Customer Reviews

Ulead DVD Moviefactory 4.0

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3 star:		(1)
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1 star:		(8)

 

 

I purchased version 4 of this product after many years of satisfaction using version 2. I installed the product and after aplying the updates from the ulead web site, my computer freezes every time that I run the program. I cannot get out of the program or shut down. After I experienced this problem, I found out that many others have complained of this on their web site. I sent an email to tech support after 12 hours I got a response asking for my system information, and have heard nothing since. My system is unstable and crashes for no reason.

They have no phone support number on their web site. Their customer service number gives out a number on a recording if you choose tech support. Unfortunately, that number has been changed to an unlisted number. Pretty bad when you have to unlist your tech support number.

I wish I had never heard of this product.

Short and sweet:
(1) program crashes for no reason when burning to DVD.
(2) after using "Reduce size to fit a DVD" program crashes.
(3) after editing and using "Joining/Separating video" audio is always out of sync, and I have tried everything to make it work.
(4) save anything to file after editing and the first several frames flicker.
(5) after 30 days, forget it, the support you were promise will disappear. You can e-mail them all you want, they will not answer.

This is the worst software EVER!!! If I could give it less than 1 star, I would. Constantly freezing up computer and have wasted too much of my life trying to get it to work! The programmers have tried to make this software look "fancy" by giving it brushed aluminum skins, but this just slows it down and wastes memory. They should have made this software DO WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO, and that is make DVDs! It is no wonder that people want to buy Macs when PCs are drug down by this kind of garbage software. Am uninstalling this from my computer and buying anything but Ulead products from now on.

ULEAD Movie Maker 3 was part of the software package when I purchased my computer. Everyone swears by Nero, but I have found ULEAD to be extremly user frienly and simple. I have had no problems with burns. After reading the comments I feel fortunate to have the software meet my needs. I downloaded the trail of Nero and after one use I removed it from my computer. I'm ordering ULEAD 4 only because I want to share the program with several computers and prefer the most recent version on my Lap Top.
FYI: I ordered AynDVD recently to backup movies from a disc to the HDD. I use DVD shrink for compression(6gig to 4gig)and last,
ULEAD has been great for burning the compressed files to disc.

Ulead seems to be building a reputation of creating horrible software. The only reason I got this was because it was included with my dvd burner drive, bringing back awful memories of trying to use their video editting software a few years back. This software is worthless. Every time I try to burn a DVD, it reaches up to about 75%, then it just stops. It just stops. And of course the error message that displays merely contains an error code that means nothing to me. So only use this software if you enjoy wasting pricey DVDRs.

I've tried 3 other DVD editing programs. None of them can hold a candle to Ulead. It is the only one I've found that can work with .vob files. It's editing functions allow for precise, absolute control.

I wanted a better movie editing program. I was using Micrsoft Movie Maker.Its ok. Its alittle hard to get use to. It's not easy to just open it and get started you need to really read the book and figure out the program. I still use Microsoft Movie maker to edit and put captions to my movies than I go to Ulead to make it a DVD. So thats all I use it for now. I have had it for several months and I keep atempting to use it, but get just to fustrated with the program.

I bought this originally as a TBYB version, then bought the full one, with downloads from their site. Tried to upgrade once I realized it still had MANY bugs, and what do I find? I CAN'T upgrade because it says I don't have the full version! Took forever to find out, their support site is terriblem, that if you upgrade from a TBYB you CANNOT upgrade with the patch. Support was worthless on this, and STILL hasn't answered me after two weeks.

DVD authoring is so so, but it still crashes for unknown reasons, and the menus are short and not very diverse. Forget making Audio CD's without the patch, it will randomly distort the audio. Why this was ever released is beyond me. Forget this company and buy a real product.

Buyer BEWARE!! This program sucks! It will not perform as promised. The box is totally misleading. It freezes up every time. I was only able to convert a file ONCE. It's useless. It crashed my system so bad that I had to do a hard start, and then nothing came back until I did a system restore. Do not be fooled!! Stay away from this program!!!

I Have My Own Video Production Business And Have Used Several DVD Authoring Software. MovieFactory 4 Is A Steal For The Price That ULEAD Charges. You Can Customized Your Menus With Your Own Photos And Music, Move Menus Around, And Choose From Over 50 Templates. I Edit My Movies In Adobe Premiere Elements (The Cheaper Version Of Adobe Premiere)And Then Transfer It To MovieFactory 4 For More Control Over The DVD Menus. My Customers Love The Personalized Menus That I Create For Them; Wow! If Only They Knew That The Program That I Use Cost About The Same Price That I Charge Them For The Customized Menus.

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