NCH Software
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
Key people | Peter Lupton, Founder and CEO |
| Products | NCH Software Product List |
| Website | |
NCH Software is an Australian software company founded in 1993 in Canberra, Australia. The Colorado office was started in April 2008 due to the large U.S. customer base.[1]
Software products[edit]
NCH Software provides software programs for audio, video, business, dictation and transcription, graphics, telephony and other utilities. On September 26, 2014, cnet.com showed their most-frequently downloaded program from NCH Software was WavePad Sound Editor Masters Edition.[2]
VideoPad is the firm's video editing application for the home and professional market.[3][4][5] It is part of a suite that integrates with other software created by the company. This other software includes WavePad, a sound-editing program;[6] MixPad, a sound-mixing program;[1] PhotoPad, a photo and image editor;[7] Prism a video format converter;[8] Express Burn, disc burning software; Switch, an audio format converter, Express Scribe, a transcription software , Express Zip, a file compression software, and Debut, a screen recorder and video capture software.
Controversy[edit]
During 2013, some computer security companies categorized NCH software as bloatware because it bundled the Google Toolbar. In July 2015, NCH Software announced[9][10] it was no longer bundling the Google toolbar. As of November 30, 2015, NCH Software is marked clean by all major antivirus products.[11][12][13] That said, if you install their software, they create context menus for several file types that are not at all related to an installed product. For instance, right-click a tar file on your Windows machine and an option to download and install their file compression program appears. This behavior occurs despite the fact that only a sound processing program was installed on the user machine.[citation needed]
Software nags to be run again after 14 days and application shortcuts on the desktop "wiggle" to prompt you to click on them.[citation needed]
Software licenses only receive updates for 3 months, this is hardcoded into the application, no new features, bug fixes or security updates are received after this unless you go back to an unregistered version or buy a new license.[citation needed]
All software on the website is always listed as a percentage off at all times, the percentage varies twice a month, but the software has never been sold at the full price (Often over $100)[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ a b May, Scott (2011-06-28). "NCH Software offers fantastic, affordable apps". Columbia Daily Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ "Search Results for NCH Software". Download.com. CNET. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ Chadwick, Danny (2014-03-11). "VideoPad Master's Edition". Top Ten Reviews. Archived from the original on 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
- ^ Muchmore, Michael (2012-03-30). "VideoPad Video Editor". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ Eldridge, Andrea (2012-07-29). "Nerds on Computers: Editing software brings out the awesome, skips the boredom". Redding Record Searchlight. Archived from the original on 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
- ^ Fernandez, Edgardo (2014-07-25). "NCH Software: Los mejores desarrolladores de herramientas" [NCH Software: The Best of Developer Tools]. NeoTeo. Archived from the original on 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2014-09-30.
- ^ Lewell, John (2011). Digital Photography for Next to Nothing: Free and Low Cost Hardware and Software to Help You Shoot Like a Pro. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-0-470-97058-4.
- ^ Biersdorfer, J. D. (2014-03-07). "Streaming Home Movies Online". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
- ^ "NCH Software discontinues Google Toolbar". 6 July 2015.
- ^ "NCH Software Safety Guarantee". Jan 15, 2016.
- ^ "Norton Safe Site passes NCH Software as safe". 17 November 2015.
- ^ "McAfee Safe Site passes NCH Software as safe". 30 November 2015.
- ^ "Mywot Web Review of NCH Software". 15 March 2016.