SimpleMovieX
Lightweight video editor: AVI, MPEG, MOV, MP4.
Version: 3.9.2
Sorta works.....sorta doesn't work....sorta hard to try
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: one_won Tuesday, April 18 2006 @ 06:58 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
Well this app does some of the things it claims, but others are 'missing in action'. The biggest plus is yes you can actually join and SAVE AS.. two or more mpgs via copy and paste with the audio coming out the other end along with the video. That is the good news, plus the ability to do likewise to another format like .mov (use EXPORT for other formats). In the trial the export is slowed by the process being stoppped for an 'ad break' every ten seconds to buy the app, which is unnecessary and will result more in lost sales I suspect. The downside is that mpgs cannot be be dragged and dropped to the player screen to join a la Quicktime then saved. You have to open each segment in a new window, copy and paste to first window, a very annoying process and that needs a PRONTO FIX by the programmers. Also there is NO EXPORT TO .MPG1/2 in the export menu, just the regular QT pro selection. Thus, it has rather limited functionality. Considering VideoLAN player does everything this app does and much more, except join clips, it is hard to see a $24 value here given VideoLANs $0 price tag. Yes QT pro is more expensive, but that does not mean either are value compared to some good free software such as USBvision exported (very underrated), mpegStreamclip, and VLC player. This DOES NOT imply all software apps should be free, rather they must be reasonably priced for the job they actually do out in the real world, and a whole bunch less hype about all those "world changing" apps would be a huge improvement.
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Sorta works.....sorta doesn't work....sorta hard to try - paolo_manna
Please note that transcoding among different formats usually means paying licenses to MPEG LA: it's not just a programming issue!If you use QT, Apple has paid for you (or maybe not, it definitely does for the MPEG2 component, sold as separate), but any programmer trying to sell an app dealing with video formats ignoring this would find itself at the wrong end of a lawsuit... No wonder VLC or MPlayer are free!
No, I'm not the author, but I know the issues, having worked for long here...
Friday, July 28 2006 @ 01:38 AM PDT
Sorta works.....sorta doesn't work....sorta hard to try - paolo_manna
Please note that transcoding among different formats usually means paying licenses to MPEG LA: it's not just a programming issue!If you use QT, Apple has paid for you (or maybe not, it definitely does for the MPEG2 component, sold as separate), but any programmer trying to sell an app dealing with video formats ignoring this would find itself at the wrong end of a lawsuit... No wonder VLC or MPlayer are free!
No, I'm not the author, but I know the issues, having worked for long here...
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Friday, July 28 2006 @ 01:34 AM PDT