Which dvd authoring software is better for edius sp

[mikemachine]

Hi i want to create my personal dvd menu without using any template, before using the edius sp i owned a matrox cacpturing card and i used to use the reel dvd program, now i dont know which software is better for my new edius.

Oh and by the way, i tried to use the reel dvd with edius made files and it does not work, so i assume that it will be better to buy new dvd software authoring software.

Thanks

[GrassValley_KH]

It's been a while since I used Reel DVD, but I'm not aware of any incompatibilities with our MPEG data in past experience.

What settings are you using to export?

As for alternatives - if you're coming from a Reel DVD background, you might want to look at DVDLab. I understand that it employs a bit of the same 'flow chart' type of authoring that Reel DVD lives on (in terms of constructing your disc's navigation).

[antonsvideo]

Reel DVD and DVD Lab Pro require elementary streams, Edius can't do these

you have to use ProCoder or ProCoder Express or Tmpeg4 Xpress

[GrassValley_BH]

Reel DVD, at least last I remember, also requires that any MPEG audio has the CRC (aka Protection) enabled.

[antonsvideo]

luckily mpeg audio is no longer a valid DVD audio format

it is also slowly being dropped in PAL land

already dead in NTSC land

ac3 or wav is the go

[mikemachine]

well guys thanks for the answer, fist of all tell you that i have tried to export in mpeg2 straight from the edit line, didn't work; then exported a dv file and used the procoder to make it mpeg2, didn't work, then used the tmpgenc 4.0 didn't work.

and every time I take my mpeg2 file (always demultiplexed) to the reel dvd it collapses.

I assume that it is better to work with another dvd authoring software, but which one?