6. Manuals And Software, Continued

The other interesting bit is clearly the decoder, and the Audio Editor supports decoding of your films in Dolby Digital EX and DTS-ES. In the Ulead software package, there's "DVD Player," which is none other than a player that reads (amongst other things) your DVDs, including commercial ones. Surround sound is provided by the Creative Labs card as always, so you have everything necessary to get the best results from your favorite films.

It's good to have a card which decodes the audio tracks of your DVDs! But you must configure it for best results...

Video Editor comes with a DVD player, which can play your creations but also films published in DVD format!

On the other hand, a look at the sound mixing desk leaves one a bit perplexed. It provides only one input control, common to line, microphone and video! Sure, mixing is possible using hardware - as the microphone level can be adjusted by a control on the front fascia - but this omission for a card at this level is curious to say the least. We'll talk about that in the performance section...

A bit strange to have a mixing desk where line, micro and video are only provided with a single control...

Two programs are provided with Video Editor specifically for video: VideoStudio 8 SE, as its name suggests, is a video editor that supports recording, digitizing and editing of your video: that's to say selecting the useful bits and getting rid of the rest - after which you can add titles and effects and change the audio track by adding music and commentary. To complete your video edit file, DVD MovieFactory is a tool that provides DVD recording control.