Blaze Media Pro 4.0, a powerhouse all-in-one media player, converter (two-way among CD, MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, FLIC, etc.), audio and data CD burner, audio/video editor and recorder, and video creation/extraction/processor has been released today.

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All-in-one Audio/Video Conversion, Editing, Recording, and Playback

Mystik Media has released Blaze Media Pro 4.0, a powerful, all-in-one Windows multimedia application supporting all popular media formats; audio and video playlists; audio and video conversions; audio and video editing & recording, video construction, combining, decompiling, batch processing; and video capture. Advanced audio and data CD burning capabilities are also provided.

The full-featured audio editor's capabilities include Amplify, Null Amplitude, Insert/Delete Silence, Insert Noise, Insert Pulse, Insert Sinus, Fade In/Out, Invert, Normalize, Reverse, Delay, Flanger, Vibrato, Stretch, Mix. Mix from File, Paste from File, Paste from Clipboard, Copy to Clipboard, Delete Selection, Save Selection, Zoom, Convert, Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Crop, Filters (Band Pass, Low Pass, High Pass, Low Shelf, High Shelf), Input/Output Volume Control, Audio Information Read/Write, and much more. Furthermore, the audio editor can be used for audio file recording from any available source (such as cassette; record player; phone line; TV tuner audio; CD player; line-In; auxiliary; microphone; wave-out; and wave-out mix) as well

Video editing is available for AVI (uncompressed), AVI (compressed using any available codec), MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, and ASF. Comprehensive video editing operations are provided (copy, cut, paste, delete, crop, resize, rotate, mirror, flip, deskew, trim, etc.). In addition, an extensive list of over 30 effects and color adjustment operations allow for powerful video enhancement and alternation. Available effects include Adding Text, Anti-Alias, Average, Contrast, Deskew, Despeckle, Emboss, Gamma Correct, Grayscale, Hue, Intensity, Invert, Median, Mosaic, Motion Blur, Oilify, Posterize, Saturation, Sepia Tone, Sharpen, Solarize, Stamp, and 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. Most video processing operations can also be performed in batch mode on a list of video files using the software's Batch Video Processor.

Advanced CD recording features support writing audio CDs from MP3 and WAV files as well as data CD containing any type of files desired. Powerful capabilities include very fast and efficient multithreaded recording; highly compatible with most any IDE and SCSI drives on the market today; multi-session disc support; auto-detect high write speed availability and is fully supported and optimized internally; ASPI manager not required for NT/2000/XP systems; full re-writable disc support; superior data buffering; and much more. The system allows recording of a data image on-the-fly; no need to create an image on the hard drive first. Therefore, very little disk space is required for data CD recording. For data CDs, existing ISO images can be imported from other sources, and the software can also write ISO files for external use. Audio CD creation offers such options as caching data locally to prevent the possibility of errors on slower systems for maximum compatibility. Test-mode writing is also supported to verify success without having to risk a wasted disc. Audio CD track manipulation is very easy and intuitive as well. You can quickly and easily rearrange tracks, remove any unwanted tracks, erase CD-RW discs, add a complete path of files to the list at once, and more

Novice audiophiles and videophiles will enjoy the program's drag and drop operation, its CDDB auto-save, and its many easy-to-use features. Power users will appreciate being able to fine-tune all of Blaze Media Pro's preferences and settings.

Advanced conversions include CD to WAV, CD to MP3, CD to WMA, CD to OGG, WAV to MP3, MP3 to WAV, WAV/MP3 to WMA, WMA to WAV/MP3, WAV/MP3 to OGG, OGG to WAV/MP3, WAV/MP3 to CD, WAV/MP3 compression, and two-way conversions among MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, Multi-Page TIFF, and FLIC. The audio content of video files can be extracted and saved to sound files, and frames can also be extracted to images files in batch mode. Video files can also be created from still frame images and/or other videos.

Blaze Media Pro 4.0 costs $50 (US), runs under Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP, and may be purchased securely online at http://www.mystikmedia.com. You can download a free trial version of Blaze Media Pro from the same web site. Group purchases and site licenses are available. For more information, contact Mystik Media, 296 Captain Beam Blvd., Hampstead, NC 28443. E-mail: e-mail protected from spam bots. Internet: http://www.mystikmedia.com.