DVD Authoring

Examine the landscape of DVD authoring services out there today, and you'll find that you are forced to make a choice between two extremes: expensive top-of-the-line authoring or a fly-by-night DVD transfer service. However, if you're like most people, your project has requirements somewhere in between those two extremes.

DVD-Video is complex format that brings together an array of technologies and media, and each project demands a custom application of these. Bring your DVD project to Mr. Toad's and we'll first identify the best way to create your DVD within your budget. We can call on our Video Production, Graphics, Audio Recording and Audio Mastering departments as needed to provide exactly the set of services required.

DVD Authoring means creating a DVD master, from which you can make copies. At the most basic level, a DVD master can be created by simply transferring your existing video into the DVD format:

Up to 60 minutes	$349	1 tape
Up to 120 minutes	$449	2 tapes
Up to 180 minutes	$599	3 tapes

At this level, we'll include a single menu, up to 10 track points, and a single DVD-R.

Need more than that? Great! We offer you all of the DVD-Video format's features, including multiple audio streams and 5.1 surround, multiple video streams, subtitles, complex menu structures, DVD@cess, and even custom-scripting. We'll include services on an as-needed basis, to make your DVD perfect within your budget.

While DVD-Video is a complex and powerful format, it can be surprisingly inflexible and strict. We understand that the key to a great DVD is knowing the guidelines of the format and planning the project properly -- contact us early so we can help you design a DVD that will work and look great while avoiding costly and time-consuming mistakes.

If your needs extend beyond basic authoring at any point, we'll be there to help you. Need just a bit of video editing to make things right? Need some audio editing or sweetening? We can help, and we won't charge you an arm and a leg. We can keep your project under the watchful guidance of the same team -- you and us -- for its entire development. You can have confidence that if a complication arises during the process (and you can almost count on it with this multimedia stuff) Mr. Toad's can devise and implement an effective solution.

Once you have your master authored, we have an unbeatable range of DVD duplication, replication, and packaging services available to finish the project right.