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ADS Tech PYRO Basic DV PCI 1394/FireWire Card with Cable and Ulead VideoStudio 9 SE Software for Mac/Windows''
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About the VS 9 SE in the package
(4 out of 5) by Hsiang-Tai Chien on Apr 24, 2007 (Taipei, Taiwan)I think I can clarify the case here.
The SE (Special Edition) products that come with the hardware are feature limited products and are been given for free in the hardware package. They are been designed to let the customer have a taste with the product and you can decide to upgrade to the full version or not. That means the SE product itself will not expire, but some advanced features such as MPEG-2 / MP3 codec packs will. That's why you will see the codec trial expire message in the SE products after 30 days.
You can still use VS 9 SE after the 30 days trial, but some features such as MPEG-2 encoding and DVD burning will not work. You could only encode MPEG-1 video files and burn VCD/SVCD after the codec expire.
The codec trial mechanism is been invented because most hardware manufacturers do not want to pay the royalty fee for MPEG-2 / MP3 codec packs, so they can only offer the codec packs as trial. If you want to continue to use the codec packs within the product, you need to upgrade to a full version.
This is a very common situation among software/hardware providers. Take Nero for example, they also offer DVD Authoring / MP3 / mp3Pro codec packs as trial for 30 days in Nero unless you pay the fee for those codec packs.
Hope this helps.
The SE (Special Edition) products that come with the hardware are feature limited products and are been given for free in the hardware package. They are been designed to let the customer have a taste with the product and you can decide to upgrade to the full version or not. That means the SE product itself will not expire, but some advanced features such as MPEG-2 / MP3 codec packs will. That's why you will see the codec trial expire message in the SE products after 30 days.
You can still use VS 9 SE after the 30 days trial, but some features such as MPEG-2 encoding and DVD burning will not work. You could only encode MPEG-1 video files and burn VCD/SVCD after the codec expire.
The codec trial mechanism is been invented because most hardware manufacturers do not want to pay the royalty fee for MPEG-2 / MP3 codec packs, so they can only offer the codec packs as trial. If you want to continue to use the codec packs within the product, you need to upgrade to a full version.
This is a very common situation among software/hardware providers. Take Nero for example, they also offer DVD Authoring / MP3 / mp3Pro codec packs as trial for 30 days in Nero unless you pay the fee for those codec packs.
Hope this helps.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Card works fine, but VS9 software is not the full version
(1 out of 5) by Howie on Apr 20, 2007 (East Lothian, United Kingdom)Beware.
The firewire card and cable worked fine for me. Installed very quickly and worked fine on Windows XP.
The VS9 software also installed well, and was easy to use.
In fact, everything was tickety-boo for a good month or so, until I realised that the MPEG-2 codec which comes with the version of VS9 is only a 30 day trial version. The result - I am no longer able to burn the videos I've captured from by DV camcorder to DVD disk.
Apparently, the SE versions of VS are not the full versions - but are bastardised by the hardware manufacturers. Had I realised this at the point of purchase I would have steered clear and bought the proper version.
Buyer beware! Come on Amazon - let's get the facts straight, so that buyers can make an honest purchase!
The firewire card and cable worked fine for me. Installed very quickly and worked fine on Windows XP.
The VS9 software also installed well, and was easy to use.
In fact, everything was tickety-boo for a good month or so, until I realised that the MPEG-2 codec which comes with the version of VS9 is only a 30 day trial version. The result - I am no longer able to burn the videos I've captured from by DV camcorder to DVD disk.
Apparently, the SE versions of VS are not the full versions - but are bastardised by the hardware manufacturers. Had I realised this at the point of purchase I would have steered clear and bought the proper version.
Buyer beware! Come on Amazon - let's get the facts straight, so that buyers can make an honest purchase!