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DVD authoring describes the process of creating a DVD video that can be played on a DVD player. DVD authoring software must conform to the specifications set by the DVD Forum group in 1995. The specifications are complicated due to the number of companies that were involved in creating them.

The actual layout of the files on the medium and the operations that have to be undertaken to produce a 'playable' DVD (starting with already MPEG2-coded footage) are far too intricate - and beyond the scope of this article - to be explained here, and, indeed, worlds apart from the simple process of CD-audio authoring.

Strictly speaking, DVD authoring is a separate process from MPEG encoding, but most modern DVD authoring software has a built-in encoder (though separate encoders are still used when better quality or finer control over compression settings is required).

Most authoring applications are for video DVDs only; they do not support the creation of DVD-Audio discs.

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	Which DVD creation software do you use?
Nero Vision	63 (29%)
None	20 (9.2%)
Roxio Easy Media Creator	18 (8.2%)
Other - please specify below	16 (7.3%)
Tmpgenc DVD Author	12 (5.5%)
Windows DVD Maker (Vista)	10 (4.6%)
Ulead DVD Movie Factory	8 (3.6%)
Adobe Premiere Elements	8 (3.6%)
Sony DVD Architect (Part of Sony Vegas)	7 (3.2%)
Adobe Encore	7 (3.2%)
Apple iDVD	6 (2.7%)
WinDVD Creator	5 (2.3%)
Ulead VideoStudio	4 (1.8%)
Cyberlink PowerProducer	4 (1.8%)
Roxio MyDVD Studio	4 (1.8%)
Pinnacle Studio	3 (1.3%)
Sonic DVD Producer/DVDit	3 (1.3%)
Ulead DVD Workshop 2	2 (0.9%)
Apple DVD Studio Pro	2 (0.9%)
Avi2DVD	2 (0.9%)
DVDStyler	2 (0.9%)
GEAR Video	2 (0.9%)
Mediachance DVD-lab PRO	2 (0.9%)
Arcsoft Showbiz DVD	2 (0.9%)
Magix Movies on CD-DVD	1 (0.4%)
Mediachance DVD-lab	1 (0.4%)
DVD Maestro. It is no longer updated or sold(you may find it on ebay)	1 (0.4%)
Dazzle DVD Complete	1 (0.4%)
Sonic Scenarist	1 (0.4%)
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