big 3 advantages?

I used to use the big 3 method until i found DVDRebuilder Pro. I'm trying to figure out the practical advantages of the big 3 method vs dvdrb pro besides it being a lot more fun.

So.. why do you guys still use this method?

matva,

it is my experience that these threads can easily degenerate into flame wars, and who needs that?

i have many reasons why i pefer the big 3 method over dvd rebuilder, which is why i am still a frequent user of these apps, help moderate the forum, and support the developers of these programs.

personally i prefer having greater manual control and in doing so, learn a little more about the process that is involved in commercial dvd production, so i can use these skills in 'home' projects.

i have also never had a standalone player complain about any discs i have authored (re-authored) using scenarist and/or muxman, and coupled with the excellent (visual) results, i couldnt ask for anything more.

cheers
j

I absolutely have to second Jel on the flaming part and if this thread goes anywhere near that it will be closed inmediately of course.

Personally I have been doing the big3 process for a very long time now so it kind of grew on me. I'm so familiar with all the ins and outs that I never really considered using anything else. All the authors and mods have become friends and I just enjoy doing it this way.

From a practical point of view: both methods do what you want, create a high quality backup. If I have to name a couple of advantages: standard menu reencoding support, encoding by pgc (which I prefer above cell encoding, but that's just personal), possibility to change some things along the way (replace/add subs, change colors etc). I also like the fact that using this process teached me an incredible amount about dvd structure etc. Something you won't learn with RB (but if you only care about getting a backup done, who cares )

SOme advantages of RB are clearly the ease of use for less experienced users, no need for external authoring packages, all functions in one app, batch process possibility.

Bottom line for me: both methods can give you very good results (and very poor if you don't know what you're doing), just use what suits you best