Customer Reviews

Adaptec Sonic MyDVD Studio Deluxe Kit

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4 star:		(2)
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2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

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

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.

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?

I use the older burner edtion of this program. am looking for the upgrade to tweak one thing.
I use sonic screenblast to edit the movies, then burn with this.
sucess rate is about 95 %.
sometimes it chokes on an older file/dvd, and I need to reboot.
I have made 6 professional dvds, my latest is going to comeercial format and the editor congratulated me on such a fine product.
I am using SONIC to make the movies, and using this as the burner. Have a new sony computer, not a dell, it takes a hell of a lot of hardrive!
If you don't understand the deatils of how to make dvd's get sonic, the book in the program is worth a lot.
good luck

Absolute waste of time and money. #1: install disk has a setup file that causes install not to work on some machines. Have to figure out on your own, through vague knowledge base, then download proper setup file and copy everything to HD to install. Already that's a lot of time wasted. #2: unable to consistenly capture from Sony D8 camcorder- MyDVD drops it intermittently, other capture apps capture fine. #3: after going through hoops to get video captured and ready to burn, after one or two failed attempts at burning (stability issue), final disk is not usable because audio and video are out of sync. #4: tech support is a joke. Nearly useless knowledgebase, unresponsive tech support staff. DO NOT PURCHASE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WASTE LOTS OF MONEY AND TIME.

I have worked with various photo/movie editors. This is a simple solution for editing, if you don't wan't to waste time in complicted editing. If I want to edit something simple, cute and easy I use this one. The price isn't bad either. It is excellent for tivo because you can remove the comercials and parts you don't want on your dvd very easilly. Compared to it's competition in the SAME price range this one is the best.

Can't coompare a product with software that cost a lot more.

Compare to going to Macdonald's and being fed in 5 minutes, or preparing a gourmet food. Some people hate Macdonald's, others love the convinience of having food prepared fast with litlle work.

I gave it a five stars because for what the product is out to do it does an excellent job.

the reviwers above don;t know what theya re talking about. This is a very simple, good software.....

No problems wahtsoever. make sure you understand the intricacies of CD, DVD writing, compatibility etc etc. If you don;t understand, don;t just blame the software.

I received the deluxe version with my Dell Media Edition compter. While this program has many bells and whistles actually editing video is awkward and frustrating. Fine tuning is difficult. I'm trying to edit home videos plus edit commercials out of movies recorded from TV. While this process should be easy this program makes it much more time intensive than it should be. The program is also fairly unstable. It seems to regularly lock-up while working on files much larger than 1 or 2 gigs. And that's on a new computer with plenty of memory.

My DVD Studio Deluxe v6 is a frustrating and difficult to use software for DVD creation. Additionally, Sonic does not offer patches or updates to this version for problems. Seriously not recommended.

I just wasted $121. I bought the softwareto burn DVDs from TiVo downloads. It was recommended by TiVo. It doesn't work. Can't get technical support unless you are registered. You can't register because Sonic/Roxio returns a message that something is wrong with their server. And on and on. The software sucks.