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• Apple (www.apple.com)<br />
• DVD Studio Pro. Mid-level DVD-Video authoring tool for Mac OS.<br />
$1,000.<br />
• iDVD. Simple, drag-and-drop DVD-Video authoring, bundled with<br />
Macs that have DVD-R drives.<br />
• DVDMaestro. Windows. See Spruce, below.<br />
• Astarte (www.astarte.de)<br />
DVD Production 151<br />
Astarte was acquired April 2000 by Apple, so their products are generally<br />
no longer available. They resurfaced in March 2001 as iDVD and DVD<br />
Studio Pro from Apple.<br />
• DVDirector and DVDirector Pro. Low-end and mid-level DVD-Video<br />
authoring tools for Mac OS. Pro version includes MediaPress hardware<br />
MPEG-2 encoder from Wired. Millennium Bundle turnkey<br />
workstation includes DVDirector Pro, Mac G4, and more. $5,400,<br />
$10,00, $15,000.<br />
• DVDelight. Simple, drag-and-drop DVD-Video authoring for Mac<br />
OS. $1,000.<br />
• DVDExport. Software to convert Macromedia Director presentations<br />
to DVD-Video format. Mac OS. $900.<br />
• Authoringware (www.authoringware.com)<br />
• DVD WISE. Mid-level authoring system for Windows 95/98/NT.<br />
$950.<br />
• DVD Quickbuilder. Multiplexing software.<br />
• Avid (www.avid.com)<br />
• Xpress DV. Video editing software with DVD-Video output (using<br />
Sonic AuthorScript). $1,700.<br />
• Xpress DV Powerpack. Xpress DV with other software, including<br />
Sonic DVDit SE. $3,000.<br />
• Blossom Technologies (www.blossomvideo.com)<br />
• DaViD 2000, 4000, 6000, and 10000. Turnkey Windows NT 4.0 systems<br />
using Daikin Scenarist authoring software and Optibase<br />
encoding hardware or Sonic Foundry audio encoding software.<br />
$20,000 to $100,000.<br />
• Canopus (www.canopus.com)<br />
• Amber for DVD. Amber MPEG-2 encoding hardware with Spruce<br />
DVDVirtuoso authoring software. $3,300.
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