<s>
DVD	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
high-end	O
software	O
tool	O
published	O
by	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
to	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
DVD	O
masters	O
to	O
be	O
sent	O
out	O
for	O
replication	O
at	O
production	O
houses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
tight	O
integration	O
with	O
other	O
Apple	O
applications	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
take	O
Final	B-Application
Cut	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
and	O
Motion	B-Operating_System
projects	O
and	O
render	O
them	O
into	O
the	O
DVD	O
format	O
without	O
encoding	O
to	O
intermediary	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
bought	O
Astarte	O
's	O
DVDirector	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
re-releasing	O
it	O
as	O
DVD	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2003	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
DVD	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
2	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
3	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2005	O
,	O
Apple	O
updated	O
DVD	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
to	O
support	O
authoring	O
HD	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
4	O
allowed	O
for	O
the	O
burning	O
of	O
HD	B-Operating_System
DVD	I-Operating_System
content	O
to	O
both	O
standard	O
DVDs	O
and	O
HD	B-Operating_System
DVD	I-Operating_System
media	O
(	O
even	O
though	O
no	O
HD	B-Operating_System
DVD	I-Operating_System
burners	O
were	O
available	O
for	O
Macintosh	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
playing	O
back	O
HD	B-Operating_System
DVD	I-Operating_System
content	O
burned	O
to	O
a	O
standard	O
DVD	O
,	O
Apple	O
requires	O
a	O
PowerPC	B-General_Concept
G5	I-General_Concept
,	O
Apple	O
DVD	O
Player	O
v4.6	O
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
v10.4	I-Application
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
4	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
drop	O
support	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
Apple	O
stopped	O
offering	O
DVD	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
product	O
,	O
selling	O
it	O
only	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Final	B-Operating_System
Cut	I-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
4.0.3	O
update	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
upgrades	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
the	O
finalized	O
HD	B-Operating_System
DVD	I-Operating_System
1.0	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
4.2	O
update	O
,	O
which	O
shipped	O
with	O
the	O
Final	B-Operating_System
Cut	I-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
2	O
release	O
,	O
was	O
simply	O
a	O
compatibility	O
update	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
add	O
any	O
major	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
has	O
a	O
graphical	O
"	O
map	O
"	O
view	O
,	O
which	O
shows	O
all	O
the	O
menus	O
,	O
tracks	O
and	O
scripts	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
color-coded	O
tiles	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
connections	O
between	O
them	O
as	O
arrows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
photos	O
,	O
sounds	O
and	O
Motion	B-Operating_System
projects	O
)	O
are	O
imported	O
into	O
the	O
asset	O
manager	O
and	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
dragged	O
and	O
dropped	O
into	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
places	O
within	O
the	O
project	O
(	O
creating	O
a	O
link	O
to	O
the	O
asset	O
rather	O
than	O
duplicating	O
it	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
project	O
is	O
typically	O
sent	O
from	O
Final	B-Application
Cut	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
to	O
Compressor	B-Operating_System
,	O
where	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
converted	O
into	O
the	O
DVD	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
format	O
with	O
Dolby	O
Digital	O
(	O
ac3	O
)	O
or	O
AIFF	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Menus	O
with	O
motion	B-Operating_System
graphics	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
in	O
Motion	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
set	O
the	O
menu	O
's	O
loop	O
point	O
in	O
either	O
Motion	B-Operating_System
or	O
DVD	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
;	O
likewise	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
define	O
chapters	O
within	O
either	O
Final	B-Application
Cut	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
or	O
DVD	B-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Format	O
"	O
function	O
takes	O
this	O
directory	O
and	O
writes	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
disc	O
or	O
disk	B-Application
image	I-Application
.	O
</s>
