AVS Video Editor 4.2, Registered Version

[Jane88]

Hi everyone! Last time I posted here I got very useful and friendly responses, so I'm giving it another try

Right now I'm using AVS Video Editor 4.2, but since I'm only trying it out, I have not registered the software yet--which means that my videos have an ugly watermark. Registration costs 59.00 and provides unlimited use of all of their other software. Do you guys think it is a worthwhile investment, or is there something better out there?

My aim is to edit videos of sermons (about an hour long each) and post them online.

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What format are you going to be posting the videos in? (Hour long sermons posted to the web will need some sort of compression.) Does AVS have the ability to output the type of file you need?

[Jane88]

I'll be posting them in Flash, and yes, the Editor does convert the files to flash. This takes a while though, and I've already bought a converter. ( I didn't know that the Editor already had this function)

[bladeaudio]

If it works for you, the price is right. You're not going to find decent editing software any cheaper then that. Adobe Premiere Elements usually costs about $100.

Have you tried rendering a full hours worth of video? Sometimes budget video software does well with short clips, but may start to crash when you use longer video clips.

I can't speak directly about AVS since I haven't used it, just trying to offer some general insights.

[Jane88]

I've only tried short clips so far and hadn't thought about the possibility that it might not work as well with a longer video. Thanks for the advice; I really appreciate it.

[randyneary]

OK first AVS Video Editor is not a full fledged video editor. It is a simple basic editor. I love my final cut pro and nothing will ever takes it place.

But what AVS Video Editor does, that my Final Cut express does not, is take straight from a DVD (vob file). No ingest no conversion. Find your in and out and output to a HUGE amount of formats. I was wasting HOURS (about 6hours) for each recorded service we wanted online in FLV format. I tried a bunch of other solutions none work to expedite my process. I have it down to at most 2 hours to convert and upload a full one hour service, from DVD to FLV.

We ditched the DVD for master a couple of weeks ago and got a Data Video DS DV/HDV video recorder and AVS handles the files just great to clip and encode to FLV and MOV for storage.

I purchase the unlimited subscription for $59, a special they had in March. But I would gladly pay the $99. It is far worth the money for what I need it for.

So I give AVS A BIG THUMBS UP