Pro-level dvd authoring software? (1 Viewer)

[Peter D]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone here know what professional authoring houses use software-wise to put dvd's together?

 

[John_Berger]

I believe that Sonic Scenarist is the "de facto" standard, but don't quote me on that. Don't even think about using it for home unless you intend on putting up a second mortgage.

 

[Jeff Kleist]

Every house I know uses Scenarist for the true top-level Hollywood studio level DVDs.

It runs about 5 figures

 

[Vince Maskeeper]

Like everything else at that level of production, this piece is not just some program installed on a PC: this is a "system" with specific hardware and software elements.

This is not something you can just buy a CD and install.

-Vince

 

[Peter D]

It looks like depending on the features you get, Scenarist runs anywhere from $15k - $40k. Yikes! Hard to believe this is from the same guys who make the 'MyDVD' package that came with my Pioneer.

 

[Mike_G]

DVD Studio Pro on a Mac.

Mike

 

[Jeff Kleist]

this is from the same guys who make the 'MyDVD' package that came with my Pioneer

Technically yes, but it was very recently purchased by Sonic from Daikin
And it's a TOTALLY different product. I do believe that you can get software-only Scenarist (in fact I'm 99% sure) but if you're actually looking for a pro production environment the software version takes a long long time to render in comparison