Choosing Between Autorun MAX! and AutoPlay Media Studio

Indigo Rose Software has two different autorun menu tools. There’s the extremely easy to use Autorun MAX!, and then there’s its big brother AutoPlay Media Studio. Both products are excellent tools for creating autorun CD’s and DVD’s, but AutoPlay Media Studio is a “bigger” product that is also used for creating full multimedia software applications. Compare the differences in the chart below to see which product fits your needs the best. Either way, you’re getting a best of breed professional solution!

Comparison Chart

Feature Autorun MAX! Home Edition Autorun MAX! Business Edition AutoPlay Media Studio

License and Branding
Distribute Projects for Commercial Use
Remove Branded Credits Screen
Change Executable Version Information

Design Environment
Maximum Pages per Project 100 250 2500
WYSIWYG Design Environment
Guidelines, Rulers and Grids
Project Explorer Panel
Object Properties Grid Panel

Object Browser Panel
Hide Objects at Design Time

Runtime Features
Non-Rectangular Windows
Background Music
Simultaneous Audio Channels 1 1 7
Startup Movie (Video)
Startup Movie (Flash)
Third-Party Dependency Checking
Menu Bars
Resizable Applications

Objects
Button
Label

Paragraph
Image
Video
Flash
Web
Hotspot
Input
ListBox
ComboBox
Tree
Progress
Expandable with Object Plugins
Modify Objects at Runtime

Actions
Quick Actions 10 10 10
Scripting
Scripting Actions N/A N/A 520
Expandable with Action Plugins
Color Syntax Highlighting Script Editor
“Intellisense Style” Code Completion Editor
Arithmetic Operators
Custom Variables
Relational and Logical Operators
User-Defined Functions
Control Structures (if, while, repeat, for, do, else)
Tables, Arrays and Custom Data Structures
Custom Error Handling
SQLite Database Support
XML File Support
Web Downloads/Communication

Events
Globals
Project Events 2
(Startup, Shutdown)
2
(Startup, Shutdown)
4
(Startup, Shutdown, Size, Menu)
Page Events 10
(Preload, Show, Close, Timer, Audio,
Size, Menu, Key, Mouse Button,
Mouse Move)
Object Events

1
(On Click)

1
(On Click)
2-7
(Depends on the object)

File Formats
Image Files bmp, jpg, pcx, png, tga, tif, wmf, apm, emf, psd, pcd, gif bmp, jpg, pcx, png, tga, tif, wmf, apm, emf, psd, pcd, gif bmp, jpg, pcx, png, tga, tif, wmf, apm, emf, psd, pcd, gif
Video Files asf, asx, avi, wax, wmv, wvx, wmp, wmx, mpg, m1v, mpa, mpe, mpv2 asf, asx, avi, wax, wmv, wvx, wmp, wmx, mpg, m1v, mpa, mpe, mpv2 asf, asx, avi, wax, wmv, wvx, wmp, wmx, mpg, m1v, mpa, mpe, mpv2
Flash Files
Audio Files wav, raw, ogg, aif, aiff, wma, asf wav, raw, ogg, aif, aiff, wma, asf wav, raw, ogg, aif, aiff, wma, asf
Button Files

Publishing Options
Burn CD-R/RW
Burn to DVD-R/RW
Build to Hard Drive Folder
Build to Single File Executable
Build to ISO Image

Pricing
Price (US$) $49 $129 $295