Toast vs DVD studio

[Ceroc Addict]

What are the big differences between these two programs?

Which one would users recommend?

Kap

 

[Pengu]

they do different things... toast is a very powerful cd (audio, mp3, data, video) & dvd (video, data, etc) authoring tool; dvd studio pro is for arranging, encoding and burning DVD-Video discs.

 

[Ceroc Addict]

they do different things... toast is a very powerful cd (audio, mp3, data, video) & dvd (video, data, etc) authoring tool; dvd studio pro is for arranging, encoding and burning DVD-Video discs.

You mean Toast is for backup and DVD studio pro is for creating DVDs with menus (ie. like iDVD, but more flexible) for viewing on your TV?

Kap

 

[Pengu]

toast is like the swiss army knife of cd & dvd authoring on mac. it does everything, but is not specialised for anything. DVDSP is made for ONE thing. Making dvd-video discs. toast WILL make cd and dvd video discs, but you have very few options.

 

[Ceroc Addict]

toast WILL make cd and dvd video discs, but you have very few options.

What DVD video options does Toast have that aren't already available in iDVD ?

Kap

 

[Pengu]

um. i think it probably has more options for importing other types of media. i don't know, as i don't have DVDSP, and i don't have a dvd burner..

 

[blue&whiteman]

the video encoding/conversion in toast is waaay slow. I tend to only burn data disks though and use toast 6 for that.