Adaptec Sonic MyDVD Studio Deluxe Kit

by Adaptec

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• ASIN: B0000CBJ7E
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 26, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,496 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Only MyDVD Studio Deluxe has all of the tools to burn the highest quality, most compatible CDs and DVDs. It is fully integrated, so you can easily move from editing to burning to labeling or any other function in a snap. And, because it manages all optical types of media, MyDVD Studio Deluxe is the one product to burn your video, photos, data, or music on any optical media CD or DVD.

Even re-edit CDs and DVDs you've already burned because MyDVD Studio Deluxe is OpenDVD compliant. This powerful burning software enables you to make exact copies of CDs or DVDs, backup valuable information, and so much more.

Video

• Burn video Direct-to-DVD from your DV camcorder or any other video input device.
• Edit video with special effects, Hollywood-style motion menus, titles, and chapter points.
• Use Dolby Digital technology to fit up to 50% more video to a disc.
• Re-edit DVDs and VideoCDs burned with MyDVD using OpenDVD technology.
• Sonic's HyperMux technology optimizes DVD and Video CD performance.
• Broadest CD/DVD player compatibility.

Music/Photo/Data

• Create a music library to easily organize all of your music files by artist, album, and genre, so every song is a click away.
• Unlimited MP3 music ripping.
• JukeBox burning for up to 100 songs on a CD.
• Create photo-slideshows on CD or DVD.
• Back-up and burn a CD or DVD of any file automatically with Auto Archive.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sonic My DVD (Lite), January 17, 2004

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J. Carmona (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adaptec Sonic MyDVD Studio Deluxe Kit (CD-ROM)

I have the Lite version that came with my purchase of the Sony DRU-530A DVD burner/Writer. I was really impressed on the features that this software has to offer. You can create menus that are very much like the DVD movies also the menus can be added to the VCD format. What I really like about the software is that you can save your completed work on the hardrive and have as a backup in case if your CDs or DVDs are lost and or damage, you can go back to the saved file and copy your videos again. If you decide to save your work, I would recommend purchasing an external hardrive.
The software is easy to use to create your projects and can be easily modified. You can add music & background pictures to your menu and have the "buttons" on the menu to play (animate) footage for each segment.
Sonic MY DVD is a great piece of software and has many great features and some poor features, for example when you edit the video, My DVD software, will not recognize the edited video and so an error message will appear and the process will stop. The second thing is that the indicator for the file size is misleading and somewhat hard to understand. I think that sonic should modify the font on the number and include colors like green and red to inform the user wheither there is room or not. If there is free space that is required by MY DVD then a pop up message should appear.
Overall, this is a great piece of software for converting your old VHS tapes to DVDs, Video CDs (VCD) and to the Hardrive

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for burning DVD's, March 14, 2004

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Keith "kc31824" (STAMFORD, CT, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adaptec Sonic MyDVD Studio Deluxe Kit (CD-ROM)

I use this for the basic function of taking video files I've created (using other software) and burning them onto a DVD. Sonic is simple to use and flawless at this. (Note that I haven't used the video editing tools though -- I use Pinnacle and MS Movie Maker -- so I can't speak to it's quality for that).

For making a DVD from a collection of video files, Sonic makes it simple to make interesting menus with background images, sound, etc.; preview your DVD; then burn it.

It also has a nice feature for taking a collection of digital photos and combining them with a background song (mp3) into a little slide show as one of the clips on a DVD.

I recommend it highly for these specific tasks.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Works Ok, August 27, 2004

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W. Reach "Gambit030" (knoxville, tn United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adaptec Sonic MyDVD Studio Deluxe Kit (CD-ROM)

I have used this product to burn home movies onto DVD for some time now. That part works fine. But just recently I have decided I wanted to put my pictures on a DVD with music. I got it to work once with about 75 pictures. But when I started trying to add several slideshows it comes up with "dvderrr". Honestly tech support was not much help.All they do is direct you to their website for solutions. Which I have tried and still no resolution to my problem. Don't recommend. Anyone know of a better product out there you can use to burn your home movies and put a slideshow with music on DVD?