You need to buy the PRO version (lists for $19.99), which was just what fit the bill, when I wanted to have local copy of a video file embedded deeply in a web page and served as an RTMP stream. Other solutions I had, like Videobox, didn't even detect the video on that page.

For me, I was still willing to part with what it cost to download the PRO version, but it was somewhat painful, given the anticipated rate of use. I am hoping that this software will have a long life. You can apply Coupon Code ELMEDIA-TWITTER-15 to your order, to knock off 15%, at least.

My biggest gripe with Popcorn is that it frequently refuses to convert DVDs to MP4s with an "ID = -50" error, aborting the conversion process without much of an explanation. This is with VIDEO_TS folders copied to my hard drive with which Handbrake has no problems. I therefore chalk this up to bugs that have persisted across versions (I have owned Popcorn 2, 3, and 4).

The reason I continue to use it is simply that I like that its user interface, which is quite good. It allows me to easily select VIDEO_TS folders for conversion, select tracks from within the DVD, even allowing me to watch what's on the track, if I want to be able to identify what's what, because I only want to convert one of several tracks.

In addition, for conversion it appears to use the QuickTime interface with the same options I have when converting a track in the QuickTime Player utility (Version 7, QuickTime Pro functionality). I can change target video size and frame rate and even choose multi-pass encoding, which results in smaller file sizes with better video quality. Handbrake only does two-pass encoding.

In short, when it works, it's great.

As of 11:20 EST on 2/16/2011, Version 1.5.2f6367 is not available through the in-application menu selection. I am in line for a chat with a support specialist (in India).

This program did exactly what I needed. I had some pages in a longer document, which I needed to manipulate in Adobe Illustrator. PDF Unlock allowed me to save the unlocked document under a new name. The new PDf document was completely unlocked and opened in Illustrator without problems.

ShareTool works really well. Before I had it, I would have to set up individual ssh tunnels for each service. Now I have access to my home printer, can help my wife troubleshoot by controlling her computer from work, and save files to my home server. It's almost a VPN.

I'd give it the fifth star, if on the server side it could run as a daemon. Then I wouldn't have to be logged in there, and it would run even aft er a reboot. But then I gather that the Yazsoft people are thinking about including that feature in a future version.