ConvertXtoDVD's compact console holds a tree view, a small but effective preview window, and a Convert button, as well as a menu bar, log view, and a suite of control icons. The other half of the program's interface consists of a properties dialog with three rows of tabs for configuring everything from background skins to chapter headings. Briefly, we started a new project by adding video files; selecting a working directory, project priority, formats, and other parameters; and pressing Convert. The program displayed our video in the preview window, sped up by the conversion process, and automatically burned a perfectly functional DVD. Next we skipped the disk burning, opting instead to open the program's working folder. We opened our converted video in our favorite media player and were pleased to see a DVD-like main menu with a play button and chapter selections, just like a DVD copied to our hard drive. The saved video played like any DVD, chapters and all.more