ROXIO EASY CD & DVD

I only have one CD/DVD drive in my computer and it makes copying a bit more difficult, but the program works fine. I bought Roxio as I had it in my old computer and was familiar with it. Delivery was very swift and product all that I expected.

I thought my computer(s) were the problem, pcs, with my burned DVDs not working about half of the time until I read these reviews and know its the software. Not a good buy in my opinion. Will be finding new software as soon as I finish this review.

I was looking for software that would let me do two things: 1. easily burn cds with the ablility to control the transition between songs (crossfade songs, fade in/out, control the amount of dead space between songs) 2. cut out pieces of songs (stop a song halfway through, edit out an intro, etc.) This software easily did both. I am now using it as my primary tool for burning music cds. Now my cd compliations can have whatever transition between songs that I choose. I had a hard time choosing cd burning software for a few reasons. Most of the packaging doesnt clearly explain what the product can and can not do and most online reviews for software are horrible. After reading horrible reviews of other cd burning programs I assumed that installing this program would cause fatal errors on my 2 year old Toshiba laptop. It didnt. The photo editing software is mediocre, as far as I can tell, but thats not why I bought the program, anyway. I dont burn DVDs yet, so I cant comment on that feature. However, if you want to quickly and easily burn cds and have more control over your playlists, this is a good value.

Every Roxio product Ive [tried] to use demonstrates that the big brains that develop such software [Im being kind], dont actually use it. If the product doesnt fall flat on the claims, destablize your system or freeze at random, it simply wont load/open after a given time, (always after the return period has expired). Roxio spends more time putting together a long list of fancy claims boxed in a fancy package than they do on actual product development, and it turns out to be junk -- not fancy at all. And customer service from Roxio? Customer service and Roxio should never be used in the same sentence -- thats enough to actually crack me up. I am genuinely perplexed as to how this money-grabbing operation referred to as Roxio stays in business, except on the repeated ignorance of the buying public.

Updated Review on newer version (deleted older one) As far as I know, the latest (and probably last) version of Roxio Easy CD & DVD was Version 14.0.49.2. The version number is absent from product pages as to what version is now available which is very misleading. Even the Roxio forums are no help. Ive used Version 14 on Windows 7 and 8.1, the latter Im still using. I tried Windows 10, but promptly got rid of it when some of my programs would not run so I dont know if it worked in that version of Windows. I only use Roxio for backing up files even though it also has other programs for making music and video discs. For me it is enough. The only problem I have had is that theres a file in Roxio that interferes with a file in my Legacy Family Tree software so I get a prompt to install Roxio. This might be an incompatibility issue with Roxio because I dont have that problem with other software however it still performs backups without any issues. Im updating my grading of this version and not any of the previous versions. It was only about $20 so I couldnt expect anything more. If you want something to duplicate copyrighted material then youre looking in the wrong place.

I havent used this progam a lot but from my experience so far it is not impressive in the least bit... I tried to create a dvd from home video and for some reason it will not burn it to dvd...The programs have a lot of whistles and bells but if you cant burn your project to dvd or cd it really doesnt do any good unless you just want to store it on your computer. Considering this software is for cd and dvd burning that is what one person would expect it to do.. No bang for your buck here it is a good thing that it didnt cost much!!!

Wont even detect an mp4 on your system. Cant burn MKV. Seems to only work with WMV and even then the quality sucks. Dont waste your money on this junk. If I could give a negative star rating it would be -4.

I had to install the software atleast three times, contacted the tech support, and nothing helped, the software did not work with window XP, had to uninstalle and and keep with it with other junks that I have.

Installing this program on a computer running Windows XP a HUGE problem. After installing Window gives the message that the software will cause Windows to become unstable, and that Windows prevented the drivers from loading. Then sends you to Roxio website for patch. The patch did not work, and their support service provides a resolution that involves editing your computers Registry, a task I do not want to attempt. By the way, the only way you can speak to a live person is to pay $35 per hour, more than I paid for the program itself. Totally frustrating software for XP.

I find this Roxio burning program to be very time consuming and expensive to use [wasteful]. It seems every other time I use it, it complains about something wrong with this disc half way through the burn or failing to perform simple disc erases. I quit counting how many CD-R and DVD-R discs Ive thrown away because of Roxios nonsense. I finally quit using it. Now I simply fire up my old, FREE, CD BurnerXP program and it pops out perfect discs every time. Its just live and learn. The Roxio hype turned out to be a joke. MR