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Roxio Easy Media Creator 8.0 [Old Version]
Studio : Roxio
by Roxio
Brand : Roxio
Model : VA1624
Platform : Windows XP, Windows 2000
Release Date : 2005-10-10
Publisher : Roxio
Availability : This Item is currently Not Available
EAN : 0815227005000
UPC : 815227005000
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 324 reviews)
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Lets you burn up to 50 hours of music on DVDs with onscreen menus and Dolby Digital sound
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Automatically adds title, artist and genre tags to audio tracks captured from LP, tape or Internet radio
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Converts LPs and tapes into MP3 or WMA in three easy steps
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Manages and organizes your digital photos
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Create CD or DVD compilations of DVD-Video, DivX and WMV files; burn TiVo recordings to DVD
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Product Description |
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With Easy Media Creator 8 Suite you've got the tools you require for producing professional-looking VCDs, SVCDs, or DVDs - just by clicking a mouse. Create the very best in custom CD mixes, produce excellent high-quality slideshows, and backup DVDs and DivX movies. All this and more, compiled into an easy-to-use, fully integrated product. Stunning new content templates and features from over 20 premium products Transform still photos with stunning pan and Zoom effects Take complete control of video with advanced timeline Editing tools Organize with Media Manager; password-protect and encrypt private data |
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Marketadvisory.com |
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If you're a digital music, photo or video junkie, you'll need software that's robust enough to help you edit and manage your files. Roxio Easy Media Creator 8.0 just about does it all. With Creator 8.0, you can burn up to 50 hours of music on DVDs with onscreen menus and Dolby Digital sound, organize all of your digital photos, turn your home movies into amazing DVDs, and back up all of your files onto CD, DVD, and even double layer DVDs. 
Creator 8.0 can burn music, organize photos, and turn your home movies into DVDs. | 
Enjoy up to 50 hours of music burned on a DVD. View larger. | 
Personalize photo and video projects. View larger. | 
Schedule backups to recover data in case of a crash or other disaster. View larger. | Enhance and Preserve Your Music
In addition to letting you burn up to 50 hours of music on DVDs, Creator 8.0 lets you automatically add title, artist and genre tags to audio tracks -- even if your music has been captured from LP, tape or Internet radio. Converting your music from LPs and tapes into MP3 or WMA format takes three easy steps, and you can even erase those annoying "pops" that old analog recordings were (in)famous for. By giving you the tools to easily adjust the volume, fade-in/fade out and stereo pan of any point in a track, Creator 8.0 gives you what it takes to make great, personalized audio compilations from just about any source you can think of. Edit and Manage Digital Photos and Video
An extremely user-friendly central navigation interface seamlessly integrates all the functionality of Creator 8.0 and puts the features you need right at your fingertips. For starters, Creator 8.0 has over 340 special effects, 80 photo content projects, 25 pre-designed labels, and 20 premium menu styles to choose from in order to personalize your digital photo projects. Whether you want to create high-quality multi-image photo slide shows in HD or on DVD, automatically organize thousands of your photos and create custom views to quickly find your favorite images, or simply organize your photos by date or subject, Creator 8.0 will makes it easier than you can imagine. If TiVo is your thing, Creator 8.0 will help you to burn your TiVo-recorded shows directly to DVD so you can view them anywhere. For digital video enthusiasts, the software can capture, import and edit High Definition (HD) video files, and in turn, burn the edited files to DivX HD discs to watch on high definition television. You can also edit video like a pro with the Timeline feature, which supports multiple tracks, in-place editing and alignment control, and the SmartScan feature lets you preview and only capture the scenes you want from a digital camcorder. DVD Burning and Compilations
Creating compilations of DVD-Video, DivX and WMV files is a snap with Creator 8.0. You can import many different types of video files, from DivX to HD, edit them with effects and audio, and easily burn to CD or DVD. Creator 8.0 gives you full creative control over the DVDs menu options, including buttons, menus, backgrounds, audio and text. A unique "plug and burn" feature can even take footage from a DVD recorder directly to a DVD with a single click. While all these features add up to professional-quality DVDs that you can make for your own fun and enjoyment, they can also help you to protect all the data on your computer. By scheduling full, partial and unattended backups, you can completely recover your data and applications in case of a crash, system failure, virus or other disaster. |
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Problems with Easy Media Creator? |
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I am blown away by all the criticism of this program. I started with version 4 and upgraded to 8. The only complaint I have with the program is that I cannot blow up photos to individual pixel view like I could in version 4 and the "brush" will not size down enough when you go to full magnification. Other than that I have had no problem. I have run backups, made DVDs, done a lot of photo work, etc., with absolutely no trouble. I installed version 8 from disk, upgraded it, and used it successfully on 2 different computers. I had to reformat my hard drive a few months ago and thus had to reinstall Easy Media again, so that is 3 total trouble free installs for me. The backup program saved my life when I had to reformat. All my files were there for me. I am a 68-year-old grandmother and I don't tolerate programs that do not work or that cause computer problems. I've got to wonder why everyone has so many problems. I've tried Nero and hated it. I just bought Photoshop Elements which I find to be a nightmare to learn. PhotoSuite, on the other hand, is a breeze. Make sure you save your work occasionally as photo work, especially, takes a lot of resources and you need the memory to handle it or it WILL eventually crash your system. When I first started using PhotoSuite I did crash a few times, but I learned to save frequently. When I upgraded to 1 Gig memory that helped considerably. |
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Roxio Fails to Fully Deliver |
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Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite 8 is a great value, but be prepared to work for those saved dollars. Numerous programming glitches turn what would have been a simple, somewhat user-friendly DVD creator into a frustrating, time-consuming ordeal. I used it to create a few slideshows. My biggest frustration came when I'd add music, and all of my "zoom & pan" settings would disappear. Then, when I'd add "zoom & pan" settings, my timing settins would change. Ridiculous. Roxio would do well to FULLY test their software before rushing it to the shelves. I would have given it only one star, had it not been for the good price. |
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Good for the computer literate |
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If you are looking for easy to use software then this is it if you have a state of the art computer with massive memory. Otherwise beware. And if you are looking for a package that has good customer support then this is not what you are looking for. It took hours and hours of pain and suffering to finally make this work. Unfortunately most of the good programs of this type are memory hogs and bad customer service. que sara |
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Don't Buy It |
After a basic installation, I went to Audio and was able to create an audio CD. I then consulted the Help menu to make a label and was directed to Tools/Label/Disc menu. Clicking on this brings up a submenu. At this point, the program became nonfunctional since there is nothing to click to proceed and the directions are to click "Next" which doesn't exist. After an hour in their Live Chat with "Chris", I was able to get to the Label Creator menu via Home/Applications/Label Creator but again the program stalled before I could print a label. It is frustrating that a simple procedure such as making a CD label should be so convoluted.
I also attempted to download update 8.05 without success. I have two outstanding tickets (316965 and 316966) logged two weeks ago on their "Help" site. I doubt that I will receive a response from either. I am currently looking for a video-editing program and I can assure you that it will NOT be a Roxio product.
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Typical "Suite" issues |
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Software "Suite" programs normally have some very good integrated programs, some very "Lite" editions of good programs and some poor, seemingly thrown in programs just to complete a package or suite offering. Roxio Easy Media 8.0 is a good example of this statement. I have had very good results with the photo software. The video software tends to crash and I have bought Pinnacle Studio 9 for this application.The audio programs are very basic but functional. The Sound Editor program results should be an embarrassment to Roxio. The disc tools are very good. In summary, you will get your money's worth from this program because it offers so many different applications. The bottom line is, if you tend to use software for specific functions, then we are all better off researching and buying dedicated software for this function. Roxio tech services response is slow and often inaccurate.They tend to dwell on trying to convince you to buy another of their product offerings to do what this suite is supposed to do. |
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