I have used CloneDVD for years, and it is my favorite software of the type. However, the one thing that I wish that it had was the ability to resize the video, WHILE KEEPING THE MENUS. There are ways to do this manually, of course, but editing IFOs is extremely tedious. I have looked for other software that will do this, but cannot find it in a price that I am willing to pay for. I have found a couple EXTREMELY expensive dvd authoring applications, but they are way out of my price range.
Why would this be good? Many reasons, but one for example: You could start out with a 4+ hour dvd-9, resize it to Half-D1 or one of the other standard dvd resolutions and easily fit it on a DVD-5 with extremely little loss of quality. In my opinion, there isn't much difference between VCD and DVD on a standard non-HD CRT TV, and resizing the video would dramatically increase the productivity ability of your software. Even if it couldn't be implemented in CloneDVD and were to be a separate application, it would still be great to have this feature.
DVD has several standard sizes, and you could also use this to change from NTSC to PAL (or vice sersa) by adding a black border around the frames or by cropping.
DVD has 8 standard sizes to choose from, and I personally think it's a shame that most software doesn't allow you to convert between them.
Standard DVD Resolutions
PAL
720 x 576 Full-D1
704 x 576
352 x 576 Half-D1 (Same as CVD)
352 x 288 Quarter-D1 (Same as VCD)
NTSC
720 x 480 Full-D1
704 x 480
352 x 480 Half-D1 (Same as CVD)
352 x 240 Quarter-D1 (Same as VCD)
Why would this be good? Many reasons, but one for example: You could start out with a 4+ hour dvd-9, resize it to Half-D1 or one of the other standard dvd resolutions and easily fit it on a DVD-5 with extremely little loss of quality. In my opinion, there isn't much difference between VCD and DVD on a standard non-HD CRT TV, and resizing the video would dramatically increase the productivity ability of your software. Even if it couldn't be implemented in CloneDVD and were to be a separate application, it would still be great to have this feature.
DVD has several standard sizes, and you could also use this to change from NTSC to PAL (or vice sersa) by adding a black border around the frames or by cropping.
DVD has 8 standard sizes to choose from, and I personally think it's a shame that most software doesn't allow you to convert between them.
Standard DVD Resolutions
PAL
720 x 576 Full-D1
704 x 576
352 x 576 Half-D1 (Same as CVD)
352 x 288 Quarter-D1 (Same as VCD)
NTSC
720 x 480 Full-D1
704 x 480
352 x 480 Half-D1 (Same as CVD)
352 x 240 Quarter-D1 (Same as VCD)