Longer title, subtitle, and movie titles are
allowed in the menu, and support for special
characters was improved. More system fonts can be
used. MPEG files are now only checked when needed,
and the wizard layout has been improved.
Additional checks have been added to make sure the
user does not mix PAL and NTSC content or 16:9 and
4:3 video on one DVD.
The directory structure has been changed to be be
easier for distributors. A user can now customize
the DVDAuthor XML file. The possibility to skip
the beginning of thumbnail animation was added. A
"washout" effect was added to the menu
video-background. Responsiveness of the wizard was
improved. Creating a menu preview is much faster
now. A trailing slash problem was fixed. Several
other fixes were made.