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DVD MOVIE REVIEW
Our Review
We downloaded, installed,
and tested
1Click DVD Movie to run on two test computers. One
computer was "Home-Brewed" with an Athlon AMD 64 X2 4800 Dual-Core
processor running at 2.4GHz, 1GB of memory, 100GB hard drive, and a
Sony DRU-510A DVD/RW drive 32X (CD) and 12X (DVD). The other computer,
a Gateway E06500D, with an Intel Pentium(R) running at 3GHz, 1GB of
memory, 100GB hard drive, and a Plextor PX-708A DVD/RW drive (40X (CD)
and 12X (DVD).
Test Results
The installation was
flawless on both test computers. We were prompted to re-boot after
installation which was not a major annoyance. For our test, we selected a full length
142 minute DivX movie file "The Shawshank Redemption" and a 111 minute full-length MPEG
movie file "StarWars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith" which has a
runtime of 140 minutes..
At program launch we were
presented with a dialog box prompting us that if we wanted to change
the default settings ...
... to click on the View Options (+) button in the upper
left-hand corner of the control panel.
Initial Control Panel at Program Launch
Clicking on the View
Options (+) revealed the default options. The options
available are:
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Menus
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None - Ensures that
no menus are added to your movie - this setting is ideal if you have
only one movie file.
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Movie - Creates a
menu containing a single button for each movie file.
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Chapters - Creates
a menu containing a single "Chapter" button for each movie file, and a
sub menu containing a thumbnail picture button for each chapter of the
movie.
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Movie + Chapters -
Creates a menu with both a movie and chapter button, with the
corresponding submenu for chapters.
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Menu Title - You
can choose a title for the main menu.
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Source - Used to
navigate to location and select the movie file.
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(Dest) Destination
- Lets you select the drive letter of your CD/DVD Burner.
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Video - This option
lets you select the type of video disc you want to create. The default
is DVD, however you can also select a VCD or SVCD
option.
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Format - The option
lets you select the broadcast standard (format) of the DVD. If you
live in the United States, the format to select is "NTSC". Other
countries like those in the European Union may use "PAL" as the
broadcast standard. The default value is NTSC.
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Chapters - This
option leys you select the number of chapters you wish to have in your
movie.
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Audio - This option
lets you select from three audio types: PCM, AC3 and MPEG. DVD
movies use the AC3 audio type.
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Bit-rate - This
option determines how much compression is used to store the audio
information. The default setting of 128 Kbps for AC3 is the
recommended setting.
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Encoding - This
option lets you choose to re-encode the audio for all files, or
to only encode all when it's not in the correct format for the
selected Video disc type. The default value is "Encode if required.
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Disc - This option
lets you to modify the disc (target) size of the movie. 4.7GB is the
disc size for DVDs.
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Burn Speed - This
option lets you select the DVD/CD write (burning) speed.
The default setting is Max. If you encounter burning
errors, choose a lower writing speed.
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Volume - This
option is the name which will be written on the DVD disc. The default
value is DVD VIDEO. Type in the name of your movie or video
production.
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Temp - This option
let's you change the folder that the software uses to write
temporary files while encoding.
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Preview - This
option lets you preview the project prior to converting the
movie files.
Default Control Panel Settings
The Shawshank Redemption Project (a DivX Movie File)
In the Menu Title, we entered the name of the movie title "The Shawshank
Redemption". If you enter a Menu Title do so BEFORE you navigate
to the movie file.
This movie was a Divx file so we selected the Movie option. We
used the Source button to bring the Divx file into the control
panel. In a manner of seconds, 1Click DVD Movie quickly scanned the
movie file. See below:
Inserted Blank DVD and Pressed Start
We left all other settings at default. Then we inserted blank DVD
media and pressed the Start button.
The Transcoding Process (Divx to DVD)
Upon completion, 1Click DVD Movie will eject the finished DVD product.
Operation Completion
StarWars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith Project (an MPEG Movie
File)
Next, we ran through the entire process again this time using an MPEG
movie file. We navigated to the Starwars movie file and imported it
into the 1Click DVD Movie control panel. It quickly scanned it in. We
entered a movie name in the Menu Title and pressed the Start
button.
Starwars MPEG Movie File Transcoding Process
Operation Completion
Results
| Movie |
Type |
Runtime |
Conversion Time to DVD |
| The Shawshank Redemption |
DIVX |
111 Minutes |
51 Minutes |
| StarWars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith |
MPEG |
140 Minutes |
55 Minutes |
Pros
1Click DVD Movie measured up well under our test
conditions and ran without a hitch. Firstly, the user interface was very easy to use.
For the most part all we had to do was navigate to our source movie file,
insert a blank DVD, and click the start button. That was it. As our test
results show, we had a DVD movie in 51 minutes for the DivX movie
file and a DVD in 55 minutes for the MPEG file tested. Both produced an
excellent DVD movie product that played well in our DVD player.
1Click DVD Movie is
truly "1Click".
Cons
None noted.
Quality of Copy
The final copy was an
exact replica of the original. Your copy is only as good as the
original movie file.
Customer/Technical Support
We Emailed
LG Software
Innovations during normal working hours just to see how quickly they
would respond. Within an hour, a response was received. Their website
has an excellent customer support system in place as well as an
excellent forum.
Summary
If you have Xvid, DivX®, AVI,
MPEG and QuickTime movie files and wish to convert them to DVD, then
we recommend
1Click DVD Movie.
It ran flawlessly and produced a high-quality DVD product.
To copy a DVD movie from a DVD movie, then you want to look at either
1Click DVD Copy 5 or
1Click DVD Copy Pro.
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