Easy CD & DVD Creator 6

Older version but exactly what I wanted.

Why, oh why didnt I read these reviews before throwing my money away on this system destroyer? Its like HIV. It screws up your system and you cant get rid of it. I wish we had the option of awarding zero stars! I had the previous edition of Easy CD Creator which worked with Windows 98. When I upgraded to Windows XP, I tried to re-install Easy CD and not only did it NOT install, telling me that I had to upgrade, it did something to my operating system so that even the built in Windows XP CD burning software no longer worked. Ive since gone through every fix I can find, including one from the Microsoft website (which is also found on the Roxio website) which involves making changes and deletions on your registry. At least it quit giving me the error messages about having to disable loaded drivers because they will make your system unstable. But it still would not burn or format CDs, even though the drive still works ok to read disks or load programs. Finally, in desperation, I bought the new Easy CD & DVD Creator 6, hoping that their new version would install itself properly and would allow me to burn CDs. I figured that they were aware of this problem and would have built in corrections to the new version. In other words, They broke it, maybe their new version would fix it! No such luck. A bunch of bucks later, and I still cant burn CDs. I spent 45 minutes downloading all of the upgrades to this program from Roxio, but when I reboot to finalize the installation, Windows refuses to load,and I have to allow it to revert to the last known good configuration. Im trying to install a different brand of CD software, but it doesnt work either, probably thanks to the Roxio infection. It looks like I may end up having to re-install XP, and go through all of the upgrades again. The only good news is that I found my receipt, and the store where I purchased it gave me a full refund.

Ive read all the on-line reviews at Amazon, hesitated, waited, obfuscated... and finally took the plunge and bought ECDC6. Anyone whos used any previous version of ECDC shouldnt have any problem using this program. Once I ACTUALLY SAT DOWN AND READ THE MANUAL, I found that the program had an easy, intuitive interface, lots of functionality that earlier versions lacked... and, yes Virginia, it DOES run on Windows XP. (My computer is running XP Pro on a 2.4gHz P4, 512MB RAM and two hard drives totalling 240GB) The only reasons I dont give it 5 stars (actually, Im giving 4 1/2) are as follows: 1) After I upgraded from Windows 2000 Professional to Windows XP Professional, I had to remove ECDC6 and then re-install it (Windows XP told me to do this). 2) The functionality of the old Spin Doctor is lost. I should be able to remove crackles and pops from files recorded from a record, then re-save them. Can anyone suggest to me how to do this? Otherwise, I have yet to encounter any of the problems mentioned by folks in previous reviews. ECDC6 is running just fine for me.

I have sticked to Easy Cd from my early beginning recording CDs, more than 3 years ago, and believe me: I have tried many programs. My first version was 4.0 and it performed excellent. Never had a problem and everything worked perfectly well. It was Easy to use (the name said it all in this case) Then I tried version 5.0 and it brought many more features but also other complications. Everytime I wanted to record a CD a, heavy to load and memory consumption, menu opened and my computer slowered and sluggished its performance. I know you should not be doing anything else while recording a CD so all other applications were not running, except for my antivirus, so I could not figure out why my PC remained so slow after the CD had been recorded! I switched to Nero, which has more features and it is as powerful (or perhaps more) than Easy Cd. Nero is also easy to use (its wizard is really simple to follow) so it became my favorite. When I saw that a new version of Easy CD had appeared I came back hoping to find a good product. But instead I found a very similar program to its previous version for CD users (if you own a DVD recorder, not my case, you will enjoy it more, I think). But worst, it made my PC even slower!!! I have a P IV 1.5 Ghz with 256 Mb Ram so I do not have a totally out of date one... My advise: Cd users stick to your actual program and avoid it until Roxio fixes it.

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.

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.

All Roxio products Ive used on several different operating systems have always had one problem or another. I found their support staff to be worthless and returned my last Roxio Product vowing to never buy anything they made again. I know others rave about Roxio but I think as with all products there is always a certain percentage of dedicated enthusiasts that will support the product regardless of problems. System lock-ups might be expected on slower cpus with little memory but Ive had some powerhouses freeze up with Roxio.

This version has Audio Central which does not have near the functionality of the old spin doctor. Creating a wav file at 10mb/min isnt worth the upgrade. I just want my mp3. Im going back to 5.

Ive been using Easy CD Creator since version 2 that came bundled with my first burner, and they (Roxio) shouldve left well enough alone a long time ago. In version 6 they basically removed all the tools that I used in the package, except for what theyve chosen to now call Creator Classic. I never was able to figure out how to create a VCD (DVD Creators help crashed every time I tried to look up VCD). Basically all the functions in version 6 are no better than what may have come bundled with your burner drive. Save your money.

I foolishly bought the upgrade for Roxio. Ive used Roxio for several months and it is just a collection of programs that do not fit well together. I finally switched to Nero. It is the only way to go.