Thanks for replying.
How long have you used the free version?
You can use the external plug-ins with the free version after 14 days? According to the purchasing page, the paid "Home Edition" has the ability to use plug-ins disabled: "The limitations of the "Home Edition" are stated as "Everything (in the Master's Edition?)except limit of 2 simultaneous audio tracks and no external plugs" So it would seem that would be the case for the free version as well or after 14 days or whatever.
But what is your experience with the free version and external plug-ins? That is why I am asking how long you have used it -- has it been past 14 days, since the info page states, "The basic version of VideoPad has all the features of VideoPad Pro but after 14 days trial the range of export formats will be limited to .avi, .wmv, .asf and DVD." -- limiting plug-ins is not mentioned but again, if they are disabled in the paid "Home Version" and there is the other time limitated functionality in the free version, it would seem that plug-ins would be disabled as well.
dustov