Review by Reuben Gathright

My netbook has many hours of home video files stored on it that I wanted to share with family. Using Nero 2014 Platinum and a USB DVD writer, I have had success burning these movies. Read on to find out what this software can really do!nnInstallationnI installed Nero 2014 Platinum on my Acer Aspire V5-122P-0637 netbook. The AMD quad core processor and 6Gb of memory seemed more than enough to try out video editing on my favorite portable computer. The installer detected that I needed Microsoft XML 4.0 SP3 and a reboot validator so I had to restart my system to complete the process on my Microsoft Windows 8.1 64bit machine. Upon reboot, I entered my serial number and began the file install. Approximately 15 minutes later Nero was installed. The content pack took another 10 minutes to load.

UsenFirst and foremost, before Nero 2014 Platinum was installed on my Acer Aspire several of my movies could not be played because their file extensions were not recognized. After installation, the MKV video files could be played.

Next, I burned a digital copy of a movie I purchased to DVD+R Double Layer disc using Nero Video. The process took 2 hours 35 minutes to complete, mostly because of the transcoding process. The transcoding used all four cores of my AMD A6-1450 cpu.

ExtrasnThe Nero 2014 Platinum installation DVD also features content packs. You will find video effects, themes and menu templates in this collection of content.

In conclusion, Nero 2014 Platinum does a fine job of editing and burning movies.