Start-to-finish support for DVD creation is just part of what makes AuthorScript an ideal solution for developers seeking to add DVD support to their applications. AuthorScript also offers many other valuable benefits and advantages.

Automated DVD and CD Creation

AuthorScript is a family of automatic and easy-to-integrate DVD and CD authoring, burning and playback engines appropriate for applications in a 2-foot (PC) or 10-foot (living room set top box) viewing environment.

Powerful DVD specification support

The AuthorScript engine implements almost every feature of the entire DVD specification, features that have made DVD-Video the fastest-growing consumer electronics format of all time. The engine supports all video and audio formats allowed by the specification, plus anamorphic widescreen video, motion menus, multiple audio streams, multiple video angles, subpicture overlays, DVD command language, UOP control and much more.

Proven compatibility

With AuthorScript you get the highest possible level of compatibility, provided with no additional effort on the part of the application developer. The AuthorScript engine is mature and proven, having been used in the creation of tens of thousands of DVD titles, including many best-selling Hollywood movies.

To ensure compatibility - from the oldest DVD players to the newest, and from PC software players to DVD-based game consoles - Sonic performs extensive quality assurance both on AuthorScript and on the discs it produces. Sonic also works with all major DVD player manufacturers to ensure playback compatibility, including tuning the AuthorScript engine to work around problematic player behavior.

OpenDVD specification support

Applications using AuthorScript support the new OpenDVD specification. Open DVD™ is the easiest way to create DVD titles that can be re-edited, revised, and changed over time. With rewritable formats, the changes can even be written back to the same disc. This groundbreaking capability opens a whole new realm of possibilities for the DVD-Video format, giving consumers a versatile way to preserve, update, and share their video and audio.

Flexible Encoding

Sonic's plug-in encoder architecture gives developers the freedom to choose from various software and hardware encoding solutions. Developers without an encoder may use Sonic's real time encoding module, or they may separately license a compatible third-party encoder. Developers with their own encoder can easily modify it to plug into AuthorScript.

Trusted by industry leaders

Dozens of leading software companies, including Microsoft, Adobe, and Avid, have already staked their reputations on the AuthorScript API. Sonic's dedicated AuthorScript engineers and support personnel are committed to ensuring that the AuthorScript API delivers the performance and reliability these licensees demand, and to making it as easy as possible for additional developers to integrate DVD authoring into their applications.