Advice on DVD Authoring

Hello friends!

I apologize if I'm slightly off-topic here... but I could certainly use some advice.

I use a 3-4 year old Samsung DVD recorder to record onto DVD-RW discs in DVD-V or DVD-VR format. I record programs or sporting events from cable or DirecTV and I sometimes want to archive them onto DVD-R to keep for future viewing.

I'd LOVE some good advice on DVD authoring software to make this job quick and easy for me. I already have the excellent VideoReDo Plus software which I purchased to help with this task. This software allows one to directly edit MPEG (or .VOB, etc.) files without first converting them to another format. I don't know how it works, but it does an excellent job! It also has some other useful features but does not include DVD authoring. I have an OEM version of an older Nero product, but not all of the features work with my burner because the software is an OEM version and came with a Sony burner (which is not what I have in my machine).

I'm willing to spend a little money (as little as possible, but enough to get the job done) to get something that will do what I want it to and will make it painless for me.

Any help and advice is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Rob
Lynn Haven, FL

Hi all,

Just wanted to give thanks to you three that offered helpful comments. I'll definitely keep those in mind.

I especially appreciate the advice on "VideoReDo TV Suite" from Arciervo. I didn't know of such a thing and I like the idea of building on what I already have (VideoReDo Plus).

Since Rdgrimes and Semaphoric have high praise for "TMPGEnc DVD Author"... does anyone have any further advise or opinion to say one is better than the other?

Like I said, I'd love to keep what I have and simply add the features I need. But if TMPGEnc is better, easier, faster, etc... then I'd have to think long and hard about making the switch. From what I see during a brief look online, it looks like the main advantage to TMPGEnc is the ability to use more file formats (.avi, etc.) as source material. I believe VRDTVS only accepts various types of compressed video (.mpeg .vob, etc.). Although I previously mentioned that editing material recorded from TV to DVD is my main concern, I also want an easy way to edit and author these home movies from my MiniDV. So would that be reasons enough to go with TMPGEnc?

Thanks again all!
Rob

And to you panasonicman06... I don't know if your joke went over my head, but to me it just sounds like you must think I'm someone else. I, of course, understand the NP reference, but the rest completely loses me. Please let me in on the humor so I'll know you're not just some sort of misguided nincompoop!