DVDBuilder

DVDBuilder is a software that allows you to create a DVD from MPEG files. The application's interface is plain and simple, so DVDBuilder can be used by both beginners and experts.

There are four major steps you have to follow - "Add MPEG Files", "Select Menu Style", "Create DVD Structure Files" and "Burn DVD". Unfortunately, you can only use the "Previous" and "Next" buttons to navigate back and forth, since you cannot select these tabs.

Once you have added MPEG2 files to the queue (the "drag and drop" method is unsupported), you can create and save a project (set NTSC/PAL mode and screen aspect ratio), preview the videos and select frames to use as thumbnails in the DVD menu.

In the following steps, you can change the layout (e.g. four thumbnails; enable header and footer lines), background picture (in the JPG, JPEG, BMP, ICO, EMF or WMF format) and arrow (i.e. the pointer) of the DVD menu, as well as input text (for header and footer; select font, enable shadow color), select the DVD output destination (optionally view the demonstration chart) and, finally burn your DVD.

Unfortunately, if you try to change the output directory, the tool pops up an error saying this is not possible, due to "system safety" reasons. Also, the DVD burning function is only available in DVDBuilder Pro edition.

The program uses a moderate amount of system resources, comes with a useful help file and manages to keep a very good audio and image quality. It's safe to say that DVDBuilder is a great tool for producing DVDs from MPEG files.