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This review is part of our Best Free Windows Software section. So we decided it is time for us to research, review, find, and list the best free DVD authoring programs for Windows. In fact, the programs featured in dotTech’s review on best free CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning program for Windows are all DVD burning programs, not DVD authoring programs. DVD authoring programs convert videos into DVD compliant format and then burn them to DVD to create a movie DVD that is playable on any DVD player DVD authoring programs also create DVD menus, with most even allowing you to customize that menu.ĭVD burning programs are a lot more popular than DVD authoring programs. Rather, you will be creating a data DVD that is only viewable on your computer.Īuthoring DVDs, on the other hand, allows you to create a movie DVD (a DVD playable in any DVD player) from any video format (AVI, MP4, WMV, FLV, VOB, etc.). If you burn a non-DVD format video onto a DVD with a DVD burning program, the DVD you create won’t be a movie DVD - it won’t be able to be played on most DVD players. VOB) and burning movie DVDs does not allow you to have DVD menus. The catch with burning movie DVDs is the movies you are burning to DVD must already be in DVD compliant format (i.e. onto a DVD and it is only viewable on your computer - like a USB drive) or you can burn a movie DVD. It seemed otherwise solid and reliable in our tests, though, and if you just want a quick and easy way to create video DVDs then WinX DVD Author may provide everything you need.Who knows the difference between burning DVDs and authoring DVDs? Burning DVDs consists of two things you can either burn a data DVD (i.e. The program has some irritations and doesn't always work as you'd expect: you can't drag and drop videos onto the file list to import them, for instance. You can also set the DVD Language, which by default is Chinese, so be sure to reassign this if it doesn't suit your needs. If you need more control then there are some additional settings available, where you can set the image ratio (4:3/ 16:9), video format (PAL/ NTSC), DVD Type (DVD-5/ DVD-9) and so on. You can also customise the menu background here, or add your own choice of background music.Ĭlick Next, choose your DVD writer, click Start and you're done: the program will quickly burn your project to disc. One further click and WinX DVD Author will create a simple menu for you. The program is essentially a wizard, and so initially you'll import any videos that you'd like to burn (MKV, M2TS, M4V, MP4, FLV, MPEG, MOV, RM, RMVB and H.264 formats are supported). WinX DVD Author is a straightforward tool that makes it easy to create video DVDs.