A Superior Media Backup and Burner Program

December 15, 2009 — Mrs. Mecomber

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of 123 Media Max. All opinions are 100% mine.

This is timely. It’s a superior media backup and burner software program, very affordable and just in time for the holidays; not only as a gift, but also as a way to create gifts. With the personal computer becoming more powerful, with peripheral media creators and software becoming more user-friendly and affordable, we can now create our own videos! Moreover, these videos can be copied and burned onto DVDs for family and friends to enjoy, too.

OK I’m jumping the gun here. This 123 Media Max is very versatile software, and does many things. Moreover, it boastsBlu-Ray Copy Breakthrough which allows you to make backup copies of Blu-ray movies to standard DVD-RW, retaining the excellent HD quality.

The list of features is extensive, too extensive for me to list here entirely. But these are the main features the 123 Media Max software offers:

  • Convert audio files and CD tracks to mp3s for easier editing and managing.
  • Convert video files to DVDs.
  • Convert any DVD to DivX, AVI, Windows Media Video (WMV), and MPEG4 files. (wow!)
  • Make your own ringtones from CDs, mp3s and audio files
  • Convert and burn YouTube, Google Video, Metacafe, MyVideo, blip.tv, Putfile, Break and Myspace videos to DVD.
  • Backup Blu-ray movies to DVDs; the copied DVDs retain high quality and are playable on DVD players or your Sony PS3.
  • Back up any DVD movie to DVD.
  • Make a DVD from multiple video files; you can the audio and video pieces independently, too!
  • Loads more

I make a lot of audio and video compilations, so to me this software looks fantastic. Plus, we have some very valuable DVDs and DVD collections that would break my heart if they became damaged or corrupted. And Blu-ray movies are pricey– the 123 Media Max backup feature is a perfect way to have backups on hand in case anything happens to the original. Or, if you are like us, use the backup copy and store the original for safe-keeping.

Check out the software. This would make a very nice gift for any audiophile or movie maker or movie buff on your gift list. It’s affordable and looks really nice! Make sure to go to the website to check your computer specifications before purchasing.
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Making Screencasts

November 1, 2008 — Mrs. Mecomber

I’ve been on a quest for some good video editing software (you who follow this blog know what I’ve been up to). I’d also been searching for good screencasting software. I’ve found a great tutorial video by Shawn Powers that led me to some success!

Screencasting is making videos of your desktop. Programs like the very popular Jing make great screencasts. The only problem I found with Jing is that it saves the screencast as a shockwave flash file format (swf), which isn’t recognized by Apple’s Quicktime or Windows Media Player or the Windows Movie Maker that I use for making videos. So although Jing is really neat for making quickie screencasts (for example, for online tutorials or whatever), I can’t use any of it for my videos. Specifically, I wanted to make a screencast of me using Google Earth. It took me forever to find screencast software that would do this. Thanks to Shawn Powers, I got some ideas of what I needed! Here’s his video. I have it here because it’s fun (he’s very humorous) and he mentions a whole bunch of different kinds of software you might find useful for yourself.

I use the software AviScreen Classic (it’s free at Download.com here). The software is a little clunky but it worked great and I got my Google Earth screencast!

I’ll be sure to post more updates and more goodies I find as I continue to scout around.

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Online Video Editing

October 20, 2008 — Mrs. Mecomber

I’m still on the quest for finding a good and free video editing program. So far, not much. As far as I have seen, Windows Movie Maker is still the best.

However, I did find an online video editing software program. It’s called Jumpcut. It’s still in beta, so it may be a little buggy. I haven’t tried it, I just found it. It looks a lot like Flickr’s Picnic, which is an online photo editing program. Actually, just like Flickr and Picnic, you can sign in using your Yahoo ID information. The videos are very high quality (not like YouTube’s fuzzy stuff).

I’m going to be trying out Jumpcut for some online videos. But I am still looking for a downloadable software video program. If you know of one, let me know, would you?

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Video Editing Software

October 16, 2008 — Mrs. Mecomber

I’ve been searching for some quality video editing software these days. The kids and I have been more interested in video these days. I bought a JVC analog camcorder last year (takes mini VHS tapes) and it’s cute for them. However, there is no means for me to convert the analog recordings to digital, for DVD or computer viewing. So I got a discounted digital camcorder (it was a steal– a Samsung flash memory camcorder! I bought the display model) and we are having a blast making movies. I am also pleased that since I make videos for certain advertisers, I can write off the expense for my business. :D Nice.

Well, all we have is Windows Movie Maker. I like it but it’s very basic. I’ve been looking for something with more features, but I don’t want to spend anything if I can help it. Finding and comparing video editing programs is a little like shopping for auto insurance quotes: you need to compare apples to apples to make sure you’re getting what you need without a buncy of fancy (and useless) bells and whistles.

You know what? After days of searching, I haven’t found anything better than Movie Maker. I’m surprised.

I tried the Corel VideoStudio Pro trial version (found here at C|Net). I was disappointed. It was a huge 121MB download, too! All that waiting and I was displeased. The program is bulky and very slow. I don’t have a clunker computer, either– Athlon64 processor, Vista OS, 2GB RAM, etc. The Corel program jerked and stuttered. When I tried publishing my files to a movie, the movie didn’t include the last clip! And this program sells for $100! Yikes.

I looked around more, but there’s slim pickens. I then tried Avidemux, but that didn’t work for me. I imported my .avi file and all I got was a green screen. ?!

So I’m back to Windows Movie Maker. I did find a site that offers some additional split video clips to add to the collection– it’s a free download called Rehansplit. It’s safe, and Kim Komando recommends it.

For your information, I found a Flash creator program called Riva FLV Encoder. And I found a free online video editing program called JumpCut. That looks good, but I wanted downloadable software.

So for now, I stay with Windows Movie Maker, unless any of you have any ideas. I’m tired of looking for programs; they are hard to come by.

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