Easy CD & DVD Creator 6

I had finished reading all the reviews on this site, then was wondering whether or not to make the purchase. After careful consideration, I decided to heed the advice of several reviewers, i.e., completely uninstall all previous versions of the CD Creator software, carefully read the manual, things like that. After having done all this, I bought the version 6 and the install went smoothly. I have not had time to fully explore all the features, but the interface is great, and hopefully Ill get a lot out of it. Thanks, Roxio, and thanks to all the other reviewers out there for your help and suggestions. I am running WinXP on a HP Pavilion 8760C with 256MB SDRAM.

If you own Easy Creator 5, I cant think of any good reason to purchase this product. The only thing it does well is burn data and files to CDs, and EC-5 does that equally well. The Photosuite section is one of the most exasperating pieces of software Ive ever tried to use - and it deletes EC-5s ability to archive pictures along with a self-running exe player that provides both shortage and self-running slide show capabilities (with music) on one CD. If you need a photo album and picture editor program, first look at what came with your digital camera, possibly augmented by one of the cheaper Adobe editing products, or purchase Jasc After Shot or its latest incarnation. If you need DVD/Video capture or editing software, buy Sonics MYDVD Video Suite - Its significantly simpler and more flexible to use, and produces DVDs with better playing characteristics. The Audio capture/playing/editing features seem only different, not better than EC-5, and maybe not as good. The Drag-to Disk feature is back - but Ive never found that feature to be worth the effort to use it, with any CD/DVD burning program. And lastly, the basic operation of the program seems even more quirky than EC-5, and counter-intuitive to every other piece of software you likely own. Bottom line, I installed it, tried it, deleted it, and reinstalled the elements of EC-5 I use. Was a total waste of $...

I purchased the Plextor PX-708A top of the line DVD/CD burner and the software that came with it was Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator. Well let me tell you it gave me the blue screen of POWER FAILURE Error and after that whenever I tried to shut down my computer it would just restart. I didnt realize this was causing the problem and I thought the new burner needed a better system so I built a new custom sytem getting the best montherboard ASUS has to offer P4 plus 1 Gig of memory well after reinstalling everything guess what the same problem happened thats when I started researching online and found that ROXIO sucks, they need to test the product before sending to the market. I had to reinstall Window 2000 again and the CD with Roxio will never go in my computer again. Now my computer works fine. I went out and purchases NERO 6 Ultra Edition, it works much better but you need to download the patches first. Both of these products try to offer to much other crap they need to get the software for burning down solid before adding on other crap and make sure they test it.

Nobody else in that market has a comprehensive set of tools like Creator 6. Nero doesnt come close. The new Disc Copier will copy games that nobody else can touch, and burning audio CDs is much faster than older versions. I like how the new project selector ties all the programs together and how it can be minimized on screen so you always have access to your burning apps. Great job Roxio.

This software came with my new Dell Computer and it has been a very frustrating experience. Dell DOES NOT give or offer any support for this software and Roxio will not give or offer any support either (unless you purchase it direct from them, then, I dont know). I was held on hold with Roxio for 1 1/2 hrs and finally gave up. For some reason, although you can compress the VHS capture source down to fit on a DVD (MPEG-1, and four more options), it still says that the files are too large to transfer. I bought the top-of-the-line Dell to handle all the system requirements. There was no manual that came with the software and the help menu was not informative enough. I have had my computer 3 weeks and have been off work during this time and still cant get it to capture all the time, or compress properly when it does work. I even went as far as buying a new VCR and a variety of cables (including Monster cables) in hopes that this would remedy the problem, but to no avail. And now, the video portion has finally stopped working. A waste of good money.

Everytime I used the product to make a cd (data cd or music) it would lock up my computer to the point I had to physically power it off. Roxios support people told me to remove everything from my start up list. I dont want to be doing that everytime I want to use the stupid program... I finally gave up and deleted (uninstalled) the program, only to find out by doing that it deleted part of my Photo Suite program as well. Stay far away from this bomb...

I swore off Roxio in version 4.0. Then I forgot why and forked out the bucks for Easy CD Creator 6. I installed v 6.0 yesterday and now I remember why: Its like making a deal with the devil. The program un-hid two hidden Dell partitions; it would not recognize my Sony DVD RW drive (510A); my Dell 4550 now crashes every few hours, even after I uninstalled Roxio and threw the thing away (surely my computer can sense that I threw it away!). The program obviously planted something in my registry or my Windows folder that cant be removed on un-install. Now Ill probably have to re-format my C: drive and re-install everything. So theres a day of my life sucked up because I fell for the Roxio juggernaut. Why, oh why do we keep falling for this idiocy?

I never had any problems with version 5, and havent had any with version 6 yet. Its a well-rounded and easy-to-use product, although I didnt install Photosuite as I already have the much more comprehensive Photoshop Elements 2.0 for that. The only really annoying aspect of this software is the fact that it forces you to register if you want to update the product. I usually register software anyway, but I do NOT like being forced to do so. Making it even worse, I had already registered with version 5, but there is no way to log in during the registration process. However, my logon ID from the prior registration is still active, and this registration would not let me re-register with that logon ID. In other words, it would force me to make up a second logon ID--how stupid are the programmers at Roxio? I decided to make up everything on the registration form, which worked fine and allowed me to download the product updates. Interestingly, the registration process does not allow you to have a logon ID with the characters roxi in it... Conclusion: I recommend this product, maybe even highly, although it may not be a necessary upgrade for many current users of version 5 Platinum. But I also highly recommend that you make up EVERYTHING on your registration process, even if like me you normally dont have a problem registering software.

I purchased Roxio 6 platinum edition about 1 year ago and it worked fine (well at least initially). But for the last 2-3 months I started having problem with my CD-RW/DVD-RW burner(This drive came installed on my Dell computer when I purchased it 14 months ago along with Roxio basic edition 5). Once a CD-R/RW is inserted into the drive Roxio 6 alerts you that this disc in not prepared and formatted, so you can not use it.Therefore you have to format it using the Format Disc option, a process wich takes 25-45 minutes. Only thenafter is the disc ready to use (i.e. saving files on it) just as a floppy disc(i.e. you cane erase a single or multiple file(s) witout the need to erase the whole disc completely).As I mentioned all the features(e.g saving ,CD burning,music or data disc creating ,label creating ...etc)supported by roxio platinum 6 worked fine for the first several months. (note:I have not used it with DVD discs). Then the problems started. 1.Blank new CDs can not be formated any more. That means that the blank CDs can not be used for saving and burning since they require preparation and formatting. So my CD/DVD burner now is turned into a CD/DVD Rom drive. 2.The CD-RW disc that I successfully formated with the same software can now no more be used as formmated CD-RW (i.e a single file can not be removed unless the entire disc is erased) 3.The shortcut icon on the desktop sometimes does not respond to the mouse click as it used to several months ago. So I have to reboot my PC. 4.When I try to use other CD-R/RW which, on which I saved files using my old sony PC, Roxio patinum 6 recognized the disc and opened the files. BUT I could not save(add) new files because I got the message the disc is not formated. Formating it will erase all of the previously saved data in addition it ,formating,won`t be successfull.That what happened to me when I lost important data saved on disc but the disc itself could not be formated. Those problems left me with crappy software and CD/DVD burner. I used several CD brand Memorex,Sony, Staples,ofiice-depot but all ended with the same annoying and disappointing results. If you are willing to take a riks buy it. It might keep working fine with your PC and CD or CD/DVD burner for more than the initial few months Thanks

I have many other software products that let me work with music creation and collection, so the main reason I bought Easy CD & DVD Creator was for its DVD tools. I have many VHS tapes which are family movie compilations, some dating back to Super 8 days. I was very eager to put these all on DVD for my family. The series of problems I had with this process was simply amazing. The software didnt have fast forward or rewind buttons. Importing often failed even though the movie or sound files were perfectly usable by every other software package on my system. The software crashed numerous times. I tried to move the project onto another system to see if it would be any better, and the move process required me to start again from scratch. I finally got my DVD put together the way I wanted it and started to write. It crashed. I tried to simply write an image to disk. It crashed. The Roxio message boards are full of complaints from people with the same problem. I sent an email to their tech support. No answer. If you call in you pay for a toll call - plus pay $35 on top of that in order for them to help you figure out why their software is crashing. This software should never have been released in the buggy state it is in. It is incredible how much money I have spent for software that has wasted days of my time and simply does not work.