Chapter 1

156 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About DVD
• DVDStationNLE. Turnkey system using DVDConductor and Heuris
MPEG Power Professional encoding software. $10,000.
• DVDTransfer. Turnkey automated tape-to-DVD system. $30,000.
• Ulead (www.ulead.com)
• MediaStudio Director’s Cut. Video editing software with built-in DVD
authoring. $190.
• DVD Workshop. Basic video editing and DVD authoring. $300.
• Visible Light (www.visiblelight.com)
• Macarena and Macarena Pro. DVD-Video authoring for Power Mac
G4. Software encoding or hardware encoding (Pro version). Uses
Astarte DVDirector software. $10,000 and $15,000.
• Vitech (www.vitecmm.com)
• DVD Toolbox. AVI to DVD-Video. Write to CD-R, DVD-R, DVD-RAM,
etc. Windows 95/98/NT. $400.
• DVD Cut Machine. Hardware audio/video encoder bundled with
DVD Toolbox software. $800.
Who Can Produce a DVD for Me?
There are various steps to producing a DVD, but they can be split into two
major parts: 1) authoring (creating the content and formatting a disc image),
and 2) replication (cutting a master disc and stamping out hundreds or millions
of copies). See the beginning of this chapter for more details.
[A] � authoring (including encoding, DVD-R duplication, and premastering).
[R] � replication (mastering, check discs, and mass production). Note
that almost all replicators also have in-house authoring facilities or
partnerships with authoring houses.
Other lists are available at DVDInsider, DVDMadeEasy, and Post Magazine.
Also see “How Do I Copy My Home Videos/Movies/Slides to DVD?”
for companies specializing in video-to-DVD-R transfers.
• [A] 12CM Multimedia (www.12cm.com, Mountain View, CA, 650-564-
9000; Santa Clara, CA 408-350-9000).
• [A] 24-7DVD (dvd@24-7dvd.co.uk, Mogger Hanger, UK), �44 (0)
7764 187388.