Windows-based DVD Authoring tool provides motion menus, interactive features
As I noted in part 2 of my article on DVD authoring tools, Apple's iDVD2 was the first consumer-friendly DVD authoring tool to provide advanced features such as "motion menus," background soundtracks and animated buttons. Now, all this functionality and a lot more comes to Windows, with the release of Ulead's US$299 DVD Workshop.
Chart 1: DVD Workshop vs. Apple's iDVD2
A new generation of standalone DVD players is hitting the market with intriguing new features, such as the ability to play compilations of MP3 audio songs on CD-recordable discs. These standalone DVD players allowing the production of audio discs with more than 10 hours of music on them. In this article, we'll take a look at some of the models on the market with this capability.