DESCRIPTION
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AVStoDVD is a flexible tool to convert various media formats to DVD compliant streams and burn them into a highly compatible multiple tracks DVD with customizable menus.
Features:

·    Video and Audio editing using AviSynth.
·    Video encoding using QuEnc/HCEnc/ReJig/FFmpeg.
·    Audio encoding using QuEnc/FFmpeg/Wavi/Aften. Multiple Audio tracks are supported.
·    Subtitles encoding using SubtitlesCreator.
·    DVD Authoring using MuxMan/BatchMux.
·    ISO Image Building and DVD Burning using ImgBurn.
·    Internal DVD Menu Editor with customizable menus.


HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
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·    1 GHz CPU or more
·    10GB Hard Disk or more
·    1GB RAM or more
·    DVD Burner Drive


SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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·    Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista (runs with Windows 95/98/Me but 100% functionality is not guaranteed)
·    Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher
·    AviSynth 2.5.7 or higher (AviSynth 2.5.8 is included in the installer)
·    DirectShow codecs/filters needed to play media files to convert (I suggest FFDShow http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/)
 

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
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Anne "MrsC" G. for her support and patience
Massimiliano "Bubuz" B. / Massimo "Briareos" G. / Andrea "Entreri" B. for their suggestions and debugging
Luca "Jaco" J. for his suggestions and graphical support
8ternity and OAKSide for their graphical support (Splash Screen and Icons)
All guys from Doom9 Forums (.org and .it) who helped AVStoDVD development


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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I would like to thank all the following great guys. They are true programmers!

·    Justin Ruggles and Prakash Punnoor for Aften
·    the AviSynth Team for AviSynth
·    Christophe Paris, David Leatherdale, int21h, Moitah for Avs2Avi
·    Sir Didymus for BatchMux
·    Donald A. Graft for DGPulldown and DGIndex
·    FFmpeg Team (http://ffmpeg.org) for FFmpeg
·    Hank315 for HCenc
·    LIGHTNING UK! for ImgBurn
·    Zenitram for MediaInfo
·    MPUCoder for MuxMan
·    Jsoto for PgcDemux
·    Nic & DGZ for QuEnc and ReJig
·    Erik Vullings for SubtitleCreator
·    Gabest for VobSub
·    Tamas Kurucsai for Wavi
·    IanB, mikeytown2, Gavino, Myrsloik, Stickboy, Donald A. Graft, Tritical, Wilbert (Doom9 forum guys) for AviSynth plugins and functions


OPEN ISSUES
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·    FFmpeg fails to mux WAV audio: output MPG file has the audio track messed up
·    QuEnc crashes on Pentium4 HT systems when multithread option is ON


CONTACT
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To get more information about AVStoDVD, visit AVStoDVD HomePage (http://sites.google.com/site/avstodvdmain/) or SouceForge WebPage (http://sourceforge.net/projects/avstodvd).

Please send any comments and suggestions to: avstodvd@gmail.com

AVStoDVD is always in development, and despite my testing, bugs are probably plenty in numbers. If you encounter any, please send me an email describing how to reproduce the bug (if you can) and the exact error message AVStoDVD reported, if any. Sending attachments of log files produced by AVStoDVD is also very helpful.