Video capabilities  Accommodates up to 99 video tracks in a project  Includes up to nine angles per track  Allows for chapter markers within tracks to facilitate jumping directly to various points in a DVD  Contains multistory feature to create alternate versions Audio capabilities  Allows up to eight audio streams per video track  Supports a range of streams from mono to 5.1 surround sound  Accepts MPEG audio, PCM audio, and AC-3 streams  Allows marking of audio streams with a language for automatic selection by DVD players Menus and interactivity  Supports unlimited menus with up to 36 buttons per menu  Allows making still menus and buttons from layered Photoshop files  Allows making motion menus from video streams  Permits buttons to be placed over video tracks  Inserts web links in any part of the DVD using DVD@CCESS (for computer playback only) Testing and verification  Built-in preview function emulates DVD functionality  Included Apple DVD Player application plays completed projects directly from your hard disk

MPEG encoding  Includes MPEG Encoder software plug-in for all QuickTime-savvy video applications  Encodes high-quality MPEG-2 format  Supports both PAL and NTSC formats  Supports 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios  Accepts MPEG streams from other encoders Dolby Digital encoding  Fully supports Dolby Digital AC-3 format  Accepts QuickTime (single- or multichannel), AIFF, Sound Designer and WAVE format sound files for encoding  Supports all channel formats from mono to 5.1 surround sound

Output formats  DVD-R using Apple DVD-R drive or Pioneer S-201 recorder  DVD-RAM  DLT tape (required for DVD-9 projects) System Requirements  Power Mac G4 computer with Apple-supplied AGP graphics card and DVD drive (configuration must support Apple DVD Player 2.0 or later)  Mac OS 9.0.4 or 9.1  QuickTime 4.1 or later  Display with 1024-by-768-pixel resolution or higher (1280-by-1024-pixel resolution recommended)  128MB of RAM (192MB recommended)  12GB hard disk for project files (20GB for DVD-5 projects)  Video and audio source material in QuickTime or MPEG format (for Dolby encoding, sound files in QuickTime, AIFF, Sound Designer or WAVE formats)  Graphics editing application for creating menu graphics and overlays (Adobe Photoshop 4.0 or later recommended) Recommended  DVD-R or DLT drive for writing finished projects Compatible DVD players  A partial list of compatible consumer DVD players can be found here. This compatabilty only pertains to Apple branded DVD-R media. Projects that are sent to duplication houses should be 100% compatable with all players.