AddMovie - 1.5.2

As some of the feedback below indicates certain users are annoyed that I use the term "donation" when I enforce a payment for permanent activation of AddMovie, and all the other programs in my Utility Bundle that are simultaneously activated by such a "donation." So they give it a bad rating without even trying the product.

I call it a donation because I allow payments in four amounts. At the present time these amounts are: $10, $15, $20 and $25. I am fully aware of the conventional meaning of the term, or at least what it seems to imply: free access to the software with no requirement to pay anything ever. Yet in the description above I do clearly note that AddMovie is part of a bundle, and that a payment is required to permanently activate it and all other utilities.

It is very disappointing to receive 1-star ratings because of this pricing policy and terminology, and not because the product was actually used and found to be unworthy of a higher rating. I put a good deal of of time and effort into developing AddMovie, as well as all the other utilities in the software bundle it belongs to. It is not fair to disparage the programs with bad ratings because of a pricing policy or terminology related to it, although comments are always welcome.

I would consider changing the policy to one where, say, each utility has a separate price and I charge another single price for the whole bundle, rescinding the usage of the term donation. However, many people seem to like the way I am offering the software, and many people do pay in one of the various amounts available. So I don't think a change is necessary.

The idea is: pay an amount commensurate with the number of utility products you use. If you only use AddMovie, pay $10. If you use AddMovie, TransformMovie and Seatubes, maybe you'll consider $15. If you use 50% of the utility programs maybe $25 is reasonable. I really don't think this idea is unfair. Especially in light of the fact that all upgrades are always free, and whenever I create a new member of the utility bundle you get it at no extra charge. New products are in fact added frequently, and updates are applied all the time.

I hope I clarified the issue a bit. And I hope you consider retracting your 1-star rating and just leaving a comment that you think I am being unfair and misleading (which of course I am not trying to be.)

All this software allows is for video files to be split into two video files that it calls "Left" and "Right".

CON: In other words, one can only choose the end of the clip one wishes to save and not the beginning which is set to the beginning of the video.

PRO: This application automatically manages the settings of the new video file: codec and bitrate, factors which control quality and file size. In other words, the newly created video file suffers no loss in quality nor a bloating of the file size.

PRO: The application, by default, exports/saves the newly created video file in Quicktime-compatible format(s) regardless of the source file formats.