Top 10 Free DVD Menu Creators to Burn DVD with Free Menu Templates

VobBlanker makes our list because it’s a great piece of software. However, it comes in at number ten because it’s not general use as a DVD creator. Instead, it’s more of a niche software – it’s great if your videos are in the VOB format. Most DVD creators have trouble with this specific format, which Is why you should use VobBlanker to deal with those types of files. It handles them well and will format them for DVD for you without any trouble.Of course, it includes a DVD menu create, which is essential for viewing your VOB files.

LiquidCD is a great little DVD creator freeware software. Like some of the others on this list, it would be a lot higher in our rankings if the developers paid more attention to and helped to fix some of the bugs that are in the software. However, LiquidCD is generally reliable, bugs aside, and it's also great for converting a wide variety of formats. Also, the DVD menu creation is intuitive and easy. In fact, it has one of the widest ranges of video file formats that it can work with of any software on this list. That’s a big plus for LiquidCD.

This DVD creator is useful if you’re a budding film maker. It includes a built-in editor which allows you to make changes to the video file itself. So if producing a movie, you can edit the length and chop and change different scenes, as well as pointing to different scenes with the menu creator. This is something really crucial that a lot of DVD creators could do with adding, because inevitably when we create our own video files, there’s the bit at the end where we fumble switching the camera on and then off again. Nobody really wants to see that, so it should be a possibility to get rid of those few first and last seconds. This creator allows you to do that.

Avi2DVD is a great DVD menu creator. It’s great specifically because the user interface has been designed with the beginner in mind. It has stability issues which is why we haven’t listed it higher on our list. That said, it can deal with a range of formats and is easy to use, so when it does work, it works really well. For that reason, it’s near the middle of our list.

DVD Styler is a particularly good choice if your DVD menus are really important. The reason is because unlike a lot of other creators on this list, the DVD Styler creator gives the option of using professional looking DVD menu templates. This is important because creating DVD menus can be tricky, and they don’t always look particularly great. DVD Styler gives you pre-made options which will mean that DVD menus look good no matter what your skill on a computer is.

Some of the other creators have better all-around capability, but this one wins for menus.

This is obviously not a good software choice if you don’t have a Mac iOS system. However, if you do, you could do worse than trying out this nifty little DVD creator – it includes fun little things like adding menus and animations and the like. These fun features are great for kids, and they’re also wrapped up in an easy to use software package. It’s no frills, but it gets the job done.

DeVeDe is an odd one. It does everything you need it to, and is available for any windows machine. There aren’t any bugs. It does what it needs to do solidly and without complaint. However, it doesn’t have any bells and whistles, things like more complex menus instead of the simple DVD menu creator it has, which would take it from a good software to a great software, which is a shame. Simple user interface and solid production can’t be complained about though, which is why this is high on our list.

Burn is unique software, which is what places it high on our list. It does everything that other DVD creators do, but has a single unique advantage – it allows for DVD’s to be created temporarily. Instead of burning the DVD or CD permanently, you can use it as a storage backup device like you would a memory card or memory stick, taking files off or adding them onto an existing DVD. This makes it indispensable as a backup system DVD creator. It also has a menu creation option, so you'll be able to access vidoes instantly. Of course, it’s only available for iOS, which is troubling.

WinX DVD Author is a great software. It’ll allow you to create DVD’s to a professional standard, with many different options for subtitles, menus and other features included. It does this without being complicated for the end user, which is a bonus. It only doesn’t top our list because it’s slightly more tricky to use than our top pick and also you’re out of luck if you’d like to use this win Mac iOS as your operating system.