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SimpleMovieX - 3.9.1

Lightweight video editor: AVI, MPEG, MOV, MP4.

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All Time:	(3.4)
Version 3.9.1:	(2.0)
Selected Version:	3.9.1
Release Date:	2009-08-11
License:	Shareware
Downloads (version 3.9.1):	810
Downloads (all versions):	43,797
Price:	$39.00

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Product Description:

The tool of choice for casual movie editing.

Natively* supports AVI and MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4
Chapters and Split
Create iPod/iPhone files with chapter markers
Support of very big files (> 4GB for MPEG and AVI)
Batch Export
Audio Waveform and resynchronization
Support for Google Video gvi files and Internet downloads
Friendly

* Natively means that you can open, edit and save in a breeze, without reencoding. Just what QuickTime Pro does for mov, SimpleMovieX also does for AVI and MPEG.

What's new in this version:

Built-in Metadata editor, to tag your movies directly inside SimpleMovieX.
Delete whole Chapter. (not just the marker, also the footage)
Chapter markers at beginning of MP4 and MOV movies are now optional. You can also specify the chapter name in Preferences.
Movie loading is faster.
Saving in AVI format doesn't work fine with Perian codec, version 1.1.3 (but works with version 1.0). Fixed.
In multi-language movies, saving in AVI doesn't always saves the selected audio track. Fixed.
Cannot move frame by frame, backwards, when on the last frame of a movie. Fixed.
Search pane displays only part of the movie, or doesn't refresh correctly. Fixed.
When you cut a very short segment of a long MP4 file, saving sometimes fails. Fixed.
When you merge movies containing chapters with others without chapters, the video tracks would remain separated, thus preventing native saving in MP4 or AVI formats. Fixed.
Merging by droping several movies into a document creates a chapters at time t=0 even if there is already one present. Fixed.
Full screen playback now longer displays lateral strips.
Use slash / character inside a file name will cause saving to fail. Now this character is no longer accepted, for your own good...
Crash when opening a mov file with multiple references inside a same track. Fixed.
DV PAL movies are now resized to 768x576, respecting native vertical resolution.
Merging by droping several movies could be halted by warning messages. Fixed.
The files that SimpleMovieX opens remained locked until the application quits (preventing deletion from Trash, even if document has been closed). Fixed.
Using a file name several times for saving during a SimpleMovieX session would cause confusion. Fixed.
Saving of MP4 files over 4GB in size, or containing RTP tracks, would fail due to size check error. Fixed.
When Cut actions are used while a chapter name is being edited, it gives unexpected result. Fixed.
"Add to Movie" and "Add to Selection & Scale" does Paste instead of Add, under certains conditions. Fixed.
In Audio Sync pane, the numeric field is only active when you click on it. Sometimes the comma and decimal separator were wrongly interpreted. Fixed.
Table with list of movies in batch export window is clipped when saving starts. Fixed.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Feedback Summary:

Version 3.9.1:
Overall Rating:	(2.0)	Features:	(3.0)	Support:	(2.0)
Ease of Use:	(2.0)	Quality / Stability:	(1.0)	Price:	(1.0)

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Warning -- this program installs something... - Version: 3.9.2, 11/14/2009 01:45PM PST

trev7773

This program installs something on your computer that keeps track of how many times you've tried it. I tried this program today, not remembering I had tried it several months ago, and it let me know I had now used it twice. Trashing the program does not remove the tracking thing, whatever it is. Does anyone know what it's called so I can find and delete it?

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SimpleMovieX still has a major problem with AVIs - Version: 3.9.1, 8/14/2009 05:42AM PST

jguentert

I tried SimpleMovieX several times but there is still a major problem for me (and I guess many other users) - and I never got any response by the developers:

I'm using an online TV recorder (save.tv) which saves videos as AVIs (DIVX).

In the past I've cut out commercials of those AVIs with VirtualDub, a free Windows application (http://www.virtualdub.org) via Parallels Desktop on my Mac.

Native Editing with VirtualDub works perfect. I am viewing the edited videos on my Playstation 3 without any problems.

Now - since I'm using a Mac - I've tried the recent version of SimpleMovieX. While I can cut and save those AVIs (DIVX) with SimpleMovieX (respecting the editing points = keyframe restriction) like with VirtualDub - and also view them on my Mac - showing those videos edited with SimpleMovieX on my Playstation 3 doesn't work: The movie and the sound are playing too fast and frames are jumping.

While I've read what has been published about the AVI format I have to stick to it since it's what I get from save.tv - and I don't want to loose quality and time by re-encoding the videos.

So since loss-less cutting of AVIs (DIVX) is possible VirtualDub I cannot understand why it shouldn't be possible with SimpleMovieX.

I really would like to buy SimpleMovieX if it worked for me.

Perfect for the job i needed it to do. - Version: 3.6.3, 6/1/2008 11:32AM PST

The Gizzle

I bought this just to add chapter markers to my apple TV and iphone video files.
This great little app allowed me to add chapter markers to video files i already had in itunes.
With its great UI, I was able to do this quickly, easily and safely.
No over the top bells and whistles, just a clean and robust little app.
This app does things that quicktime just doesn't do. Well worth the price.