DVD authoring
Links
DVD Studio Pro Apple's DVD authoring program
www.dvddemystified.com
All about the DVD format, huge FAQ section
lists.apple.com Apple's DVD authoring discussion list
www.dvdcreation.com
Industry news, technical articles etc
www.mpeg.org Find out more about the MPEG format
Standards & formats
DVD specification
DVD physical & data formats Explains physical and data formats, disc capacities, drive types
DVD Region codes What are they, what are they for
DVD production processes
Creating still images for DV & DVD
DL Creating text & still images for DV & DVD Click here for essential technical advice in creating images that will look great on your TV screen.
Photoshop templates
DLClick here to download a Photoshop template for PAL (440Kb)
DLClick here to download a Photoshop template for NTCS (420Kb)
Click here for general image editing and Photoshop advice
DVD Video
Video production
Click here for resources on DV Video production
Optimising video (compressing) for DVD
Digital video file formats & codecs
DVD video data rate calculations
DL Calculating DVD video data rates Click here to find out how to determine the maximum data rate.
DVD video data rate calculator
A utility to help you determine the highest possible video data rate for your DVD.
DVD audio
Audio production
Click here for resources on Audio recording
Optimising audio (compressing) for DVD
DVD Studio Pro help
DLDVD Studio Pro / Photoshop layer menu example template (2.4Mb)
DVD studio Pro tip
Writing a disc directly from DVD Studio Pro will take considerably longer than if you use Toast to write the files previously prepared by DVD Studio Pro ("video_ts" folder) .
DVD ripping
Tricky subject this, both technically and legally ...
Handbrake DVD ripping for Linux and Mac OSX
Roxio Toast 7 and Popcorn can rip and convert DVD content.
PC advice / tools Ripping tools for PC users
www.dvdxdv.com Mac DVD ripping program
Mac advice / tools Ripping tools for Mac users