Gerhard - Thanks for the info. Toast looks like it may be an acceptable alternative to iDVD, and it's price is in my range, but I'm not ready to purchase it yet. Still trying a few other things. - Robert On Oct 26, 2004, at 18:37, Gerhard Kuhn wrote: > Toast 6 is able to author video DVDs but the menus are pretty basic > and ugly. If you have Toast 5 you can copy a DVD you previously made > or burn an image that you created with another program. > > Gerhard > > On Oct 26, 2004, at 8:17 PM, Robert L. Vaessen wrote: > >> I agree with your assessment of ffmpegx. But still, it is free (for >> evaluation). I'm still curious, I haven't found an answer to a >> question about Toast. Will toast do authoring, encoding of DVD >> project? Or, is it only for burning data that is ready for disc? >> >> What is the input to Toast? >> >> - Robert