Corel Video Studio Pro X3

[Garden Manager]

I have recently been trying out a trial version of this software as a possible replacement to an older Ulead version of this software that will not work on my new Windows 7 PC. I have been getting reasonable results in creating DVDs from recorded TV shows (my main reason for using the software) but have found the software hard to use and it has taken me nearly all of the 30 day trial to get anywhere with it.

I was wondering if anyone oth there uses this version of the software and could give any advice or tips as to how to get the best results out of it. Alternatively could anyone recommend an alternative with similar features and at a similar price level (ie a directly comparable product) that i could try out?

Many thanks.

[Garden Manager]

[Garden Manager]

Just come across the DVD maker in Windows 7. Is it any good?

[BarriedaleNick]

DVD maker in Win 7 is OK - very basic but does what it says on the tin.  You can have a menu from a limited selection of built in themes and can add movie files and pics..Thats about it..

[Garden Manager]

DVD maker in Win 7 is OK - very basic but does what it says on the tin.  You can have a menu from a limited selection of built in themes and can add movie files and pics..Thats about it..

Thanks. Been referred to Corel DVD Movie Factory 7SE as a possible DVD making application, better than what comes with Video studio. Would this be worth looking into?

[BarriedaleNick]

I cant see an SE version of this but you can downlaod the free trial..
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1173965700889#tabview=tab0

Personally I have only really used old versions of Nero to burn DVDs and thats fairly basic..
Had to but a new version for Win 7 tho..

[Garden Manager]

Not being 100% happy with the corel software, have been looking at alternatives. One i found that i like the look of is 'Magix Movies on DVD8'. Which i am thinking about trying.  http://www.magix.com/gb/movies-on-dvd/.

Any Good?

[BarriedaleNick]

Depends on what you want to do really...I dont have a huge amount of experience of this sort of software.  But get a trial version of it and test...
If you just want a basic movie to DVD type thing then try

http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdflick/files/dvdflick/DVD%20Flick%201.3.0.7/dvdflick_setup_1.3.0.7.exe/download

its free and seems to do the job..