Johannesburg, 24 Oct 2008
Phoenix Software has announced the release of Nero 9, the next generation of one of the world's most trusted and best-selling integrated digital media and home entertainment software solutions. Developed in direct response to customer feedback, Nero 9 gives consumers one simple solution to easily create, edit, rip, copy, backup, convert and share their music, videos and photos within their connected digital home, in online communities or on portable devices. This latest release builds on Nero's established technology leadership while delivering on the company's commitment to liquid media, allowing content to be created and distributed anytime, anywhere and on any device.
Nero 9 - New and enhanced features
Fast, easy, and convenient user interface
With Nero 9, the company responded to consumer requests for an enhanced, easy-to-use, and convenient user interface. The popular Nero StartSmart command centre, integrates new playback, ripping, burning, copying, and backup functions with one-click tabs for quick and easy completion of digital tasks. In addition, Nero StartSmart now offers Autobackup, an automatic backup function accessed directly through one-click tabs. Consumers will also appreciate new file playback capabilities within Nero StartSmart for music, videos, and photos, as well as the ability to create playlists. Furthermore, Nero StartSmart now integrates Gracenote music recognition service providing song and artist information for audio files.
Superior high definition
Now users can capture video from AVCHD camcorders and easily create stunning movies with 3D animated menu templates for a professional presentation. The new tape-scan feature allows quick and easy previews and scene selections from digital (DV) or high-definition videos (HDV) for the seamless import of video into creative projects, saving time and hard drive space. Easily burn high-definition projects with High Definition menu templates to AVCHD discs using standard recordable DVD media - save time and ensure quality with Nero's Smart Encoding for AVCHD. In addition, Nero now offers the Blu-ray Disc Authoring Plug-in, enabling High Definition menu authoring and burning of HD video to Blu-ray Disc, ensuring playback on PlayStation 3 and other Blu-ray disc players. The enhanced and newly designed multimedia player within Nero 9, Nero ShowTime, now incorporates great usability with a new look and playback design as well as convenient docking and stand-by modes of both the browser window and playlists. Great new media and playlist handling will make users simply enjoy playback of their digital content. The best-of-breed playback options now include Gracenote music services providing accurate song and artist information as well as album art, shuffle playback for playlist and audio CD tracks plus support for latest digital formats.
New video editing options
Nero 9 provides highly enhanced yet easy-to-use video editing tools to allow for greater personalisation of home videos and slide shows. The new Ad Spotter detects and removes commercials from reported TV broadcasts and joins movie content pieces seamlessly together. The new Music Grabber feature identifies music clips in a movie or music video and automatically extracts the audio, to save as MP3 and add to playlist. The new Movie Wizard allows creativity with an easy-to-use library of templates including themes for special occasions like birthdays, holidays, and weddings, plus soundtracks and special effects.
Autobackup and data protection
Based on consumer feedback, Nero integrated even more convenient and easy tools to protect valuable memories, confidential data and safeguard against system crashes, natural disasters or even human error. The new Autobackup feature in Nero 9 makes it easy for consumers to backup digital entertainment content from their PCs including files, folders, drives, and even the entire system via a simple wizard interface that leads consumers through a scheduling process for backing up and saving content - offline or online. Also offered with Nero 9 is Nero BackItUp 4 which allows consumers to protect against a system crash or accidental loss of important data by providing easy disaster recovery and backup password protection for extra security. With Nero RescueAgent technology integrated into Nero 9, users can safely and securely recover data from damaged or scratched discs, hard drives, USB sticks and Flash memory cards, and other memory devices.
Availability
Nero 9 will be available from retail stores countrywide, including Incredible Connection, CNA, Makro, Hi-Fi Corporation, Electronic Wise, IT Junction, PC Mart, and Kalahari.net from 12 November 2008. The Blu-ray Disc Authoring Plug-in is sold as a downloadable product in the Nero Online Shop at www.nero.com for EUR 6.99.
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