Software Update: Dazzle DVD Complete

Version 2.5
Updates Now Available

IMPORTANT: You must select the Update that matches the edition, language and video format of your current version of DVD Complete. Please follow this update procedure to ensure that you download and install the appropriate update for your version of DVD Complete.
  1. Download and run the DVD Complete UpdateInfo utility on the computer on which DVD Complete is installed.
    Download Update Info Utility
  2. The UpdateInfo utility will display an information screen showing several important parameters of your installed version of DVD Complete. It will also provide you further instructions for downloading the newest DVD Complete update.


  3. Make sure that DVD Complete is closed.
  4. If your computer is connected to the Internet, click on the first button ("Click to download...") to begin downloading the appropriate update for your version of DVD Complete. Download the Update file (.exe) to a temporary location on your hard drive.
  5. If your computer is not connected to the internet, click on the bottom button ("Click for instructions about updating DVD Complete") for more additional instructions.
  6. After downloading the proper update file to your computer, double-click the file to install the Update.
Update Selector

If the computer on which DVD Complete is installed is not connected to the internet, you will have to select the appropriate update file for your version of DVD Complete.

  1. Follow the instructions above to download the UpdateInfo utility.
  2. Transfer the UpdateInfo utility to the computer where DVD Complete is installed, and then launch the utility.
  3. From the UpdateInfo utility information dialog box, note the Edition, Video Format and Language information.
  4. Using these three parameters, select and download the correct update file below:
Edition Video Format Language Update File
SE-B NTSC English Download
ESD PAL English Download


What's New in the latest Version of Dazzle DVD Complete...


Enhancements:

  • Switched to the GEAR Software CD/DVD burning engine.

  • Added ability to move and size thumbnails, text boxes, etc. in the Background mode of menu editing.

  • Added Motion Menu ability to Main Menus.

  • Added Menu Audio Fading.

  • Main Concept Autonomy.  The Retail, Standard, Express and SE-BB editions of DVD Complete are now independent of the Main Concept codec version used on the same system by Dazzle's Movie Star application.

  • Automatic conversion of MPEG1 and MPEG2 to the project’s Video Format setting.

  • Sample Media is now optional at installation.

  • Added Motion Background Video Looping enabling looping of background videos within the length of the motion menu, if shorter.

  • Added a link in the Start Menu to the Dazzle User Forum.

  • Added a Batch Encode Wizard for encoding multiple AVI files.

  • Redesigned Menu Properties workspace to flow more logically.

  • Now supports cropping of MPEG files similar to current support of cropping AVI files

  • Added ability to specify both DVD-compliant MPEG and AVI movies as menu backgrounds.

  • Added ability to save labels to a file for printing later from outside the DVD project.

  • Added a setting to the Print>Page Setup dialog for users to specify number of copies to print.

  • Enhanced the themes that previously did not support motion backgrounds to do so now.

  • Added a function to Project Menu which will delete all files associated with a project.  Displays a dialog listing all content, temporary and image files, and gives the user the option to delete each.

  • Added support for 352x240 slide shows when that is the context for the current DVD project. This will enable DVC-80 users to add slide shows to their projects.

  • Added support for Multi-DVD (up to 7) jacket labels.

  • Added support for Imation Sonix labels.

  • Added additional logging and changed format of the log file to html.

  • Updated LeadTool component to the latest version. (13.0.0.54)

  • Added ability to apply certain menu settings across all menus in a project.

  • Added hyperlink to the Dazzle User Forums in the Help menu

  • Added “Send DVD Complete Log…” option to the Help menu, for sending application log file to Dazzle’s technical support representatives.

  • Added feature to create additional text boxes on menus and labels.


Fixes:

  • Fixed problem caused by DVD Complete attempting to delete files and folders in DVD-Video directory in preparation for building a DVD image, when Windows Explorer is open to the DVD-Video directory.

  • Improved handling of imported MPEG program files when they contain skipped frames, overlapping/gapped audio, or time-code errors. The symptoms in such cases could include synch problems after import or mux failures during the DVD build process, often resulting in "Mux/Build" error messages.