SUMMARY


A very useful, inexpensive tool that covers a lot of ground in one application.

Mark Montgomery is Videomaker's technical editor.

TECH SPECS


OS: Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2), Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)
Minimum Display Card: DirectX 9 or higher graphics card
Minimum CPU: Intel Pentium 1.4 GHz or higher (2 GHz P4 required for HD)
Minimum RAM: 256 MB (512 MB for HD)
Display: 1024x768, 16-bit color, 24-bit or 32-bit true color recommended
Video Input Formats: AVI, DV, HDV, DV-AVI, MPEG-1,2,4, MPEG2-HD, IFO/VOB, DivX, DivX HD, XviD, DVR-MS, TiVo, ASF, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, 3GP, MPEG2 Transport Stream, H.264, OpenDVD
Video Output Formats: AVI, DV-AVI, HDV, MPEG-1/2/4, MPEG2-HD, DivX, DivX HD, WMV, WMV HD, H.264, MP4, 3GP
Recordable Formats: CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD-RAM, BD-R/RE, BD-R/RE DL
Batch Capture: No
User Interface: Timeline, Storyboard, Internal Tracks
Number of Video Tracks: 11
Number of Audio Tracks: 7
Audio/Video Level Envelopes: Yes
Audio Scrub: Yes
Music Creation Software Included: No
Keyframe Animation: No, except manual pan and zoom effect
Background Rendering: No
Realtime Software Previews: Yes
Optimized for Dual Processor/HyperThreading: Yes
Third-party Plug-in Support: No
Batch Render: Yes
DVD Authoring Software Included: Yes

STRENGTHS

  • CineMagic editing wizard
  • Video Compilation rendering
  • Many supported formats

WEAKNESSES

  • Uninspiring DVD authoring

$99
Roxio, Inc.
455 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95050

www.roxio.com

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