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Summary: Terrible
Review: I bought and upgraded to version 5...no go. 'Cannot transcode file' errors. Buggiest program I have bought, no support, no return policy. Lost money. Caveat Emptor
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Summary: Not worth the headache!
Review: I bought Videowave 4 about a month ago and have had alot of problems with it. First of all, it came with no help file! Click on help and what do u get? Nothing. The install cd does have a tutorial but it does'nt get into any details and I just found the tutorial today after doing a re-install to try to cure some bugs. You can't actually even find the tutorial through the interface. Glitching! Oh man, errors, jerky playback of high quality files, and file names don't seem to stick with their files. So if you buy it, you can edit a video that won't playback right but it won't matter because you won't be able to find the file anyway, and you'll get crummy tech support! I followed tech support's instructions about 5 different times and of course they always try to find something on your end. I don't know if the other people who reviewed VW4 are insane or just lucky. I have talked to many others with similar experiences. I'm about to check out edit studio 2.1 by pure motion. Do yourself a favor if you want to buy videowave. Go to their site and check out their forum first. Nothing but problems.
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Summary: Don't waste your money!
Review: I have used the MGI Videowave 2SE for a couple of years and have been really happy with it. I decided to upgrade to the 4 and have had nothing but problems. First of all it is capatible with only a sprinkling of DV cameras. I can get the video on to the computer and edit it, but it won't record back on to the DV. I have been able to put it on a cd- but not back on to video. If you look at their support page many people have had the same problem. Their support has been entirely unhelpful. I went out and purchased the Videowave 3 and that has been fine. It seems strange that the older products would be much more compatible with lots of other cameras! Go get the old product!
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Summary: From Version 3.5 to crash 5.0
Review: I have used version 3.00 and the 3.5 upgrade that was quite OK and gave useful results. Slow, but ver 3.5 gave me good edited recordings back to DV tape. January 2002 I "upgraded" to a free test version 5.00 that viped out the old 3.5 ver from my system during installation and I did have some fun checking out the new-fangled automatic screen-detection and some storyline editing, but: End of luck! Version 5.00 was unable to compile the storyline to a new file and unable to export/record any compiled files to DV-tape!
So, back to loading my original disk-version 3.00 and trying to upgrade back to 3.5 at MGI, but no such luck. Frankly I have no respect for MGI and their callus designed way of destroying my working software without making it possible to return to 3.5.
These "smarty-pants" at MGI have more then just "one hair of hineous virus-hacks" in their mental make-up if you ask me...
OK, maybe version 5.00 can work for some other people on some PC systems, but I just don't trust the company any more. Why would the old version work OK and the "new improved 5.00 upgrade" not much at all when all else is the same?
Rating: 
Summary: Does the job - value for the price tag
Review: I haven't had any crashing problems - perhaps V4.0 that ships with Dell systems is different than the off the shelf version (I think so since the version 4.0 I have is XP compliant). Regardless, I haven't had any crashing problems - perhaps the 1.7GHZ processor, 128MB RAM and 60GB of harddisk space make the difference. I find it easy enough to use - but my requirements are pretty simple - editing and archiving home movies onto CD-ROM. Wouldn't use this product if an "artistic" outcome is required - but I'd be willing to pay more for a high end product if that was the use. Bottom line - video editing requires a fast processor, lots of memory and a big disk and no software magic can get around that reality.
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Summary: Does the job - value for the price tag
Review: I haven't had any crashing problems - perhaps V4.0 that ships with Dell systems is different than the off the shelf version (I think so since the version 4.0 I have is XP compliant). Regardless, I haven't had any crashing problems - perhaps the 1.7GHZ processor, 128MB RAM and 60GB of harddisk space make the difference. I find it easy enough to use - but my requirements are pretty simple - editing and archiving home movies onto CD-ROM. Wouldn't use this product if an "artistic" outcome is required - but I'd be willing to pay more for a high end product if that was the use. Bottom line - video editing requires a fast processor, lots of memory and a big disk and no software magic can get around that reality.
Rating: 
Summary: no support
Review: I purchased Videowave 5 and am unable to burn mpeg files to CDs. I get a message "Couldn't burn to optical disk". No other help. MGI has not replied to repeated emails over a 3 week period and their online registration fails to respond with a registration number. Other users have reported similar problems. Save your money and buy a product that has support.
Rating:
Summary: A WASTE OF MONEY
Review: I recently purchase videowave 4.0..I own Sony TRV20 digital camcorder. It's proved to be a waste of money. The software does not support this camcorder. It will not recognize the existent of the camcorder. I have a gateway computer with recommended firewire card said to to 100 % compatible with the software. I spent [a lot] in order to have the ability to edit my video on computer. It is proven to be a complete waste thus far. I spent countless of time on mgisoft website in no avail. The company should anticipate this problem and should provide an update downloadable patch. Attempted to contact mgi by phone in no avail(spend may be..just wait for the darn human to respond). I hope mgisoft read this message. It's the only way that I might have a chance of getting messages to them.
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Summary: Don't buy this
Review: I wasted my money on VideoWave 4 and had nothing but problems.
It installed fine on Win2000 Professional and hooks to my Sony digital camera OK, but doesn't allow me to edit any files.
What good is that? Technical support is awful. The "help" that comes with is inadequate and, in some cases, simply wrong. Given the chance to do it over again, I would not have purchased VideoWave 4.
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Summary: big upset
Review: I wish I had looked at more of the reviews before purchasing this, I was deeply upset with this product and hope others will read these reviews before purchasing. Wish I could give a better software suggestion but I'm still looking myself.
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