This DID expire in one year. What a Bummer. I used it twice in the year and while confusing to use, it did trim videos well.

Maybe they'll offer a non-expiring version on GOTD sometime?

Hi, i a currently volunteer my time producing videos for a community ogranisation (Non Profit), using movie Maker but is limited
Any chance if i could obtain a free copy of this give way as we are limited in funds

your help will be much appreciated
You can email me at jonuzij1@yahoo.com.au

thanks
Jabir

This program seems to work fine, BUT it certainly takes liberties with my computer. As part of the registration process, it sent an email home via my Outlook Express account with the GAOTD registration code and my computer ID, and several days later a licence code arrived back by email to the same account. It could at least have asked me to send it by email myself.... I sort of wonder what else it might be doing.

HyperOS for me. When my system gets 'buggy' or anything I just drag a backup over the 'buggy' system and I'm back to a clean system in 5 minutes!

I keep all my documents on a separate partition so they are not replaced. You can back-up whole systems (programs etc - the lot) to Internal/eternal/NAS drives or tell it to backup in 4.2/4.7GB or whatever chunks for DVDs.

I got tired of having to deal with Windows losing DLL files, viruses, losing drivers etc... Maybe I'm not so 'up on computers 'as you guys but I don't need the hassle and best of all, I don't have to worry about needing to know all that stuff anymore.

Easy to install, if you've no Windows install disk you can just chop your HD into as many partitions as you like, clone the good one you're running (while it's running!) to another partition. Back that up and drag it to another partition (multiple systems) which you can dedicate to whatever programs you like. Back them up etc... and drag over damaged system when needed.

God bless.
In Christ, Karl.

I just needed one feature to paint out some details in a video, and this had it in an easy to use format. Bravo.

Hi, my internet connection had a problem last night and I was not able to download the zip file because of this. Can somebody please send the S/N to faye.ian.real[at]gmail.com? I would really appreciate it, I apologize for the trouble.

I downloaded this softwared put the activation key in it and now it says it is expired and I have to buy the activation key for it.
I am Not a Newbie I know how to activate witht he key. This is a free software? NOT it is trick.

"UNABLE TO CONNECT TO SERVER" Which means I could not activate. My internet connection is fine...Tried to install on two different computers....

Looked good on screen outline, but fails to deliver-fails to register, fails to be usefull with watermark on everything, nice try.

Looks like their registration server has been down for a while at the end of the day.

I downloaded and installed it but it will not register. Keeps telling me "Unable to contact server..."

I used AVS Video Conveter professionally, it was for/at a California University IT Dept. I use Sony Vegas 7 and Premiere on the PC XP SP2 thanks, and FCP on the Mac. I will pass on this today (no thumbs down) as I don't need it, but this is very interesting. I imagine it converts video, but I am reluctant to try as the comments say this is BETA and the crashes, etc. I will avoid. Thanks anyway GOATD. I say that this company has a good reputation and my converter expired and am contemplating purchase for professional uses.

Tried to activate the software with no success. I pasted the registration key to the activation field but always get an error message saying the system unables to establish connection to the server and so on. MAybe it's not for me

Won't activate get server error:(

My registration doesn't work... do I just use the email instead?

#131, dog
Do you seriously need an answer?

Why first (#120 to #135) putting down people with just good intentions? Criticism is good when the intention is to improve, but your are only offending people (your intention was 'joking' you said).

Even when your question is serious, do you really think someone is going to help now? Polish away some of your rudeness and perhapse you yourself will be no longer a 'joke/dog' anymore.

It won't let me register. i hit activate and paste the code in. it says it can't connect to the server.

It installed and opened fine in Windows XP SP2, however it wouldn't activate. I tried the activation option from within the program and also the start menu, as some have suggested. It kept giving me an error saying that I didn't have an Internet connection which is obviously untrue or I couldn't be posting this. The back-up option is to request an activation from tech support by email which I did but I don't know if that will count if it is after the GOTD download day : (

I have not been able to register this program. I have tried 6 times and get the same error message that it cannot connect to their server. Does this mean I will not be able to use it?...thanks...

Download and Installed fine but won't register. Thanks anyways.

Downloaded and installed fine on Win XP. Entered activation key into activation box - continual message "cannot to server", yet I was able to come here to write this message. Have used the alternate method of registering by email, so I hope that works.

When I try to start the program I get:
Class not registered, ClassID: {2CDC3E23-BC2C-4FD6-B864-60EA2F61DFA1}.
GOTD gave me the success screen but I can't start or activate.
This is XP pro SP3 older Athlon 1.44, 3/4 gig ram. Anyone have a solution?

Oh well. Activation within AVS Video Editor would not connect. Guess they are sleeping. You would think their server would be awake, at least through the Giveaway time frame. So much for this software. On to uninstall.

I can't activate this. It says "Unable to establish a connection to the server. Please check your internet connection and try again." My internet connection is working just fine, I'm not having trouble surfing the web, etc. at the usual speed.

Installation and activation easy as.

Create movie, easy as. Great.

Playback, cut much shorter than what I recorded as another poster mentioned. Not acceptable.

No logo displayed. Great.

Chose to install program to an external drive, BUT, it chose to install other crap in " C " drive. This is not a responsible move as this is my computer and I decide where to put things on MY computer !! Not acceptable.

Out it goes and I am not risking just uninstalling it. As usual, I did a full image backup prior to installing. Back to normal quickly.

I found other bugs and faults which some have been mentioned earlier, however, I will not waste my time to help a software developer who dictates to us what we do with our personal computers. My apologies to all users for not being more helpful, but as the offer is nearly over, help is not much use now.

Thumbs down on the behaviour of this software developer.

spent ages getting this huge download only to find that i cannot get it to register !!&*# Tried evrything I could think of including entering the code manually, the cut and paste would not work. Kept getting invalid code. So regretfully I will have to uninstall, was looking forward to this one.................

I tried to register and it won't. According to my time I still had 5 minutes left. What gives?

"Abnormal program termination" error every time I try to run it. Same as comment # 56.

Tried repairing it, but no luck.

Anyone have any suggestions or ideas? I could really use the help.

I found the interface to be very un-intuitive. and the 6 hour wait for a 2 hour output file is excessive in my opinion. Tried it, but don't think I'll keep it.

re # 153:

so....
those opting for the non-beta version, d/l from

http://www.avs4you.com/Downloads/AVSVideoEditor.exe

I d/l'd from http://www.avsmedia.com/downloads/codecs.aspx and evem thought it's supposed to be the same version 3.5.1.355, it doesn't install and set up the same way.

When I clicked finish, it crashed my computer rather than restarted it. Am now having issues with my video card software.

XP SP3, Dual AMD dual cores, 4 Gigs on a serverboard.

better than windows movie maker.. with more effects and such and such*dont mis it

This is a handy piece of software. Installed and registered without any problems. Thanks

This is NOT BETA!

Well, it technically is, but this is the exact same version that's available on AVS's website. Even their version says BETA. So don't let everyone thats stating this is BETA confuse you. It is the same version you get if you bought it from their website.

Now, what I don't know is if this will expire in one year, like AVS's normal pricing policy.

Installed on Vista Ultimate x64 - installed fine.
HOWEVER - when I tried the activation I got a popup saying "A monitor program has been found running in your system. Please, unload it from memory and restart your program."

The only thing I can think of that it is complaining about is Kaspersky Internet 2009 - and for a program to not activate because of an application like this is not acceptable. There is no way in hell I would deactivate an application that protects my system because of a software popup.

THUMB DOWN ON -ANY- SOFTWARE THAT ACTS IN THIS MANNER.

#98. 119. 152 etc.
I must be missing something....
i downloaded the non beta version of AVS Video editor v 3.5(.1.355)
running XP SP2
I install the non-beta version, open the bet zip, get the "Regisration key" from readme.txt, open the installed 3.5, click on "Help" in menu bar
there is no "activate option" only "Regiter", which opens a box asking for "Registration name" and "Serial number"
I type in a name and paste the key into the s/n box, hit "Submit" and get a msg box "Registration is failed" "false"

ALSO there is no AVS4YOU in the start menu .....

Here is a helpful hint! To elaborate on what #152 said. If you download the file that GAOTD has on this page and open the read me file and copy the registration key and then follow the link on this page to AVS's website and click on the non-beta version of AVS Video Editor and download that file and activate that version with GAOTD's code you get the full version plus access to many of their other titles for free! Okay, I hope this works for everyone!

Timing is excellent! Thanks GOTD rocks!

Program starts and registration code works but
try as I may, I could not get the program positioned
correctly on my desktop. (XP home sp3) It seems pushed off
the left edge of my monitor. The top bar won't move it.

super slow app this one is, and it crashes alot too.

Good Job GOTD!! I went to the website to install the non-beta version using the downloaded setup and key..found out that by registering, I have access to all 27 of their AVS titles!! What a score! Big 2 thumbs up for this one...

Oh yeah, thanks GAOTD :-)

Installs and runs nicely on XP SP2. Thumbs up!

I haven't tried many features yet, but at least its no watermark/logo on the finished video!

I would recommend installing the FFDShow codec http://www.free-codecs.net/download/FFDShow.htm and also to have the freeware VirtualDubMod http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdubmod/ as an addition to this one! VDMod seems much quicker to render an output file btw.

Seems like a nice userfriendly program!

I downloaded the software, and when I tried to install it, I get a"fatal error: key is invalid" message, and I could not go any further. Thank you anyway GOTD.

an absolute pointless waste of banwidth not worth clogging the net with such abysmal trash & thats it's good points!!

Can anyone help, please? Any time I open the program, the top menu bar is off the top of my screen. No other program does this. I've tried other screen resolutions, but it's always the same. Without the menus, I can't use the program very well, can I?

Very disappointing, unless someone has a solution.

#80 -- As the site says, and the Read Me in the zip file for the program -- you have to install it the day it is given away. If you wait until tomorrow or the next day, or a month from now, you won't be able to install it.

101 Donna

I think you need Windows Installer v 4.5
Download it at microsoft.com/downloads
(search for windows installer 4)

Awesome give away dudes.
Many thanks.

i hope they give away the AVS DVD Authoring.. and AVS Audio Editor



todays program is great and i hope we will see the two above as i am in need of all three software sets this company is showing off!!! great stuff thanks Online Media Technologies