Up until the release of Nero 9 there was little difference between Nero and Roxio's comparable product, Creator 2010. In fact Creator 2010 is a very good DVD program.

DVD Software

So, if you are looking for the best DVD software you would be looking for a product that covers all of those functions. In fact there are only two products currently on the market that do cover these features fully and well.

The Best DVD Software

This is a list (probably not complete!) of the features that should be present in good general purpose DVD Software:

Nero 9 and Roxio Creator 2010

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•	DVD Burning. The ability to burn both data and video DVDs including the creation of the correct file structures and menus.
•	DVD Copying (Ripping). The ability to copy any DVD (taking into consideration the legal points!) for the purpose of back up and archiving or further manipulation.
•	DVD Conversion. The ability to take the extracted DVD files and change them into different formats for use on computers, handheld devices or uploading on to the internet.
•	DVD Authoring. The ability to take video files and projects and correctly prepare them for burning on to a DVD. Also to create simple or complex DVD menus for those video projects.
•	DVD Editing. Although a slight misnomer this would be the ability to take the existing video files from a DVD and re-edit those files prior to burning back to another DVD.
•	DVD Data Recovery and DVD Repair. The ability to correct or recover from a range of errors generally encountered with DVDs such as unfinalized DVDs, DVDs with data corruption or damaged DVDs. Actions described on this page DVD Disc Repair.
•	Merging or Combining DVDs.*(See special note below.) The ability to take the contents of two or more DVDs and combine them on to a final DVD excluding those features or contents that you do not want. An example of this would be recording your favorite TV show and later cutting out all the unwanted bits to create a DVD.
•	DVD Playback. I don't think I have to explain this one.

However with the release of Nero 9 that changed. Nero 8 previously held a very slight advantage to Roxio Creator 2010 because of some little known data recovery features hidden deep within Nero. You can see some of those on the DVD Disc Repair pages of this site.

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* Merging or combining DVDs can fall under two categories. First, it can as described above, simply taking bits and pieces of two or more DVDs and combining them into one. The second scenario is specific to merging or combining two, three or more DVDs into one full DVD but at the same time retaining the original menus and quality. You can read about specialist software for that here: Merge DVDs.

To give you an indication of just how much more effective Nero 9 has become, last year I had 7 separate types of DVD software on my computer for various purposes. Now I have Nero 9 and two others...that's it.

If you like you can read a full side by side comparison of Roxio Creator 2010 and Nero 9 on this page: DVD Burning Software.

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At the end of the day if you want superior disc recovery and disc error correction capabilities then Nero 9 is the one for you. On the other hand if you prefer better image manipulation qualities then Roxio Creator 2010 is for you.

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