Creating a homemade DVD can be a fun experience for many computer users.

However, the disturbing bit usually comes in when you have to peep into your pockets to tell whether you can purchase a DVD authoring application so as to work on a single project.

Additionally, many of the advanced DVD authoring applications usually come with thousands of tools for DVD authoring, something which new users cannot easily understand.

WinX DVD Author is a free app that helps you to come up with DVDs without frequently flipping through the manuals to determine which button does a certain function.

It is simple, yet visually appealing since everything has been laid out in a neat and organized manner.

From the main interface, a user can choose whether to author a DVD, convert various video files into the VOB format, or compile VOB files into a DVD and burn them to an optical disc.

The DVD authoring option lets you create your own custom-made DVDs with interactive menus and cool backgrounds.

Users will first have to add the video files that they wish to compile, edit features of these videos such as:

- Starting and ending points of the video files

- Choose between widescreen and standard format

The menu creator, on the other hand, lets you choose a suitable background image for your DVD and background music as well.

After the user is through with all these configurations, WinX DVD author will begin converting the video files into VOB format and then burn them to a disc.

Pros

- It has an attractive user interface

- It is very easy to use unlike advanced DVD authoring applications

- The app is freely available for download on the internet

Cons

- WinX DVD author lacks advanced editing options

- There are some video formats that can’t be handled by the application