Steve,

I suggest that you go to EBAY and buy a older version of Pinnacle Studio
(version 8+) and use that. It should be cheaper now that 9 is out. I use
Studio 8 and find it easy as pie to use. Pinnnacle's Studio software is
great but is for making movies. Nero is primarily for burning movies. I
have looked at others like Adobe Premier (which is complicated and
difficult to use) and find Studio the best. I made a one hour movie from my
cam corder trip stuff; added transitions, titles, fades, a musical score,
etc, with no problems at all. Splicing (editing) is especially easy. It
took about four hours to make and looks like a semi-professional product.

If you just want to duplicate, get either Nero or Easy CD/DVD creator. They
are the best for that.

J. Dent




At 01:41 PM 4/27/2004, you wrote:
>I have just ordered a DVD R/RW drive (NEC 2500A) and am now in the market
>for suitable software. Is anyone familiar with Gear DVD burner software?
>Pinnacle ver.9 got lackluster reviews and I hear of problems with Nero. I'm
>not looking to make feature films, just copy home video to disc. Any advice
>will be appreciated.
>Steve Leonard
>Malden, MA
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