Easy Cd and Dvd Burning 2011 Review

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(More customer reviews)i used to have nero. nero is probably a little better but costs much more. i'm able to burn dvds no problem. when i insert into my laptop a dvd that i want to burn a window pops up asking me if i want to burn it using roxio. i say yes, then a little roxio window pops up, then i press read. when it's done reading my dvd it opens my dvd drive and asks me to insert a blank dvd. when in insert it, it starts to burn the image to the blank dvd. i can't say whether it will burn all dvds with copyright protection but it will burn dvds with copyright protection at least some of the time. otherwise, use dvd shrink to create an image and then use roxio to burn the image to a blank dvd.
my only complaint is that i wasn't able to burn home videos (avi format) to dvd; whereas, i remember nero was.

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Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning is an invaluable software program for copying and burning discs. Burn share and preserve files and projects on CD or DVD. Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning features include data back up tools and instant CD mixes. Photo features allow you to organize edit and share your digital memories in stunning slideshows. Convert analog audio into digital formats--great for expanding your MP3 collection. Import and edit home movies and share them on DVD. All this plus drag and drop disc burning and copying right from your desktop makes this a must-have piece of software.System Requirements:Microsoft Windows Vista Home/Business/Ultimate Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE (Service Pack3) Windows 7 Home Premium Professional and Ultimate (32 bit and 64 bit) For burning music and data discs: 500 MHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent; 128 MB RAM. For DVD slideshow or video authoring: 1.6 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent; 256 MB RAM. 7200 RPM hard disk drive recommended for video projects. 1 GB of free hard disk space for typical installation of all components. 1 GB of free hard disk space for every 5 minutes of video for video capture. 1024x768 16-bit color graphics card; 24-bit or 32-bit true color recommended. DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card and graphics card. Windows Media Player 9 10 11 or 12. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or 8 or higher. CD-ROM drive to install the software. Optional For burning: Multimedia compliant CD DVD recordable drive. For audio capture or playback: 16-bit Windows compatible sound card and speakers. Format: WIN XPVISTAWIN 7 Genre:PRODUCTIVITY Age:687967132199 UPC:687967132199 Manufacturer No:249000

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Roxio Creator 2010 Review

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(More customer reviews)First let me state that I am a long-time user of Roxio products and I have always been more than happy. I upgraded to this product only because its predecessor would not work with my current operating system. This is probably a good product however I could never get it to work properly and Roxio's tech support was less than helpful.
I had a problem with saving files and with components of the program spontaneously closing. I also had problems with other programs such as Photoshop Elements after installing this software. Tech support initially gave me the standard answer that I should uninstall and reinstall the program. I did this and it didn't help. They then instructed me to make some changes to my start up and registry files. Doing this not only did not solve my problem, it made my system work irratically. After giving the system a tune up with Norton 360, it worked fine but Easy Media Creator still did not work properly.
Next they asked me to send them my msinfo32 file as an attachment to my help ticket. I did so and did not receive a response. Five days later they closed my help ticket and marked it solved. I replied that they had not responded to the last information I had sent and again attached my msinfo32 file. Five days later they again closed my help ticket without having responded. When I added another reply they responded that I had not sent the msinfo32 file as requested. I sent it a third time. I then got this message: "We cannot troubleshoot your problem with the msinfo32 file we had requested. Please follow the steps below to send us your system information." The steps below instructed me to copy my msinfo32 file and attach it to the help ticket. At this point I gave up. I unstalled the program and now my other software works fine. This seemed to be an indication that the problem might be with the software and not my computer.
As a test to see if the problem really did lie within my computer I installed the software on a new "virgin" computer that uses a different operating system. I had the exact same problems. This further indicates that the problem is with the product not my computers.
I've downloaded a trial version of a similar product by Nero and it seems to be working fine. I think I'll just write off the Roxio software as a loss and order the full version of Nero.

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Easily preserve and share photo, video and audio projects with Roxio Creator 2010. Built-in video tutorials make it easy to get started. Burn and copy CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. Edit video like a pro and create Hollywood-style DVDs. Digitize LPs and tapes. Create photo slideshows, cards, calendars and panoramas. Share creations online, on disc, mobile phone or iPod. New features let you burn and copy discs directly on your desktop; save web video for offline playback; archive your AVCHD camera video directly to disc, pause/resume during video conversion; and encode video up to 5X faster depending on your hardware.


New Design Creator's Home is the launch pad for all video, photo, audio and burning projects. Creator automatically personalizes the main screen to put your most frequent tasks front and center. Click to enlarge.

New in this version
New--5X faster video encoding with support for ATI Stream and NVIDIA CUDA technology
New--Burn and copy discs directly on your desktop with Roxio Burn desktop widget
New--Save web video for convenient offline playback on DVD, mobile phone or iPod
New--Back up an entire camera of HD video directly on disc with AVCHD Archive
New--Pause/resume video conversion, or schedule long projects for efficient use of your PC
Improved--Capture music from streaming internet radio and automatically add title, artist and album info, then add to iTunes

Burning

Roxio delivers the industry's best and easiest tools for burning CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. The new Roxio Burn desktop widget lets you easily drag and drop files for burning or copying right on your desktop. Click to enlarge.
Copying

Easily copy data, audio, photo or video CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. Copy an entire 9 GB DVD movie onto a standard 4.7 GB recordable DVD disc. Create custom DVD compilations. Convert video files for playback on the device of your choice. Click to enlarge.
Video

Edit movies and burn DVDs like a Pro--even if you're a beginner! Capture, burn and share video, even from HD camcorders. Save streaming web video for offline playback on DVD, mobile phone or iPod. Click to enlarge.
Music

No matter what kind of music you're into, Creator 2010 makes it easy to rip tunes from CDs, digitize and clean up LPs and tapes, and record Internet audio or any other music playing on your PC! Create personalized mixes and compilations for any occasion. Click to enlarge.
Photo

Easily enhance your photos from cameras and mobile phones--and create animated slideshows, greeting cards, panoramas and more. Click to enlarge.
Sharing

Enjoy your videos, photos and music mixes on CD, DVD, on your hi-def TV, on YouTube, or portable devices including iPhone, PSP and more. Click to enlarge.
Learn

Get to know Creator 2010 by watching it in action. Built-in video tutorials make it easy and fun to get started. Print step-by-step instructions for easy reference while you work on projects. Click to enlarge.

Key Features
Burning & Copying
New--Burn and copy discs directly on your desktop with the new Roxio Burn desktop widget
Copy DVD-Videos and convert DVDs for playback on iPod, iPhone, PSP and other devices or to video files.
Convert other video file formats to DVD.
Burn up to 50 GB of content onto one Blu-ray Disc
Quickly back up data to CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Disc, even networked drives
Schedule unattended backups, and secure your discs with encryption and password protection
Copy discs in a few clicks, including the latest Blu-ray discs
Create virtual disc drives and load disc images
Span large files and projects across multiple CDs or DVDs
Burn a disc and create a disc image file at the same time
Backup your favorite audio, movies or TV shows from any iPod to your PC

Video
New--Save web video for convenient offline playback on DVD, mobile phone or iPod
New--AVCHD Archive makes it simple to back up an entire camera of HD video directly to disc
New--Pause/resume during video conversion, or schedule long projects for efficient use of your PC
New--Accelerated video encoding with support for NVIDIA CUDA and ATI Stream technology
Improved--Smart Encoding speeds up processing and preserves original video quality
Capture standard and high-def video
Plug in your digital camcorder and burn directly to DVD
Edit video automatically
Create video compilations to share on DVDs or portable devices
Create movies with custom sound tracks, titles, transitions and effects using advanced video editing tools
Add titles and scrolling credits to your video production
Trim and cut video clips
Timeline and storyboard views help you lay out your project
Automatically fix video color, contrast and brightness
Overlay multiple images, text or video clips; create picture-in-picture effects
Quickly and easily upload video to YouTube

DVD Creation & Playback
Improved--Author AVCHD video to standard DVDs as an affordable way to watch your HD video on your Blu-ray player
New--Play Blu-ray Discs, including Hollywood movies, on your PC with the optional Blu-ray playback Plug-In
Burn videos on Blu-ray Disc with the optional High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-In
Turn home videos into striking DVDs complete with animated menus and fully orchestrated music
Create compilation DVD discs from DVD-Video, and other video file formats
Produce Hollywood-style DVDs with motion menus and resizable buttons
New standard and high-def DVD menu templates for all occasions
Exercise full creative control over DVD menu features
Control end-of-play action and link menu elements to specific files
Add menu overlays--change size, orientation, transparency and more

Music
Improved--Capture music from streaming internet radio and automatically add title, artist and album info, then add to iTunes
Easily convert audiobook CDs for convenient playback on iPods and other portable devices, complete with chapters and bookmarks
Create advanced playlist projects with crossfades, transitions and beatmatching between songs
Edit your audio tracks--trim, join, add effects, create audio mashups
Convert multiple audio tracks into a different format for payback on a broad variety of devices, in one step
Simultaneously rip CDs from multiple drives
Build and audio library by capturing Internet radio or any PC-based audio source directly from your desktop
Convert audio and video files to your preferred format with the desktop gadget
Rip tracks from audio CDs quickly, automatically and concurrently across multiple disc drives
Digitize your analog LPs and cassettes, clean up noise and scratches, then add them to your MP3 player
Automatically identify unknown music tracks--even those captured from the Internet or streaming music services, then add title, artist and genre information to tags & filenames
Create DVD music discs for playback on DVD players, complete with 'smart navigation' via the remote control, with up to 50 hours Dolby Digital quality music on a single DVD.
Span dozens of songs and compilations across multiple audio CDs

Photo
Import photos from your digital camera into the Media Manager or directly into photo projects
Organize thousands of photos & create custom views to find photos quickly
Fix and enhance photos with powerful editing, effects and touch up tools
Easily correct color and exposure
Fix red eye, erase wrinkles and blemishes, crop and straighten photos
Use a range of powerful editing brushes
Adjust photos to suit your mobile device's screen resolution
Add effects like transparency and edge fading, and change color tone
Add attractive mats and frames to photos
Auto-fix mobile phone photos
Show off any picture on your mobile phone, full screen, without borders or bars
Quickly fix and enhance multiple photos at once
Create slideshows with pan & zoom animation to enjoy on PC or DVD disc
Add a royalty-free soundtrack to your slideshows
Stitch multiple photos together to create amazing panoramas
Create photo albums, greeting cards, collages and calendars
Get the best results when you print your photos using the Print Assistant
Optimize your photos for sharing via email

Mobile Device Support
Synchronize digital media from your PC to your mobile device
Queue up files to transfer to your mobile device even if it's not connected to your PC
Create a custom profile for your mobile phone
Seamlessly integrate with Windows Vista media folders
Easily transfer digital media from camera phone to PC via Bluetooth or USB cable
Send audio mixes to iPod, PSP and other players to enjoy on the go
Convert audio and video files to popular formats to play on mobile devices.

Disc Label Creation
Create personalized disc labels, DVD case inserts and booklets
Choose from professional-quality templates or create your own
Add a photo index to your disc label or insert to locate your photos
Calibrate your printer to take the guesswork out of printing disc labels

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Roxio Creator 2009 Review

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(More customer reviews)I've come across some awful and expensive software (like Cakewalk 6~9), but this one takes the cake. It's an intrusive, clunky, resource hog which wouldn't work correctly if the hand of god glided over it.
Right now, it's 12:41AM and I've been trying for the past 8 hours to get MyDVD (Part of this Roxio package) to make a DVD of a vacation I recently took. I'm an IT professional, and I was absolutely baffled on GUI on these interfaces. The only consistency here is that every interface has it's own flavor of 'clunk' to it.
INTERFACE BUGS...
For instance, I'm trying to setup the menu and sub-menus; And, while I'm working it's actually flaking out and moving the graphical elements all over the page. I've had to work on the same menu now 20 times. Not to mention, you must click on the sub-menu icon to navigate to it. But when you attempt to click on it, it moves out of position in the page. Which means if you don't like the new position...too bad...because you're going to have to move the sub-menu graphic back to your original strategic location.
Some of the setup menu's for the objects in MyDVD don't work, or have bugs. For instance, there's a color palette fill in one of the sub-menu's which doesn't work.
I can go on and on about all the interface bugs throughout Roxio 2009, but I'm going to spare that chapter and go to the next.
RESOURCE HOG AND CUMBERSOME...
This software is 2gigs+ out of the box. Which means when you install it, you'll probably be left with 2kb of hard drive space left. They could have saved SOME real space had they used the DIALOG boxes that comes with Windows XP & Vista. But no, Roxio had to be different and create new, cumbersome, confusing, over elaborate dialog boxes. This obviously means that whatever you're doing in the new dialog boxes will take 3 times longer. My experience has been that they're clunky, taking sometimes 5~10 seconds to perform a refresh or task in the Roxio dialogs.
UPON INSTALLATION...
Roxio must have designed this software with the idea that you'll never need to have or install other software. Because the installation package loads up many large programs, WHICH MANY after installation LOAD WITH WINDOWS. I'm baffled, as I look at the list of all the new Roxio related programs in Windows Task Manager. Not to mention, ZoneAlarm is prompting me every 10 seconds with some resource it's trying to mess with...or the FACT THAT IT'S TRYING TO ACCESS THE INTERNET constantly. Here's a another snare in the Roxio sucker net...it would be nice if I could choose the Roxio programs I WANT TO INSTALL, versus Roxio INSTALLING EVERYTHING ON MY COMPUTER!!
As you can see in my review... I'm furious. I'm going to make a recommendation here... DON'T BUY THIS SOFTWARE!!! Treat the positive ratings with a grain of salt...because they're probably from the Roxio Sales and Programming staff.
I bought Roxio 2009 Ultimate, but I figured I'd tell you guys who wanted to spend $49 instead of $99.
DON'T BUY THIS SOFTWARE!!!

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New Roxio Creator 2009 is everything you need to easily create and share the stories of your life. The new design provides streamlined access to tips, tutorials, and tools. Beginners will find it easy to burn and copy discs, edit photos, video, and music.

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Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite 10 Review

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(More customer reviews)Creator Suite 10 does it all (or at least anything I could possibly want to do). Audio, video, data, photos, media devices, label creation and more. You can download directly from a camera, camcorder, iPod, cell phone and most portable devices. It has a sound editor to capture sound from DVDs and other sources. It even converts LPs and cassettes to digital sound from a stereo input. DVDs are easy to create and users can add soundtracks using their own music catalog. The program screens are well organized, with helpful wizards to get a user started with every feature.
I recently purchased a new HP tablet laptop with Windows Vista. Windows Vista does not work with older versions of many software programs. I already own Nero Burning Rom and Easy CD Creator 6. Neither would work with Vista. Creator Suite 10 runs perfectly with Vista. Also, older Roxio products do not do DVD burning and my version of Roxio will not rip from CDs to create MP3s (which is why I had bought Nero). I had never created DVDs before getting this program. But, it worked perfectly with the Lightscribe DVD drive, and I easily created a DVD from MPEGS, added chapter inserts and customized the menu. It played in our 5-disc DVD player with no issues. Burning CDs was just as simple.
So, why 4 stars and not 5? First, doing it all is great - unless you're never going to use it. A $100 retail price is a little high for some users. Other than the DVD and CD burning, I am unlikely to use the product to do photo manipulation and the myriad other features available. I already own other programs that do these things, that I am more skilled at using. Second, it will likely not work in an older system. I tried loading this on my 2 year old Averatec laptop running Windows XP. I could not get the software to install. I ran DSKCHK when prompted by Windows, but the disk would run loudly in my drive and go nowhere. I did install it on a Dell GX620 system running XP with no problem, so it is the laptop (or drive), not XP, that's the problem.
If you have an older computer, or just want to burn CDs, you may want to go with a cheaper media program. If you've got a brand new system with Windows Vista, I cannot recommend Easy Media Creator Suite 10 enough.

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The new Roxio Easy Media Creator® 10 puts everything you need to express yourself digitally at your fingertips. Transform raw vision into sophisticated movies stunning photo slideshows. Even advanced creative work is a snap like timeline video editing or photo touchups and object cloning. Now you can auto-fix camera phone photos. Post video to YouTube™ with one click. Encode HD video faster. Burn or copy the latest HD DVD or Blue-ray discs. Share and enjoy your creations at home on-the-go or on the web. It s the best software for all your digital media needs. Fully certified for Windows Vista™ and supports Windows® XP too!System Requirements:Minimum System Requirements: Windows Vista with 1.6 GHz Intel processor 512 MB RAM Windows XP with 500 MHz processor or faster; 128 MB RAM 1 GB of free hard disk space for typical installation of all components 1024x768 16-bit color graphics card DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card and graphics card Windows Media Player 10 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher DVD-ROM drive is required to install the softwareFormat: WIN XPVISTA Genre:PRODUCTIVITY UPC:815227007981 Manufacturer No:235500

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Roxio Creator 2010 Pro Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been a Roxio user and fan for many years -- and until now, their products have been great, but I have never seen such poor quality and had such a bad experience with a PC software product. After over a dozen hours of effort, this product will not install on Vista, no matter what (and I am a technical person with a degree in Computer Science & years of software experience). Phone support is $1.89 a minute, minimum 15 minutes... and the online support experience is horrendous, prompting me to write this review.
Save your patience, wits, and money and look elsewhere.

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Roxio Creator 2011 Pro -- all the power of Creator 2011, plus 5 powerful applications worth over $250.
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