Guide to Roxio Products
What is available?
Roxio makes a wide range of software packages. For CD and DVD burning and photography there is Roxio Creator™ 2010 and Roxio Creator™ 2010 Pro both of which are great all-in-one packages for music, video and photo.
There is also the Roxio Easy VHS to DVD and the MyDVD® 10 which is an easy-to-use video and photo editing software with widescreen DVD burning capabilities.
Video and DVD playback software include, CinePlayer DVD Decoders, CinePlayer Players and DVDit® 6 which allows you to edit and customise your video work.
For audio management there is the Roxio Easy LP to MP3 and the RecordNow™ Music Lab 10 Premier a program which assists you in making and burning CD’s.
Both the Roxio Creator™ 2010 and Roxio Creator™ 2010 Pro have a backup service but Roxio also have the Roxio BackOnTrack™ 3 Suite and the Roxio BackOnTrack™ 3 which both preserve important files and have a easy-to-use restore assistant.
What accessories does Roxio have?
Roxio not only has the software, it has the accessories to go with it. The Creator™ 2010 High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-In gives users the ability to author Hi-def video content on Blu-ray discs, and the Creator™ 2010 Blu-ray Playback Plug-In for Roxio Creator 2010 lets you playback Blu-ray discs on your PC.
The Roxio Video Capture USB combined with Creator 2010 help preserve your files by transferring them to digital media such as DVD.
Who can use it?
These products are all PC compatible but Roxio also has a line of software designed for Mac users too.
The Toast® 10 Titanium and Toast® 10 Titanium Pro are similar to the Roxio Creator™ 2010 but obviously designed for Macs. There is the Popcorn® 4 which includes Award-winning Toast® burning technology and easy DVD backup in one step.
There is also the Roxio Easy VHS to DVD for Mac, Roxio Crunch™ and the CD Spin Doctor® 6 which are software programs designed for music projects incorporated with iTunes. Mac users can also buy a Roxio Video Capture USB for Mac.
Written by Tom Mowlam
Tom is a young technology journalist based in London. Though a diehard Windows user, if pressed he will admit to quite liking Apple products – he just doesn’t get on with touchscreens.

Mon, Jan 18, 2010