Publisher's Description
From SourceTec Software:
HD Movie Maker is a professional Blu-ray burner. With 200% faster than the average speed, it encodes almost all video formats into high definition Blu-ray movies, including WMV, MKV, AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG, MP4, QuickTime Movie, Real Video, H.264/AVC, M2TS, etc. It can burn HD movies into Blu-ray discs (BDMV) or regular DVDs (AVCHD) up to 1920x1080p. The supported disks include DVD+R/-R, DVD+RW/-RW, BD-R/BD-RE, BD-25/BD-50, etc. With Sothink HD Movie Maker, people can enjoy HD movies freely on Blu-ray players or Sony PS 3. This HD Movie Maker also supports the world TV broadcast standards: PAL and NTSC, and 5.1 surround sound; calculates proper video bit rate automatically according to target disc's capacity, convenient to skip videos with remote control; auto generates chapters for multiple videos; can preview videos conveniently with a built-in video player; supports multi-core CPUs and speeds up concurrent video encoding on multiples; creates and customize stylish Blu-ray movie menu; loads external subtitle files to enjoy Blu-ray movies perfectly.
Main features: Create high definition Blu-ray videos from any video formats including WMV, MKV, AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG, MP4, QuickTime Movie, Real Video, H.264/AVC, M2TS, M2T, MTS, etc. Make HD Blu-ray movies of different resolutions up to 1280x720p, 1440x1080p, 1920x1080p. Manage and burn HD Camera videos to Blu-ray Movies, supporting Sony (*.m2ts), Cannon (*.m2t), Panasonic (*.mts). Create and customize stylish Blu-ray movie menu for dressing up Blu-ray disc. Burn BD movies on various discs like DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, BD-R, BD-RE, etc. Convert videos to BDMV, and burn on Blu-ray Discs like BD-25 (single layer with 25 GB capacity), BD-50 (dual layer with 50 GB capacity), etc. Burn HD Blu-ray movies into regular DVDs with DVD-5 or DVD-9 storage capacities, which is particular to make HD Blu-ray discs even without Blu-ray burners. The output is AVCHD (or called BD5/BD9).
What's new in this version: Version 2.2 adds more stunning high definition Blu-ray movie menu templates.
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All versions:
3.5 starsout of 15 votes
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Current version:
2.5 starsout of 4 votes
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"Great output, but can not save projects"
Version: Sothink HD Movie Maker 2.2 build 205
Pros
Converted several types of High Def media with ease, speed, and reliability
Cons
Can not save your projects!
Imagine spending an hour building a Blu Ray with 100 movie clips, arranging the order, titles, fonts, etc. Once you burn your disc and close the app, all that info is gone!!Summary
Great if you occasionally burn a blue ray with 1-3 movies, but lame if you need to make one several small clips, since you can not save your project data.
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"Does everything you need for a great price"
Version: Sothink HD Movie Maker 2.2 build 205
Pros
Nice simple GUI, customizable output size and quality, option to design your own menus (or use a number of installed templates). Ability to burn your results, in blu-ray quality, to a standard DVD.
Cons
High CPU usage when converting files
Summary
The one word I would use to describe all of Sothink's products (I also use their DVD Ripper and Video Converter) is reliability: they handle any file you throw at them and the output quality is always superb. I must have tried dozens of video rippers/burners/converters over the years but these are the programs I always use now. My last project failed in Nero (after many hours of processing!) but worked perfectly with this program. For the price, you can't go wrong.
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"Unable to test trial version"
Version: Sothink HD Movie Maker 2.2 build 205
Pros
Looks like a simple interface
Cons
You have to buy it before you can test fully.
Summary
The trial version isn't only time-limited, it also only allows you to burn 5 minutes of video. You don't know this until you go through the trouble of downloading, installing, and then trying to test it by recording your first video. Considering the fact that most video software programs have problems when converting or burning large video files, the 5-minute limit seems ridiculous. You will not be able to fully test this program unless you pay for it first. Don't waste time downloading/installing.
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"good intentions yet extremely buggy"
Version: Sothink HD Movie Maker 2.2 build 205
Pros
the interface is easy to use and understand.
Cons
despite meeting system requirments getting the program to run on windows 7 is touch n go. there are major compatability issues, some with audio conversion [ specifically ac-3 ] some with drive and media recognition and very poor customer support.
Summary
Avoid this program at this stage in its development, its verry buggy. i tried it on various systems running different os and memory configurations and had no success what so ever. I did comparisons with other software that made similar claims and had success so i feel i was able to form a true un biased opinion.
the unfortunate side to this is the poor customer support- slow response times, carelessness and limited options can be frustrating.
there is nothing to bridge this gap so to be "stuck" with useless software does nothing for anyone.
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