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If you have to pay for something, it should compare favorably to a free solution, as in
1.) ease of use, intuitive interface, no need to set parameters for "usual" case usage
2.) convert files it claims to convert
ConvertXtoDVD fails tests on both these counts. If you are a geek (i.e., video/audio hobbyist/engineer) and want to spend some money, then this is an option. The quality was fine and it did render video from two file formats. But no better than freeware solutions, some of which have far more flexibility depending on your tolerance for command line.
Test One: Drag an MKV file with soft subtitles into the app, make no changes to video/audio settings. Result: video/audio rendered properly, but with no sign of subtitles (completely missing from VOB)
Test Two: Same MKV converted to AVI (subtitles not rendered, extracted from MKV). Correct errors in subtitles file with Subtitle Workshop to remove that variable. Result: No subtitles rendered, video aspect ratio incorrectly rendered (4:3 instead of 16:9)
Conclusion: De-install and save $40. DVDFlick does the same thing, same video quality, with fewer caveats to pre-processing files, has a far superior intuitive interface, and is free. As with every app I have tried, it doesn't handle the hellish and hope-to-die MKV container original with subs, but with subs file manually added (Test Two), it encodes and burns perfectly every time as it has with every other format/container I've tried.
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