Even now with everybody proclaiming the end of the PC era and the rise of tablets, smartphones and all the other stuff in between - my PC still has its right to exist. My DSLR is not online yet, nor are all the photos and videos I took years ago.
It's still my PC (and my NAS) where I keep all my memories. Still I do have a fancy Smart TV and an iPad that I'm using more and more to watch videos or show the photos of my last vacation to friends.
I spent a lot of time trying different (free) tools and if you're willing to spend a lot of time, you'll probably find a couple of apps and services that help you here and there. I never got really happy though as everything was a lot of effort and complex to set up. Having used Nero to burn my first CDs and DVDs years ago, I came across their current Suite of products and gave it a shot.
While you still find the stuff you'd expect to find - support for each and every disc format to copy, transcode, rip and burn - they offer a lot for photos and videos as well. I'm very positively surprised how well the different applications are integrated with each other. The new MediaBrowser even allows to access photo albums, face tags etc from any other app, even the ones that are not from Nero - basically a Windows Explorer specifically for multimedia files - that allows for productivity across apps I've only seen on a Mac so far.
While I personally don't find the time to capture and edit a lot of video, it's amazing what you can do in just a couple of minutes with the video app.
I'm also happy to see that they continuously improve the products and update them on a regular basis - for example with new device profile for phones and tablets in the Recode app.
What I only found last night is that I can finally stop going back and forth between my PC and TV to copy photos to a thumb drive - only to find that they are in the wrong orientation. With Mediahome, I can just access them right from the TV or even send them there from the PC - that's pretty neat.
What I'm still missing a bit and wish they would add it, is a maps view for the photos I take on my phone. That's a feature I love on the device and would be happy to see that on the PC.
Overall I can only recommend the product - it's an amazing value at that price.
Nero 2014 [Old Version]
3.1 | 90 ratings
Price: 29.99
Last update: 07-28-2024
About this item
Manage your photos, videos and music with ease.
Create with confidence and ease for pro-like results.
Convert virtually any format to be played on any device.
Play all your photos, videos and music from one central location.
Burn high quality, reliable and secure discs.
Create with confidence and ease for pro-like results.
Convert virtually any format to be played on any device.
Play all your photos, videos and music from one central location.
Burn high quality, reliable and secure discs.
Top reviews from the United States
Patrick
Still a must-have to master your multimedia jungle
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2014Normypie
Better than Nothing.
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2015JD the tired dad
mediocre product, AWFUL company for support
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2015Ronald J. Pitters
actually to bad!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2014Ozamandiz
Not the Latest but It Works for Me.
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
miker
Good Basic CD/DVD/Blu-Ray Burner Software
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2014
Jen
Disappointed
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