Easy CD & DVD Creator 6

Being a user of Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum I was excited to hear of the forthcoming release of Easy CD & DVD Creator 6. I noticed that there were a lot of negative reviews going around from people who couldnt get the software to work. Based on the quality of the old version, and the new features in version 6 I decided to buy this product anyway. I am glad that I did. It works flawlesly on my Windows XP SP1 Home Edition System and Teac 40x CD writer. I have 4 friends who have since bought this software and they have had no problems either (2 using Windows XP, 1 using Windows ME, and another using Windows 98SE). The people who are having problems probably have forgotton to remove old CD writing software (IF YOU HAVE HAD NERO ON YOUR PC MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETELY REMOVE BOTH NERO AND IN CD WHICH COMES WITH IT). Check also that your system has all the latest Windows Updates installed (Windows XP users make sure you have Service Pack One). Make sure you have the latest updates installed as well...

V6 is near perfect for my use of convertsions CD, WMA, MP3, and label creation. Too bad they discontinued the cohesive music properties of this product in V7 and on! IE: only available on XP machines! (I bought an old working XP laptop as a backup to machine I use it on.

First of all, the only reason this even gets one star is because Direct CD and the main disc burning utility work fairly reliably - but these apps are NOT why people usually go for the upgrade. I find it hard to give a good rating based on basically the same applications as 5.0. If you have 5.x and only use these apps mainly, do not watse your money on 6.0, or at least go with something like Nero. Now, if you are looking for software to author DVDs - which alot of people are (hence the change in name from Easy CD to Easy CD DVD) - DO NOT buy this product. The DVD Builder is one of the most flawed applications, and crashes without fail at least 75% of the time. It main problmes are 1) poor user interface (i.e. too few commands and customability); and most importantly 2) not being able to remain stable while importing various types of media. I have found the DVD builder only really works well if you encode and set up the media files in some separate app, so basically the DVD builder has little to do - but if you are going through the trouble of doing all this, what is the point. To sum it up, I have tried every configuration - but DVD builder still remains unreliable and unstable - and yes, I have tried uninstalling Nero and related apps - and yes my comp has the processor and RAM power to push it; in other words, Im certain this is the app, not my comp. Go to Roxios Web site and look at their message boards and forums; youll see page after page of similar complaints. So, if you are only burning CDs, sure, this prgram is okay - but why spend extra money when you can get 5.0. If you author DVDs, youll be better off with pretty much any other program you can find.

I had EasyCD Cremator basic that came with a Micro-Advantage DVD Burner. I was unable to burn anything, as with a previous review the drive would alternate between recognizing the media and not, saying it was unreadable to being able to record once and then having it not be readable/writable. I made a total of 7 coasters (dvd recordables) and several Cd-rs. It would occasionaly work with my previoulsy installed CD burner. Anyway I took the drive back thinking it was bad. I bought a new Pioneer drive, same problem. I uninstalled the Cremator installed Nero 6 Ultra, everything works perfectly, both burners in my system. Dont the hardware manufacurers test their drives with the software before packaging it. EasyCD Cremator is totaly useless and is not even worth getting it for free when you buy a burner. Do yourself a favor, dont bother installing it, throw it away and get Nero or one of the Freeware/Shareware burning software (see DVDRHELP.COM). Oh, the drag to disk worked occasionally with the CD burner. I guess that is worth about 1 star.

Im both relieved and bummed to find so many others have experienced the same catastrophe I did in installing this product. It came bundled with a DVD burner from one of THE top names in the industry, and it shuffled my folders across my partitioned hard drive like a drunken poker player. Windows even lost all sight of a 60gig external hard drive -- it would dutifully beep in hardware recognition when I unplugged and replugged the drive into its firewire port, but the drive itself might as well have been in the Phantom Zone. Until Roxio makes clear -- In. No. Uncertain. Terms. -- that this issue has been fixed, I would not recommend the product to anyone but my boss at work.

Worked great for me.

If you are fortunate enough to get one of the earlier releases of 6.0 you will be OK as long as you do not upgrade via the web once you register. Most of the copies out there now do include the newer engine. If you upgrade to 6.x via the web you can kiss DVD burning goodbye. They are planning a release of the newer engine that will fix the bug that they have stated could not be replicated in their labs. However, look at their own site forums and on the web. Its a wide spread issue. The fix is supposed to be out in late November. I would wait until it is out and tested first. It does burn DVDs but it further compresses the image to about 50% of what it should be. The end result is a 4.7 gig burn that renders to about 2 gigs. Its almost unrecognizable when you play it. Pixilation so bad that is resembles a mosaic pattern. Another problem is the software keeps attempting to finalize CD-R disks. After the initial finalization using the drag and drop icons it will finalize the CD-R again. Throw that one away too. Finally, I burned a 1-hour DVD. It took 27 hours to render with the new engine on a 2.6 GHz with 1 gig of RAM and a 110 Gig swap drive. Your call on buying this! One thing I liked... The nice box it came in...

Well, it might seem so at first, but it actually turns out to be a great deal. Offer a set of tools from CD to DVD burning and Photo-Editing. This update aims to provide users with a all in one solution that continues its tradition of ease of use. Because DVD-Burners are not white spread or people might not be burning home movies, the most used application or component must Easy CD Creator Classic, which still remains true to it self with minor improvements to user interface. If you do want expand your capabilities and to new areas such a DVD Burning which I think is great medium for easily back up your data. Burning movies is very easy, the 123 step approach the program takes make this a great asset and fun project for the family. The Photo-Editing solution is not inviting and not recommended, as I already use Photoshop Elements which is awesome enough to do what I want. But for simple jobs Easy CDs Photo-Editor will come true for many users especially as a bargain. Users who might want save a few dollars can look to the All in One solution,Nero 6 Ultra Edition, that has almost everything except the Kitchen sink. Overall, if you want the simplicity with extra tools that grow and expand into to other areas with you, Easy CD & DVD Creator, is certainly an easy choice.

Good product.

Older version but exactly what I wanted.