DVDPlanner has been designed to be an advanced DVD Authoring package. It operates on a simple drag & drop of the tracks onto the PGC or Program created in the database.
Main Features:
Upto 8 Audio Channels (2 in Basic version)
AC3 (Dolby Digital) upto 5.1
DTS (768 and 1536Kbps) upto 5.1 (Pro version only)
Linear PCM (in a WAV container)
Upto 32 substreams (4 in basic version)
Script support - DVDPlanner supports its' own proprietary .dpp format and Scenarist .scp files
Upto 32 substreams can be used. Imported as individual subpictures via script or as .sst file (4 in basic version)
Viewing of subpictures and auto-resize. Any size and bit-depth. Reposition subpicture from within the GUI
Menu and BOV highlight information
Stills and slideshows
Chapter support inc slideshow chapters
Multi-file video and audio files
Ability to specify the Audio and Subpicture stream IDs to be used in the VOB files - and also the mapping of each ID to track in the PGC
Upto 99 VTS
Multiple menu languages
VMI command generator built into the GUI - for pre/post/cell commands - upto 128 per PGC (24 in BASIC)
Upto 32767 tracks (4 in BASIC)
UOP control at the Cell and PGC level (plus UOP0 and UOP1 at the Title level)
Wizard feature that includes automatic menu generation
Trackviewer
Menu generator from within the track viewer for creating proper menus
Built in I frame encoder for converting bitmap files