BEWARE, installation hijacks IE and re-sets homepage without warning :-(=(
Diabolical GUI ; comes up with "Merry Christmas" gal and trim.! How to get rid of this???

The usual minimise/close buttons are "obscure" snowflakes..!
Not very promising :(

Numer Al Wan  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+108)

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NOTES:
1. WARNING: Immediately after start of installation, anti-virus software (G-Data Internet Security 2010) blocked this software from attempting to hijack the Internet Explorer homepage. However, installation process quickly recovered from the block and successfully installed the software without further incident.

2. Scantily clad female Christmas character may be offensive to some.

3. Same character replicates as part of the file-save method when the "start merge" button is selected (makes the overall process a bit crowded and confusing).

4. After initial save of new output file in preparation of a "merge" the program seems to lock-up when actually the files are indeed being converted. A status-bar or percentage indicator of sorts would greatly help reduce the uncertainty of what the program is actually doing at this point.

5. Attempted several (3) tests - each time program arbitrarily shut itself down or simply froze near completion of the task.

6. Stability issues: Any drag-and-drop movement of "converted" files caused Windows Explorer to fail and reboot itself on 3 separate occasions. However, all indication of instability ceased and Windows Explorer resumed normal operation once EVC was closed.

7. Extra Video Compose added an Extra ico in addition to the one I actually requested be placed on the desktop. This icon is a sales tool directing users to Extra's software offerings.

Conclusion: Instability issues caused by the program and/or its converted files concerned me enough to un-install. Additionally, hold little confidence in a program which takes liberties such as this (home page hijack and extra desktop icon). Thanks . . . I appreciate the opportunity to test the program.

OutDesigns  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+96)

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Confusing activation to say the least! YES, you have to enter the serial number yourself despite it claiming activation beforehand.
Ghastly Merry Christmas window theme that I hope wont last forever!
First impression was that it "Doesn't do much" but it is very small afterall. So, does it work? Tried with a couple of .wmv clips taken from my webcam. It is very slow on a P3 machine, as expected, and the progress bar is annoyingly situated over the preview panel. It got to around 95% (guessing because it's just a coloured bar) and stuck! No way to know if it is still alive or not - windows' task manager says it's running. 15 minutes later, still nothing - cpu and memory usage normal, task manager still saying running. End task! Now since this comes from 2006 (look at the christmas item in the install folder!) it should have worked on my p3 XP box!
Now, I'm disappointed it didn't work but realise I'm not missing much.

Petersum  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+69)

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I'm sorry but the developers should be ashamed at themselves for adding a homepage hijack as part of the installer.

Just be like every other legitimate developer that wants exposure for their products on GOTD and ask permission first!

dmanrash  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+67)

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i am sorry but windows movie maker is way better than this

mimrah  –  15 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+61)

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