This article, "Choosing DVD burning software," is a logical extension of its companion article, Choosing CD Burning Software. The fundamental steps are the same: do a web search and find your options, select the most appropriate candidate, evaluate trial copies, and choose what works best for you. The following steps assume you have read the companion article, so if you haven't, please do so now. Let's briefly review the steps that are the same and quickly get to the specific things to look for in DVD burning software.
- Visit a search engine. Find logical candidates for evaluation. If anything, you will find even more DVD burning titles than you will CD burning titles. A lot of them will be adware for pirating movie DVDs. Be cautious of these titles. Some have embedded spyware. Many are worthless. Stick with the mainstream packages if you are risk-averse.
- Download trial copies. Get an evaluation copy for each title that seems to meet your needs. You have a larger feature set to consider with DVD burning software. Depending on your intentions, you may need authoring software such as Adobe Premier or Premier Elements if you want to build larger and longer movies. DVD slide shows with background music make great birthday and anniversary gifts. Study product features. You may discover something that sounds great that you did not even think about before you started looking for software.
- Do your own hands-on evaluation. Put your trial copies through their paces. Get some cheap DVDs and burn some test data disks and movies. How difficult was it, and did it produce the results promised? Some titles will fall far short of their claims.
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Author: Charles Clendenen