito specification in the
ISO-9660 sectors.
What DVD Production Tools Are Available?
Video Encoding Tools
• Brent Beyeler (various download sites)
• bbMPEG. Basic MPEG-2 encoder for Windows. Free.
• Canopus (www.canopus.com)
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• ProCoder. Software video format converter with MPEG encoding.
Two-pass VBR. Advanced features such as NTSC-PAL conversion,
de-interlacing, 2-3 pulldown, and batch processing. Windows.
$700.
• MVR1000. Hardware real-time video capture and MPEG encoder
board for Windows. VBR and CBR. Includes Sonic DVDit SE for
DVD/VCD authoring.
• Amber. MPEG-2 hardware designed for encoding and archiving
video in MPEG format. VBR and CBR. (Panasonic MN85560 encoder
chip). Windows. $2,000.
• DVRaptor RT. Hardware DV video editing with MPEG output. Windows.
$600.
• DVStorm. Hardware video editing/encoding system for MPEG and
DV. Includes Ulead DVD Workshop for DVD/VCD authoring. Windows.
$1,100.
• DVRex RT Professional. Hardware video editing/encoding system
for MPEG and DV. Includes Sonic DVDit SE for DVD/VCD authoring.
Windows. $4,400.
• Custom Technology (www.cinemacraft.com)
• Cinemacraft Encoder-PRO. MPEG-2 real-time NTSC video encoding
software for Windows NT. $38,000.
• Cinema Craft Encoder-SP. MPEG video encoding software for Windows
XP and 2000. CBR and VBR. $2,000.
• Cinema Craft Encoder-Basic. MPEG video encoding software for
Windows. CBR and VBR. $60.
• Darim (www.darim.com)
• MPEGator 2. MPEG-2 real-time encoding hardware for Windows
and Windows NT. $1,800.