DVDStyler for Mac

User Reviews

• really not worth the trouble

  t045tMay 15, 2014

  Pros

  it's free.

  Cons

  you can't actually burn a dvd

  Summary

  as other users have said, doesn't really make a dvd. i had an easy time using the editor to go through the creation process. looks nice and easy to use, but when i went to burn the disc it wouldn't work. i will try 2.2. easy enough to google.

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• Mac version does not work

  chrischramJanuary 22, 2013

  Pros

  It's free Get version 2.2

  Cons

  Fails or crashes

  Summary

  DVDStyler 2.3.5 The developer of this app has a very spotty record of building a version that works properly under OS X. The Windows version of DVDStyler 2.3.5 came out about four weeks ago and it took until now for him to release a Mac version. And guess what, the Mac version doesn't work. (If you want to try this app out, look for version 2.2. It was released in the spring of 2012, and it DOES work.) I tried running this app on two very different Macs. In an old 32-bit iMac running Snow Leopard, the app goes through its paces, and fails when it tries to write its .iso file. (Two tries, two failures.) On a fairly new 64-bit iMac running Mountain Lion, the app just plain crashes when I try to add a second video file to the menu. Being built for multiple hardware platforms, the user interface tends to be pretty non-Mac-like, but one can eventually get used to it. It's one of the few DVD creator apps I've found that can actually produce a 16x9 aspect ratio DVD that will play properly on a stand-alone DVD player. And it's free, to boot. But I repeat. This version does not work. Find version 2.2.

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• DVDStyler offers much and does the job!

  RRingolangley2012September 21, 2012

  Pros

  Flexible environment for creating DVD menus. 1. Can modify colors, add backgrounds and more. 2. Can determine the path to what happens pre and post for a movie. 3. Can add text, change fonts and colors.

  Cons

  1. Currently Ver 2.2 is the only on that have found which works on LION OS/X. I do nor know about Snow Leopard or Mountain Lion at this time. 2. The bitrate you chose for videos if using VLC can be an issue with adding the video and the size of the DVD. 3. The preview doesn't work if you don'y have Xine and Xine is not supported for Lion but VLC is so you have to change the code in preferences. 4. My testing and use has seen some crashed but solely due to errors encountered with things like button location, or attempting to go beyong the DVD capacity. Once you are in the requirements it runs like a charm.

  Summary

  I tested this application and made several DVD's with great success. The keys to doing this are: 1. Make sure your buttons are centered and not out of the view which will trigger a coordinate error. 2. Ensure that all videos are recognized by the image you seen on the thumbnail. If there is no image, chances are that it will err out. 3. Burn without preview and not to DVD to test the processing out first then burn. 4.Use short audio for menus as this adds time to the burn. 5.Save your work routinely as a precaution before you test the burn. For the most part I have not lost my work but one crash is all it can take. All in all this is a great app!

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• DVDStyler v2.2 for Mac

  John_F_ByersSeptember 15, 2012

  Pros

  Burns nicely but V2.3 doesn't work right while v2.2 does.

  Cons

  Can't burn silent movies as it looks for a codec which doesn't exist Also, sine xine won't work in LION you cannot preview.

  Summary

  I like it but it is challenging.

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• Found an unsatisfactory workaround

  beekhaySeptember 7, 2012

  Pros

  After a couple of fails to author a DVD directly I used DVD Styler to make an ISO and then burned that ISO to DVD using Mac OSX Disk Utility. Worked!

  Cons

  Workaround requires the additional process of burning the ISO after DVD styler makes it.... hassle!

  Summary

  Will continue to look for a working DVD authoring app

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• Can do one thing right if you can keep it from crashing

  chrischramMay 10, 2012

  Pros

  Can produce a DVD where the menus display properly when played through a regular DVD player, something the Chinese clones-of-each-other at the App Store can't seem to manage.

  Cons

  What everyone else said? I can add no more.

  Summary

  If you can keep this application from crashing, and you must be very gentle with it for that to happen, you can produce a DVD whose menus will display properly on a normal DVD player. I've had trouble with any DVD creator besides iDVD being able to do this simple task. I'm looking for a replacement for iDVD, which is getting creakier and creakier as time passes. This app isn't it. As a sanity check I loaded up the Linux version of this app, and it crashes a lot more than the Mac Version

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• Crashes as soon as you try to open a file!

  Stacy DavisApril 21, 2012

  Pros

  Can't open to find out.

  Cons

  Crashes immediately.

  Summary

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• again, crashing under 10.6.8

  frank.guillaumeDecember 18, 2011

  Pros

  nothing to report

  Cons

  like the previous versions (since 1.8.3) crash when adding a video file. Again, I go back to the 1.8.2.1 version.

  Summary

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• Instant crash

  cljohnston108December 13, 2011

  Pros

  Nothing positive to report.

  Cons

  Tried to run it, but got an instant crash. Dev website doesn't even say what OS's it works under. Won't run under 10.5.8, that's for sure!

  Summary

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• Doesn't work at all

  vincentbobbyApril 15, 2011

  Pros

  there is no advantage to using this at all, if U have mac OS 10.4.11 it doesn't work at all

  Cons

  Tried everything I know to get it to wrk and even downloaded 3 different times. Since there is no one to contact I can't use it at all so as far as I'm concerned it's useless

  Summary

  wasted alot of time for nothing

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