Editing help such as conversion of media video, audio ActiveX, QuickTime MOV , DIVX, AVI, WMV, MPEG1, MPEG2, VCD PAL ,VCD NTSC, SVCD PAL, SVCD NTSC, DVD PAL, DVD NTSC are provided. Allows input QuickTime MOV, Mp4 with aac, 3gp with AMR, MPEG1, MPEG2, VOB, WMV, AVI, ASF DIVX file. Other support tools are available too.

Pros: This code package is for professional Windows Developers who need to provide editing video/audio files within their business applications. This is compatible with programming language that supports ActiveX (Access, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Visual Foxpro, Delphi, .Net, etc.). Code samples in these languages are provided for the understanding of developers. The OCX file can be distributed royalty free. With the proliferation of devices that can play video and differences in the formats they can handle application that help moving content around are needed quite often. Business applications that need to have such moving of content and also editing facilities that can help production, finishing up or even polishing up of old content can be very popular. This code package provides the base on which such applications can be built.

It handles a wide range of formats that include. QuickTime MOV, DIVX, AVI, WMV, MPEG1, MPEG2, VCD PAL, VCD NTSC, SVCD PAL, SVCD NTSC, DVD PAL, DVD NTSC. Adding multi-line text, images, adjusting transparency etc for sprucing up the video clip and previewing them are available.

Effects and transitions are another part of tricks that are usually required. This package comes with a large number of such built in items. There are 50 odd effects and 70+ transitions to be used between video clip, pictures and any combination of them. Additional functions available include extraction of parts of video files into different formats, conversion of a frame into a picture that can be resized and extraction of audio into WAV or MP3 that can have quality chosen by the user.

Cons: With so many different formats being handled there’s always a possibility that some combinations would give rise to problems. One need to get user feedback to make sure.

Overall rating 3 stars.