TK, as far as I can tell the last versions I have here that support XP and Vista for video recoding and slideshow creation is 5.15.? branch all 5.16 version I have installed fail with failed to find a procedure.

I was able to reactivate 5.15.6.0 using todays license so all is not lost for us users of XP and Vista... though I use XMedia recode for most of my video reprocessing needs.

TK, You can't expect software companies to continue supporting obsolete OS's. Don't you think it's time to update your computer's operating system? Right now, I have 13 year old hardware and I'm using Windows 10 (x64) with no problems at all. I have an old Core2Duo, 8 gigs of ram an old gigabyte mobo p35c-ds3r (2.0). Luckily, I have been able to overclock the cpu to the maximum and now planning to install a SSD to replace the old mechanical one. I also plan on testing my equipment on Windows 11 even though it does not meet hardware requirements. Lots of people are using workarounds to install Win 11 to bypass hardware requirements because they don't have the funds to buy expensive new hardware. I'm one of them.

Robert,
You can never tell what people are doing with older operating systems, so your "upgrade" suggestion will fall on mute ears for some. Not everyone is using an older OS as their default OS, but even if they are, they may not have the option to upgrade. They might be elderly, not computer savvy, or one of many other reasons why they are using an XP or Vista computer. Since we do not know their situation, it is impossible to make a suggestion of what they should do that has any value.

I love Windows 7 and Vista. I like how Vista changed from how it started out to what it became. I have no plans on upgrading my Vista computer just because someone else thinks I should.

I have Windows 10 and 11 but I also have computers with older operating systems going back to XP that are running tasks day and night. I also have bootable NT2K, NT, W98, but not running currently. The XP computers also have other software installed that I do not have a license to install the programs on later operating systems, so to utilize those programs, they remain on the computers running XP SP4.

As a developer myself, I prefer to abide by the developer's license terms, the same way that I hope users will abide by mine. If I had a legit license to install some of the programs on later computers, I would in only a few cases. I certainly would not want my own personal use computer to slow down, just so an old program is running on a later operating system. Also, buying 20 operating system licenses "just to upgrade" those older computers does not make financial sense, much less the time to do the upgrades. The computers are "offline" and safe from any external threats. They perform "workhorse" tasks and work fine where they are. From my viewpoint, the operating systems are not obsolete, merely, not supported by Microsoft. They are supported by me, but that need is extremely rare.

I've used WinX HD Video Converter Deluxe on XP for several years, so if I need to convert a batch of videos, rather than doing it on my workstation PC, I will use an XP computer or a group of them depending on how many videos I have to convert.

Gary,
You raise several very valid points. In terms of user-friendly user interface, XP & 7 had it all over what came later. (I happen to run 10 on a couple systems.) I must have a couple hundred programs installed into 7, some of them quite specialized to handling specific tasks in particular ways. Some of them are not compatible with 10 -- and presumably either with Win-11, in which I have zero interest. Many of these programs are very necessary to things that I do regularly. Some of them can not be reinstalled, for various reasons. So, my only options for their continued use would be 1) Running them in a Virtual Machine, 2) Disconnecting the "obsolete" OS system from the internet, over security issues, so that it becomes a solitary, dedicated workstation in its own little world, or 3) Attempting to spin the program off as a portable app, which is an uncertain, complex, and fairly techie undertaking, which may or may not work and could still run into compatibility problems.
Thus far, I have gone with Option #2 for some XP boxes operated by other users, and may have to do that for Win-7 rigs of my own, in due course. Not an ideal solution, but still a practical one. I'd like to develop the skills to better pursue option 3.

Teddy,

As it happens Teddy, VideoProc Converter is ALSO developed and sold by Digiarty... the same as this program is!

Just thought you might like be interested to know that.

Regards,

Drew.

Harry Mangurian, lifetime, no upgrade, as it says conditions of getting in the upper part of the website into description" Licence details". I am a user, Sir. Not admin.

Harry Mangurian, check the blue box top right, it says:

Licence details:
Lifetime with no free updates and support

Last minute message: all the three aforementioned requests have just arrived. There must have been a glitch of the GAOTD server or somewhere else en route?
Regards, Marek

FWIW, nowadays the 2 primary ways of providing subs with local video [v.s. streaming] is 1) as a graphics-based stream alongside audio & video in a .m2ts file [Blu-ray] or .VOB file [DVD], or 2) in a specially formatted .srt text file, often created / acquired by OCRing a graphics-base sub stream. LOTS of software players, including Android, will give you the choice to display subs using an .srt file named the same as the video file, & display them using your choice of size & color. You can sometimes find .srt files that someone else has already OCRed online. Producing graphics-based sub streams is doable, but requires specialized software. Most video converters OTOH will overlay subs, usually using an .srt file as source, making them a permanent part of the re-encoded video -- IOW can't use the player to set color or size or turn on/off.

Oswald Morris, According to the User Manual, available on the website:
3-2． Subtitle
You can select the embedded subtitle track or add subtitle to your video:

1 Check "Enable Subtitle" -> Select the embedded subtitle -> "Done".

2 Check "Enable Subtitle" -> "Extra" -> Hit "Add" to import SRT subtitle file -> "Done".

and there is an image which I can't include. See the manual on the website. The manual doesn't answer your question. Perhaps you will need to try it, for free. I found that using either VLC (yes, it does MUCH more than play stuff) or ffmpeg were good tools for getting my subtitles to look the way I want, including font, fontsize and color.

John Stampfel, see number #2