Magix Movies on CD & DVD 4.0 2006

by Magix Entertainment

Product Features

• Timesaving VHS copy assistant; interactive DVD-player menus; 3D power effects
• Restore and preserve home videos, favorite TV shows, VHS films, and more
• Capture movies from VHS, camcorder, or the Internet
• Title Editor with many creative templates and fast text adding
• Optimize and burn to CD or DVD, then enjoy on a home DVD player

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BCICTS
• Item model number: 26924
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,013 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #47 in Software > Home & Hobbies > Movies & Television
  • #58 in Software > Video & Music > CD Burning & Labeling > Mastering & Burning

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Perfect home movie theater in three steps! Restore and preserve your collection of home videos, favorite TV shows, VHS films, and movies downloaded from the Internet. Simply capture movies from VHS, camcorder, or the Internet, then burn them onto CD or DVD, and enjoy them on a home DVD player. Magix Movies on CD & DVD--the reference product for private movie copying.

Features:

• One for all: 1. Copies Movies, 2. Optimizes, 3. Video Recorder, 4. Internet Movie Burner
• Crystal-clear quality with top MPEG 1 and 2 encoders and true-to-original display on TV
• Burns movies in all major disc formats, including menus (VCD, SVCD, DVD, miniDVD)

Plus:

• New! Timesaving VHS copy assistant with MPEG2 direct recording for immediate burning
• New! MAGIC TV/DVR (analog and digital TV) with timeshift and DVB program guide--DVR-type functionality
• New! Title Editor with many creative templates and fast text adding, and much more
• New! Interactive DVD-player menus--add DVD menus with great 3D image fonts (flowers, clouds, sand, and more)
• New! 3D power effects turns videos into airborne hearts and lots more

Product Description

Restore and preserve your collection of home videos, favorite TV shows, VHS films and movies downloaded from the Internet. Simply convert all your favorite movies in top quality to CD or DVD and enjoy them on your home DVD player.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too bad you can't give zero stars, January 23, 2006

By 

Zube (Joisey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magix Movies on CD & DVD 4.0 2006 (CD-ROM)

Wow... this program is pure crap. I mean, I'm shocked that a company can put out such a poor product and offer such terrible customer service (only online, don't you DARE try to call them on the number they SUPPLY in their users guide).

Here's all I wanted to do. I'm converting home movie VHS to DVD using a DVD recorder. I want to simply record the entire VHS to DVD without editing, and then, on my computer, edit, create menus, chapters, etc. and burn a final, nicely edited copy. If you're interested in doing that... DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS HUNK O' JUNK!

First of all, the box clearly states that you can "Capture from camcorders, VHS, TV and CD/DVD"... you can't really capture from DVD, which is what I wanted to do. Sure, there's a workaround to get the files from the DVD into the program, but it's very "clunky".

I don't even want to list all of my complaints, but here's one more. A very basic goal of the editing I want to do is to split up scenes into chapters. In other words, once I recorded the full VHS onto DVD, I want to chop it up into chapters that will allow my DVD player to jump to any chapter I choose (like a... DVD!). You more or less can do that here, but you just can't "fine tune" the place of the cut, not by a mile.

They do offer some nice transitions that can be put in between scenes, but if you can't cut it exactly where you want to, what's the point?

I did find a much better product, the TSUNAMI MPEG DVD Author. You can test drive this one with their 30 day trial. If you want to do the VHS to DVD conversion as I am, this one will do the trick. It's not perfect, but compared to the Magix crap... it's GOLD, BABY!