Blaze Media Pro 5 - media player, editor and conversion tool

January 2, 2004

This software is a swiss army
knife of sorts and though I have never used it, a lot of people seem to like it.
It has won a
ton of awards by everyone from Tucows to Wugnet. Both audio and video
formats can be converted. Supported conversions include CD, MP3, MP2, WMA, OGG,
WAV, AIF, VOX, MPC, G.72x, AU, RAW to MP3/WMA/OGG/WAV; CD burning from
WAV/MP3/WMA/OGG, WAV and MP3 Compression, and two-way conversions among MPEG-1,
MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, Multi-Page TIFF, and FLIC. MPEG conversion options are
available for VCD, SVCD, and DVD compliant output. It also has CD and
DVD burning capability. Skins are on the way!

Blaze Media Pro features a complete and powerful video
editor as well for AVI, MPG, WMV, and ASF formats. The video editor allows
you to edit, delete frames, delete selection, and trim any desired portion
of your video and audio content. You can add effects and titles, make
color adjustments, export frames or audio selections, crop the video,
flip, mirror, rotate, resize, stamp, adjust audio volume, and much more.
WAV, WMA, and MP3 audio files can be inserted into the video or extracted
from the video; and BMP, GIF, JPG, PCX, PNG, RAS, PPM, TGA, and TIF are
the supported image formats that can be inserted or
extracted.

Blaze Media Pro supports all popular multimedia
formats for playback, including MPEG Layer-3 (MP3), MPEG Layer-2 (MP2),
OGG Vorbis (OGG), Active Streaming Format (ASF), MPEG Video (MPG, MPEG,
MPE), Windows Video (AVI), Windows Media Audio and Video (WMA, WMV), Apple
QuickTime (MOV, QT), Windows Audio (WAV), Audio CD (CDA), MP2 (MPEG 1/2
Layer-2), VOX (Dialogic ADPCM), RAW audio (PCM, A-LAW, U-LAW), MPC
(MusicPack), G.726, G.723, G.721, Video CD (DAT), Media Playlists (ASX,
WAX, M3U, WVX), MIDI, AIFF, AU, SND, and more! For video formats, advanced
zooming and full-screen modes are supported. The video window is freely
resizable, allowing precise zoom adjustment. Playback speed and position
control are also supported.

They offer an extensive gallery of 33 screenshots for your perusal in handy thumbnail
view. To read about all the capabilities of this software you will have to visit the site.
There is an extensive list there. If you decide to try this
program they offer a 15 day free trial. After that, if you like it, it
is available for 50 dollars US. The file is 12 megs and is also available as a
trial CD-ROM.

If you try this software or have experience with it already, maybe you will
take a moment to share your thoughts in our forums.

Source: Mystic Media