WinXDVD Author Review & How To

This is a review of WinXDVD Author by WinXDVD - Digiarty Software.

Here is the link to the WinXDVD page if you wish to download this program. It is free and I recommend you try it out.

http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-author/

Also I will have a video up shortly about a contest I am hosting to win a software from winxdvd.com. The program that you could win is called WinX HD Video Converter which has a suggested retail price of $49.95. Five lucky winners will receive this program at no charge. There will be two links below, one will take you to the winX to look at the program you could win and the second will take you to the contest video with all the details about the contest and how to enter. Good Luck

Software preview:

http://www.winxdvd.com/hd-video-conve...

Link to contest video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAEHFM...

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ok that will be doing a review on Winx
DVD author it is a free DVD editing /
converting program that you can get from
one xdd calm for free and it is one of
the better programs i've seen out there
that edits dvds and is free to download
and i would recommend this program
100-percent it's pretty it's very good
program for being free that is
and so let's get started when you first
launch when x DVD you'll be presented
with the screen here and basically
you're going to have your four options
right here on the right and you have
your settings over here and your help
here when if when you let's say you
launch it and you want to start let's
take a video you have on your computer
and make a DVD and add menus in music
and all that other stuff you're going to
want to click right here on video DVD
author and when you do you'll be
presented with this screen and now you
have the same icon here as you do on the
menu
this isn't all the programs they have
and what it is is that's basically your
settings you can you have your general
settings or subtitles and your burner
settings general settings you can change
you can tell it to delete all the
temporary files when it's finished which
is what it uses to burn your disc or
create your movie you have the option to
change between 4.34 16 by 9 4 by 3 you
want to use if you just had a standard
definition TV otherwise you if you have
a high def for a widescreen TV you want
to use 16 by 9
then you have your video formats ntsc
for America and then you have paypal PL
and then you have your DVD types you
have DVD negative 5 and DVD negative 9
so you want to select dvd5 if you're
using a standard single layer discs in
which one side is the data side and the
other side is a logo or you or if you
have one that has to data sides and
you're going to want to use dvd9 but i
prefer to leave minus 75 because that's
what most people use now menu duration
is something this program also features
and it basically allows you to set how
long you want your menu to stay active
which means like let's say you had a
song for that you put his background
music and it was a minute-long whether
you're probably want to set it to 60 but
i prefer to leave mine as the default
which is 20
well it's actually so and then you have
DVD menu safe distance and that's
basically it says right here is only a
DVD player or TV will cut some virgin
playing DVD which means some of the
picture that you see on your screen on
your computer will be lost when you
watch it on your TV so you can tell it
to set a safe distance which is 10
pixels and and that basically just this
is protects some of your content that
you have on your screen on your computer
without losing half your pictures so I
fertile mind just default if you have a
widescreen TV you normally won't have
this issue it's only with the standard
definition TVs but I just prefer to
leave the default then you have your DVD
language I have mine set to English the
default will be Chinese but you can come
in and change into english or whatever
you speak or if you're wanting to create
a DVD for let's say company and your
factory head
chinese workers that speak chinese and
english workers or the new my want and
you're doing a presentation you may want
to have one DVD in english in one DVD in
Chinese or English DVD with chinese
subtitles or chinese DVD with english
subtitles but i prefer but hopefully
mine my default language because that's
normally what i like most of my dvds for
then you have your subtitle suddenly
this is where the text that you see
below the bottom of the screen the
default font size is 20 which is pretty
decent
I don't want to bother editing it so I
just preferably the default but you can
change it if you want and then in this
program you have user-defined subtitle
property which means your custom
properties for the subtitles so like you
have subtitle language name betweens
like what's the language of the
subtitles in english or is a chinese or
you know whatever I don't we don't use
this because I don't they don't add
subtitles to my videos but if you do
then well this is where you're going to
want to save some of your settings
font file name which means if you use a
special font then in your subtitle file
you can set its name here and set the
characters then you have language code
which is is occ 63 dying to enter code
which is something that subtitle
followers use which i'm not going to go
into a lot of detail then you have for
the more advanced user only but which
I haven't understood how to use yet but
yeah then you have your burner and
basically says burner module one
recommended but since it's great out
which means my drive in my computer
doesn't support it but your tonight it's
just your it's just the way it selects
and burns and you have burner options
which is transport property which you
don't really want to mess with many of
these settings here i would prefer just
to leave them alone
I'm late but if you know if you know
your dr uses a spi or you know where you
have you know like this is primarily
intended for windows 9x system which
means 95-98 if you have a really old
machine or a few but it says it can be
using windows nt-based system it's just
all depends on your preferences but up
early that default now back to the video
DVD author editor when you first would
when you want a DVD in you and you pull
up this program here you're going to be
presented with this you'll have your
previous screen here your snapshot
button your file list your start time
you're in time standard TV widescreen TV
letter box and DVD menu now in order to
add a file to that using this program
you just come down here and click the +
arrow you can go up and let's say I
choose out on all choose when I made
previously using this using a vob file
now it doesn't have to be a vob file but
it could be impede forward to be a bi
3.wmv can be in peg you know we can be a
variety of video files now down here you
have your options for 43 standard TV or
sixteen by nine for widescreen if you're
using a widescreen well need want to use
this one for whites for understanding
but if you a new video like if your
video you know is widescreen then you
may want to select your sixteen by nine
but that here you have the options for
auto add letter box which is what you
see right here my video already has it
by default when you put it doesn't have
it by default
sorry but if you like your video to have
the black bars on top of on the top and
bottom then you can leave this checked
otherwise on check it if you don't want
this program actually does a good job
with a creating the programmer creating
the video file into a burning it is a
DVD i haven't had any issues with the so
far and I'm actually I actually really
like this program
yeah maybe even gives you an option to
create a DVD menu which i haven't seen
in most free DVD editing programs
I mean I haven't really browse the
market because i already have a paid
version of a duty editor that came with
my computer but i have you looked at
something not all of them create a DVD
menu or some of them do but they're
don't do a good job of it so that's one
of the one feature i liked about this
program and over here on the right you
have a subtitle you can check this
button here in this is no and this is
subtitle property comes up with this box
click this is no specified subtitle file
and see you down here you have your
video and then right here in the
letterbox you see subtitle text sample
if you have a subtitle file that you've
created which is an SRT file then you
can add it in here and it will add the
subtitles to your video and play along
with it means set your language and your
font size when you're done you just
click the check butter and here you have
your minus area which removes the clip
you have your up and down arrows which
moves the position of your play or so
like if so if I had another video in
here and I wanted this one to play
second i would click down
and vice versa so when you're done with
this purchase your next step and it's
going to load and you'll see you know a
variety of options here would be second
step and you can browse through all the
images or that they have defaulter you
can add your own if you want and this
right here is your video file your video
preview that you will have when the
video loads when the DVD loads on your
computer and then here is the back but
this is the chapter menu or be the title
menu in this sense but also has a
chapter menu
this is what you'll see after you see
the main loading screen which shows DVD
windvd author on it and you click play a
lot Michael oh this video but if you
wait too if you wait a minimum i think
of five seconds it will automatically
load to this screen here and you'll see
your video here and you can click here
you go back to the main title screen you
know so it has options that this program
has the options that menu background
texture major audio being a title button
or you can even add going to select
delete the file delete selected file you
get your video list down here you get
your track through if you have a long
list of programs and you have a DVD
chapter menu if you're only using one
video then there's really no need for
chapter menu so if it's not needed will
then check it then when you're done you
can go ahead and click the next button
and you're gonna be presented with this
screen here it's going to show your DVD
burn your info
you're right speed your this volume like
what what do you want to name your disk
or and where the output folder is then
you have here encoder engine if you want
your video to be in high quality well
then you would choose preference by high
video quality which would be its best
quality you can make but it takes longer
to convert or you normal quality which
is a standard quality or you can do high
converting speed which is a low call
lower quality but a smaller out
what size and faster convert time so if
you have a big program and you need it
to be done quickly you might win don't
care about graphic appearance and you
may want to choose that option you have
deinterlacing which is a video that is
interlaced if you do not want to become
or if you don't want it to be interlaced
when you burn the disc then you would
want to check this option but most
people just leave it checked it's not
going to affect the video in any way
it'll still look pretty much the same as
some people for her to leave it as is
and when you're ready you can go and
click start button and it will if you
have no d if you're only wanting to take
your video and make it to a folder and
burn it later your and you don't have a
disk in the drive or you have no DVD
Drive you're going to see this option
here says no blank DVD disc entered it
is it asks you if you want to ensure the
disk if you say yes then it will
automatically pop up in the drive and
have you put in the disk if you have one
or if you tell now will automatically
create a DVD folder on your hard disk
which contains the files to burn the DVD
later so i'm going to say no when it's
automatically converting the file and
put it where I told it to save in the
output folder when it's done is
automatically going to open your where
you told it to save it and then you see
these two folders here if your video has
audio and like the actual video not the
menu but the video you're going to have
a file in your audio TS hold otherwise
you will not and then inside your video
TS folder you have your iphone files
your BUP files in your TS file here vob
in order to watch it either have to have
a vob program or using windows seven it
automatically read it and play it for
you
so that's the author version of 1x DVD
and then going back to the main screen
let's say you wanted to take a video and
convert it to a vob file which is a
playable video file that you use to burn
to a disc that's what DVD shoes
it's a DVD video format vob
and you would if you want to do that you
click here and it's going to launch
pretty much the same program except
you'll notice a few differences here you
still get the same preview you still get
your singleness boxer standard
widescreen scant standard TV but there's
one missing option and that is your menu
up menu options you still have your ad
video file you still have your up and
down arrows in your settings so I'm
gonna react i'm going to put out a video
and i'm going to click the next step and
then you'll notice it automatically
skips creation of a menu and the end
you'll notice and go straight to the
burning process and you'll see there's
no it'll say brb converter and there's
no DVD burner it just outputs you're
just convert your video to a vob and
outputs that where you tell it to set
your output format is ntsc which is what
most Americans disk use or PL you get
your preference by quality or high
quality and you get your license and
you'll notice is still has the same
current time duration here but you're
converting all you have here is
converting process instead of burning
process as well when you click start it
will automatically start and output to
that file and then was done opens open
here it is output vob or whatever you
name it
so that's that program now let's say you
want to convert it to a vob or let's say
you converted into a vob file but you
want to add a menu as well but you
didn't want to eat you can also you
could use the vob to DVD compiler which
means if you had a video file and use in
a hurry and you need to just want it
done so when you come back you can add
your menu later then you you would use
the convert video to the OB and then
when you come back if you want to add a
menu click on the video b.o.b to DVD
creator and you'll be presented with
your menu options again you have the
option to add to chapter in yer it shows
your DVD image ratio sixteen by nine you
can change it click before 369 get your
same options your chapter menu your
video process here in order to add a
video in order to add reveal be valuable
down click on the plus sign and then you
go to where you saved your vob file
click on it click open and it
automatically adds it it's here
so now you have your video file and it's
on a menu manager music as well same
process going to click the next arrow
you're presented with the burn options
only well it also has your output but
this one is basically designed to burn
to a DVD date this output folder will
just put the temporary files there and
allow you to change it with you so if
you want to change your output folder
you go down here click video being and
click local disk or wherever you want to
save it and then here you get you did
the device options which is your DVD
burner shows my DVD drives name and then
you can click on cam photo which shows
what your DVD Drive supports like mine
supports dual layer rewrite discs minus
and plus our disks your chosen the
maximum reading rate and the maximum
right rate and then he chose if you had
a discount it would show the discs
information as well then it shows you
know your race process if you're racing
file with this option will be available
and show the time use like if you had a
rewrite disk and you need to change it
will then this what you want to use so
that's that program and then let's say
you'd had a video file and you just
wanted to burn it straight to a disk you
didn't want any options then you're
going to want to use this last option
here which is DVD discs are you when you
click it you'll be presented with this
option here which was you have your file
name your file format file size and
duration and you have your dv5 or DVD
night if you use a new layer and then
you want to use the nine using negative
5 wil- five now if you have a DVD folder
that was full of audio and field and
video files to make a DVD with menus and
all like let's say you created a video
be following you went to your video dob
decompiler and Adam in you to it then
you're going to want to browse to where
that folder is at like minds or dvd temp
and click on the folder itself and click
ok and we'll add all the video formats
shin or if you just had the vob file and
use 12 immediately write it to your disc
that you created then you're going to
click video being click here and just
add a vob file now when you get all your
files in here you can go ahead and click
if I had a disk in the drive it would
allow you to click Next and you'll be
presented with the burning screen and
you know you put your options and click
burn that burn the disc so that would
and then you have down here you have
your help options which you know you
want to english and you click about you
know so that's when x DVD author it is a
exceptionally great program for being
free i'd recommend it 100% and there is
a contest that I'm going to have I have
the video up with the details here
shortly which will show tell you
everything that you need to know about
the contest coming up and what you'll be
in drawing or entering for is the Winx
DVD HD converter which you can get 1x8
DVD calm and it is a basically it's a
video HD converter program it allows you
to you know convert you just as the name
implies convert videos analogic impress
them sent to a console portable player
burn dvds the videos to DVD and create a
homemade DVD you know shows all the list
of options here you have watched a video
you export to youtube or you know
whatever you want and normally you would
have to spend in right now they're doing
holiday deal 2985 which I encourage you
to buy this program but it even has an
option if you want to download a trial
and basically what I'll do is you know
i'll have you guys instead of
subscribing to my channel all that I
will have you i'll create a video
listing all the contest detail options
and i'll have you guys
input ID sigh don't know I say probably
the first 100 comments I get you know
with all you gotta do is put your
youtube channel name with a link to your
channel and it would and then subscribe
to the Winx digitaria winx DVD software
channel youtube channel which is are
governed by Angie which is one of the
employees down a digit airsoft where and
subscribe to her Channel and then what
I'll do is at the end of contest which
will which i'll post an end date on the
video i will select five random people
check with their names make sure they
subscribe to her Channel and then if
that stands true then i will be in
contact with him shortly to give them
the link to this download and the key to
activate the software so that's coming
up shortly for you to let you know that
and good luck to you all and thanks for
watching