PgcEdit 9.3

The first thing you need to know is what the PgcEdit application can do for you. In some cases the functionality an application provides is quite obvious from its name. When you come across an application called Something Something Video Converter, you immediately realize what that application can do – convert videos from one format to another.

In PgcEdit’s case, the functionality this application provides is not immediately obvious from its name. That is why I am going to spell it out for you: PgcEdit is a DVD IFO and Menu editor designed to allow the modification of the navigation commands and parameters of an already authored DVD structure.

To better put things in perspective, here is the sort of functionality you can expect to get from PgcEdit:
- Modify almost all of the information contained in DVD IFO files
- Functions to simplify a DVD (like removing useless PGCs and commands, converting useless menus to dummies, and so on)
- Burn a double layer DVD with an interactive interface
- The only editing limitations are those imposed by the DVD standard.
- PGC Editor to change stream assignments, subtitle colors, the chapter table, cell and PGC still times, the cell flags, VOB/Cell IDs and so on.
- You can also author a DVD from scratch.

Before you get PgcEdit and put it to the test, there are some technical bits and pieces you should know about. These technical bits and pieces:
Download – the download weighs in at some 4.6MB, which isn’t very much. On a high-speed internet connection the download will complete in no time at all. To my mind, not having to wait a long time for a download to complete is always nice.
Installation – you do not have to install a thing. Simply extract the contents of the archive you downloaded, then run the PgcEdit executable. PgcEdit should work just fine with all versions of the Microsoft-developed Windows operating system.
Limitations – you can use PgcEdit free of charge for as long as you want, but you will have to contend with some annoying nag screens. To get rid of the nag screens you need only make a donation of at least $15 to the application’s developer.

Pros

• Lets you modify DVD menus and just about all the info in DVD IFO files
• Nice, easy to figure out interface
• Can be used free of charge
• Author DVDs from scratch

Cons

• Nag screens

Additional details about PgcEdit are available here.

PgcEdit has been reviewed by George Norman on 16 Aug 2010. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated PgcEdit 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent