Easy Media Creator ( v. 7 ) - complete package (02/28/2004)

One of the glithest programs I have ever usedby jaldendifer - April 19, 2009

Pros: Looks good, sounds good,

Cons: Not Good I have never had a program that always has my fingers crossed in hopes that it will work.

I cannot believe CNET has given it such a good reviewe

Avoid like the plague- rubbish - and impossible to deinstallby honeyrose06 - August 11, 2008

Pros: Can't think of any

Cons: Doesn't work; very hard to delete from hard disk

Don't Buy this productby nbachelder1983 - May 17, 2008

Pros: None, none at all

Cons: Too many to write

Utterly sucks!by Arielphf - February 29, 2008

Pros: If it could do all the things it claims, it would be great.

Cons: It does absolutely NONE of the things it claims.

Supremely Frustratingby jblois - February 16, 2008

Pros: Fits in my garbage can

Cons: Requires infinite patience not to scream obscenites while using

WORKS FINE ON WIN2000by CRASH1599 - December 31, 2007

Pros: WILL KNOT FUNCION WRIGHT UNDER WIN XP&UP

Cons: WILL IT WORK ON WIN XP

Shame On Roxioby ScoutDad - November 6, 2007

Pros: Nothing worth considering

Cons: Bad Tech Support, More Features to Buy

Windows might be partly to blameby jamescase13 - April 9, 2007

Pros: none none none none

Cons: con is actually buying this program and paying for it

software locks upby vick79 - April 4, 2007

Pros: Used to work fine

Cons: not compatible with IE 7

Not a future Purchaseby Darrell Templeton - January 14, 2007

Pros: Worked good at first but after a year the program went down the tubes.

Cons: Not much help from Roxio after the purchase.

Not so good.by jrm_29720 - December 26, 2006

Pros: Sounded wonderful and they keep your inbox active.

Cons: Made my system hang on three different platforms.

Hard to complete any task without some kind of glitchby tonycervinka - September 12, 2006

Pros: Lots of possible applications.

Cons: Poor integration, lots of error messages, little output, no useful customer support

Fluff and sloppyby scottmat - March 24, 2006

Pros: None and I did not buy it

Cons: 1,000,000,000,000,000....

PAINFULLY Slow Video Editingby cdeckert219 - February 15, 2006

Pros: Creator Classic

Cons: Video editing is slow.

Can't BELIEVE Roxio EMC is a cnet editor's choiceby bcbitz - February 10, 2006

Pros: The software offers a wide variety of multi-media options -- easy to learn. Authoring tools for DVD are very intuitive and easy to learn, however, the storyboard editing feature is a bit clunky.

Cons: Unreliable burning -- seldom works without MAJOR problems. Horrible tech support.

registered just to complain on this crapby lothar20 - January 8, 2006

Pros: none that I found

Cons: constantly locks up! waste of time and money

no support and buggyby alwool - January 3, 2006

Pros: cd creator works fine

Cons: makes excellent dvd coasters with the dvd builder

Slow, Buggy, and Without Supportby Ozdachs - December 26, 2005

Pros: Great Range of Features

Cons: They Don't Work Well

Terrible piece of software, find something elseby drobie - December 12, 2005

Pros: You can eventually compile a music CD

Cons: Everything else.

What a piece of trash. Waste of money & time - BEWARE!by adonisproject - October 28, 2005

Pros: I can throw it away!

Cons: "Cons" is too polite for what this deserves.

This should not be classified as "software".by domenic37 - October 28, 2005

Pros: Big pictures on retail box showing you what you SHOULD be able to do.

Cons: Once you open the box and install the software, it is far from operable.

Software is mostly goodby mupright - October 27, 2005

Pros: Relatively good complete suite of software

Cons: The company is out to get every penny they can

Documentation Stinksby thomass6249 - September 23, 2005

Pros: You better be a pro

Cons: Documentation, Content install

All Roxio products stink, and this is no exception.by itango - September 19, 2005

Pros: Sometimes makes good copies of CDs

Cons: Buggy software, awful tech support, expensive.

Worst piece of software ever madeby Richard K - August 13, 2005

Pros: None at all, nothing, nada

Cons: More bugs than I've ever seen, worthless tech support

Slow and buggy - With no supportby birdcat - July 26, 2005

Pros: It's easy to use

Cons: Slow when it works at all - NO customer support

Not Easy mediaby cyberay - July 4, 2005

Pros: A lot of utilities in one suite

Cons: Disappointing performance

Crashes a lot - NO SUPPORTby barry_hoffman - June 16, 2005

Pros: There is a contact number

Cons: There is NO SUPPORT

glitchy with little or no tech supportby pita - June 7, 2005

Pros: some apps work as advertised; didn't cost more than the $73 I wasted

Cons: full of glitches; uninstall and reinstall clumsy; tech support virtually non-existent unless you throw even more money at them

Did not work, tech support did not careby TexAg - June 2, 2005

Pros: Supposedly does everything

Cons: Does not do most things

EASY TO USEby 7up - May 27, 2005

Pros: EDIT MUSIC

Cons: MORE OVERLAYS

Does a lot; but movie menus isn't one of them...by jsengstock - May 17, 2005

Pros: video editing is nice

Cons: DVD menu support is very sketchy...

Plug and Burn not that greatby davidp1234 - May 10, 2005

Pros: Can't think of any

Cons: Just came out with ver 7.5, just after buying ver 7!

Eighth Grade Implementation, Very Slow, No Sptby mhepinc - May 8, 2005

Pros: Nice Packaging and great concept

Cons: Can't handle DVD building. Changing between screens is like working on a 286 processor.

Swiss-Army Knive of Burning Suitesby ggrussell01 - April 29, 2005

Pros: What doesn't it do?

Cons: Requires latest burner firmware

Okay Software, Annoying Habitsby riw - April 28, 2005

Pros: Okay for writing things to various media types

Cons: Very poor installation options, bad tech support

It never workedby quark - April 13, 2005

Pros: I can't think of any

Cons: How do I count the ways.

Why you should stay away from roxio !by way29 - March 31, 2005

Pros: i cannot think of any pros

Cons: plenty of cons. stay away

Not a good Programby jlkmgb - March 6, 2005

Pros: Go Back 5.0 Style

Cons: Locks up computer under ME

Not Bad Once You Read the Instructionsby davidjbaldwin - March 1, 2005

Pros: Relative easy to burn DVDs.

Cons: Can't seem to edit previous videos unless you start from beginning.

Registered for cnet just to say how awful this isby esdemo1 - February 27, 2005

Pros: Works all right with CDs.

Cons: Written up below.

Product name says it all - Easy Media Creatorby - May 12, 2004

Pros: I bought it for photo and video editing and creating CDs and DVDs. All features worked as advertised - GREAT! An added bonus is the Email Photos feature which allows you to send a series of photos over email as individual files or as a slideshow - an eleg

Cons: None to report

Hot Product!!by - May 12, 2004

Pros: The "Swiss Army Knife" of all photo/video editing and burning software. A+ for ease of use with a great all-purpose CD and DVD burning tool. And for only $79 (shop around) you can't go wrong.

Cons: So far I've had a great experience with this product, no complaints.

The ultimate digital media creatorby - May 11, 2004

Pros: This suite of products handles all forms of digital media, including photos, video and music. It has an easy to use interface with a menu that offers you two ways to do things, as either Tasks or Applications. Applications lists of all the components. If

Cons: Would have appreciated a printed manual, although the PDF was okay

Well integrated product with lots of featuresby - May 10, 2004

Pros: Has all the tools to turn your PC into a media studio. I was easily able to capture video from my digital video camera, edit the video, add transitions and special effects, create the final video and burn to DVD. It was easy to learn and use. Kudos for cr

Cons: Not yet

Installed like a charm. Awesome product!by - May 10, 2004

Pros: Ease of installation and use. I'm not much of a computer whiz and had no problems getting up and running quickly. I created cool albums and videos in no time. Highly recommend this product!!!

Cons: None. Great product!

All Talk--No Performanceby - May 9, 2004

Pros: Nice looking interface

Cons: Try doing anything and watch it hang. It has a mind of its own never does the same thing twice. Don't try to make a photo vcd it will drop all you work and shut down without a warning. At least roxio is consistant they get worse with each new version. I w

Incredibly easy to use and powerful softwareby - May 6, 2004

Pros: It was so easy to use that I feel like a movie director. My distant family members are enjoying all the DVD's I'm sending them of the kids. This is a must have product for anyone who owns a camcorder or digital camera.

Cons: Wished I heard about this product years ago.

I didn't want to like itby - May 5, 2004

Pros: I swore of Roxio products after problems with v5. A 'friend' bought me 7....and I have to thank him. This is a solid product. No problems what so ever on install. The product is stable, rich, and fast. I'm a convert!!

Cons:

Burning Hotby - May 5, 2004

Pros: Rather than simply posting patches that fix problems with the software like some other products in the space, Roxio actually posts new technologies and support, recently adding DL support. This product just keeps getting better

Cons:

Don't waste your $ before its compatibility problem is solvedby - May 4, 2004

Pros: NOT YET!

Cons: Incompatible with its own previous version (Easy CD Creator 5, V5)! My CD-RW formatted with V5 can not be used with this new version (V7). According to its help, CD-RW formatted in V7 can not be used with previous versions either! Since most computers are

Valiant Effortby - April 29, 2004

Pros: Quite impressive. They've done an impressive job taking 5 very different applications and molding them into one seamless suite. I don't love the photo portion (I prefer PhotoShop), but apart from that this is a near perfect selection of applications.

Cons:

Lots of stuff to loveby - April 29, 2004

Pros: If you like me used to pay $50 each for separate burning, photo editing, and video editing apps, then Creator at $79 is your product. It does all this and more in a single product.

Cons: Had an small issue, but I found the answer on Roxio's support pages.

My kinda programby - April 28, 2004

Pros: Cheap but amazing. I honestly can't believe what they've managed to pack into one program

Cons: none

No better buyby - April 28, 2004

Pros: comprehensive group of feature rich products in one ease to use suite. Can't beat it at the price

Cons: none

Amazing video!by - April 26, 2004

Pros: i was out at the store to pick up pinnacle and one of the sales guys said to try out roxio 7.... i made a wicked wicked uber cool video for my club and then went on to take the same project and put it on DVD. This is the best app for anything video relat

Cons: none

Simply no support for problemsby - April 26, 2004

Pros: none

Cons: Several problems support from Roxio is non existant unless you pony up for the pay for support which I think is their total intent in providing poor support. If you want a very unreliable product then this is for you otherwise look elsewhere. Service is

Go back to version 6xby - April 25, 2004

Pros: VideoWave has improved, and so have the capture features. DVD Builder is also better overall.

Cons: Creator Classic dropped some of its most useful features, such as the integrated right-click column headings. Bit rate, duration and other properties are not an option anymore. Delete more than one track from the playlist at a time and watch it crash.

Installation WAY TOO RESTRICTIVEby - April 23, 2004

Pros: Many product features

Cons: I had to install this product a second time after I had to reinstall my OS. You have to register online to use the product more than 30 days. Well, guess what, the stupid registration server wouldn't accept my product key! So I paid $70 for a produ

The more you use it the better it getsby - April 22, 2004

Pros: Does more than I expected. It has a lot of features but it took some time to learn and there wasnt much of a manual except for the tuteral. The more I use it and become familiar with its features the better it does. It has locked up on me and when I go b

Cons: Rather slow and has locked up on ocations. Even the components load slow but there are a lot of features to load.

This release has less features the CD Creator 6. Waste of money. I will get NERO instead.by - April 21, 2004

Pros: None. CD Creator 5.0 & 6.0 were much more intuative than this 7.0 release. I have been using CD Creator for over 4 years now. This is the worst release.

Cons: Interface from Creator 6.0 is totally different. Features in 6.0 I cannot find in 7.0 release. They do not exist or are hidden somewhere in the bowels of this software. Wish I could get my money back.

A gem of a software packageby - April 21, 2004

Pros: Amazing range of tools for the price. Powerful burning, editing, copying. Even I can use it. The more I use it the more I like it :) Other apps on the market are I think intended for geeks only.

Cons: Sometimes feels a bit slow when switching from one application to the other, minor quibble.

Dont buy it till they get the bugs outby - April 21, 2004

Pros: I have been testing many brands of video editing software.I love this new menu design. The tape scan feature with time code is an excellent design and very helpful to grab individual scenes.

Cons: I was very hopeful that this software would be my last for simple, quick video editing, however, It crashes alot, scanned scenes are not found way too often. Dont make the same mistake I did by buying it, read the user forum at Roxio.com, buy it when peop

No Support, Writer Not Compatibleby - April 19, 2004

Pros: Nice looking interface; full media capability (Can do almost anything media-wise you want)

Cons: Screen must be set to 1024x768; takes a LONG time to install; not all cd writers it says are compatible are (Mine isn't); product support is non-existent (I e-mailed them about the problem I had and never got an answer to it. I even posted the problem on

Not Good @ all!!!by - April 19, 2004

Pros:

Cons: It cant burn any cd's I've never wasted soooo many cd's in my life. One of the worst software investments I've ever invested in

Roxio flops yet againby - April 16, 2004

Pros: Looks good.

Cons: Product takes 30mins to install on a mega system with XP, even on a virgin OS build. Conponents hang on loading constantly. Still haven't got anything to run yet. Be warned - do NOT buy this product. At least Roxio are consistent - their last 3 version ha

Great Design - Poor Implementationby - April 14, 2004

Pros: What this product promises is great, and the interface is wonderful! If the many many bugs were gone it would be a incredible product!

Cons: 1. Painfully Slow! - You would expect any video editing software to require a lot of processor muscle, but even for the most mundane of tasks even on the fastest of CPUs this program painfully aches along with many hiccups. It's clear that although this

When will DVD builder ever work?by - April 13, 2004

Pros: Nice integration of DVD builder with Videowave 7.

Cons: DVD builder freezes when trying to encode a dvd. Almost non existant support. Where the hell did this monkey Doug Dixon get an 8 out of 10 for this junk? Pay only phone support - should have at least a few months free to actually get it working once.

Roxio = problemsby - April 11, 2004

Pros: Nice interface (though some annoying little bugs). Somewhat intuitive to use.

Cons: Used Roxio (v5,v6,v7) for years. Mainly used DirectCd and other simple operations. Attempted to burn a simple VCD slideshow with recent upgrade to v7. Had numerous problems. The burn operation for DVD builder fails with errors unless it is written to a fi

Great product for novices, not enough flexibility.by - April 1, 2004

Pros: Easy to use, quick wizards, neat transitions and video editing. A lot of stuff for reasonable price. Jack of all trades when talking about CD/DVD media creation. Video capture is slick.

Cons: Jack...Master of none. Slow when rendering. Can't import .VOB files. Limited control over compression rates for DVD allows only short play time if you want good quality video. The resulting audio/video is likely to be out of sync depending on compression

Not yet ready for the marketby - March 28, 2004

Pros:

Cons: Worked for a few days and then failed to load. A $35 phone call, a 4.76 mb download, and some fixes to my registry failed. A followup call (at least they didn't charge me again) resulted in removing Nero and setting up a dummy user account. It now works,

Not ready yet...by - March 26, 2004

Pros: There's much room for improvement.

Cons: Nothing offered in the pleasant interface will function as it should (if at all). Forget about authoring a DVD. The quality drained production you end up with will only play on the CPU (if at all). Forget about Support. You will pay $35.00 plus toll cos

Back to the days of DOSby - March 24, 2004

Pros: "Pretty interface"

Cons: Must change screen resolution to use. Slows PC to a crawl, even on recent technology PCs. Crashes more often than a driver with a 2.0 alchohol level. Back to Nero

AUDIOCENTRAL IS MISSINGby - March 23, 2004

Pros:

Cons: Can't find mp3-wav encoder or wav-mp3 encoder in this software??! so the mp3-files on my HD can not be encoded to wav-files

stabler and versatiler than prire versenby - March 19, 2004

Pros: i like these soft wear better then 6.0. can do more then other time. soft wear is easy.

Cons: price is to much. but i spend it any way.

Will not work with most capture devices.by - March 18, 2004

Pros: Editing and burning audio disks in EMC7 is great. Capturing analog audio through my sound card is a breeze. Editing audio signals is easy.

Cons: Video editing is OK but capturing using other software is frustrating. This software doesn't live up to it hype.

Would be nice if you could get support help!!!!!!!!by - March 17, 2004

Pros: Has a lot of creation options

Cons: Dvd Builder locks up, I have contact tech. support by email twice with no response, I downloaded patches but they don't fix this issue.

Previous version superior, this version a big DOWNgradeby - March 17, 2004

Pros: It looks pretty

Cons: Lots of options removed, no really new features, and serious stability problems. Some existing features (such as append to disc) do not work and Roxio knew before it was prematurely released. The review mentions scheduled backups, but these are not sched

if your pc cant handle this,its bad, not this software.by - March 14, 2004

Pros: like the photo cd stuff and the photo ui is easy to use. and the low price. hey circut city guy, of course we will go to best buy, because circut city sucks. so close your lips baby!

Cons: well, anything to ad more to photo cds would always be better. but for the price cant whine.

Nero Eat Your Heart Out!!!by - March 12, 2004

Pros: I have been using Roxio since Easy Cd Creater 4. I have tried Nero and even used it for a while as some their software was a bit easier to use than roxio but this was only while Roxio was sorting out the DVD issues. Now that Media Creater 7 is out I hav

Cons: Perhaps the ability to change the CD/DVD drive on the front page in Creater Classic like we could in version 6. It is good that we can change the disk size but I think it would be even better to be able to change the drive as well.

Temperamantalby - March 10, 2004

Pros:

Cons: Too slow to install & use. Needs too high of a graphic setting to use. Keeps asking for a blank CD when one is in and errors out & stops

It constantly crashes!by - March 10, 2004

Pros: If it worked I guess there would be a whole bunch of applications.

Cons: I bought it from Roxio's web site. It sounded really good, exactly what I needed. I downloaded it, fine. That's when the problems started. Everytime I use one of the applications, such as DVD Builder it crashes after a few minutes (on Win XP, it reboo

The PC Boffins will hate it cos it's easy!by - March 10, 2004

Pros: I find this program dead easy to use and still very powerful. I can't think of anything that I couldn't do with a cd or dvd. Well done to Creator 7 for taking the mystery out of film making and burning!

Cons: Would have liked the homepage to be configurable.

Sweet suite!by - March 9, 2004

Pros: It's all there everything you need. I've tried everything. Nothing comes close to Easy Creator 7. Rock solid. Very fast burning. Motion Pictures is an amazing feature. A truly great product!

Cons: Would have been nice to have some free Napster tracks. :-)

Awesome Programby - March 9, 2004

Pros: Very Great Program

Cons: Everyone bad mouthing it... I installed it and i had problem. Reformatted system and works perfectly. Reccomend reformatting system once every 2 years

Premature birthby - March 8, 2004

Pros: Looks pretty

Cons: Download programme stinks. It freezes contantly. Installing a pain, will only expand to C drive (no other options) so you better have at least 4 gig free. Documentation is weak. It seems that Roxio needed a reason to implement product activation just

Roxio got it RIGHT!by - March 8, 2004

Pros: Great Features... for novice or pro.. After rushing out it's first DVD product, EZ CD&DVD Creator 6, Roxio started from the ground up (especially on DVD creatiom) and REALLY got it right. Very impressive.

Cons: DVD Builder has no way to make a LINK to a submenu... a basic feature that was left out. Several Bugs in Label creator which I am sure they will patch.

THIS IS GREAT IT IS EASY TO USE AND GREAT IT DOSE NOT LET YOU DOWN SO YOU CAN USE IT WITH CONFIDENCEby - March 7, 2004

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Loving it!!!by - March 4, 2004

Pros: Just everything that you need in one convinient excellent package. Got the download "FULL" version plus a backup CD of the program along with the manuals and the activation code with free shipping and handling for only $69.95 (with NO rebate required) dir

Cons: There is a known bug on the label creator of the program that crashes your system when you hit print to print the label but a temporary fix was emeailed to me right away by their tech support group after I contacted them.

Simply the Best in the marketby - March 4, 2004

Pros: So easy to use, intuitive. Love all the new features. And the price is right. Finally, something that can help me manage all my digital files for both work and play.

Cons: none.

Amazing packageby - March 3, 2004

Pros: CNet got it right – like every other review I’ve see so far – nothing comes close. I’m using the product and it is simply astonishing in ease of use and depth. At first I thought I would stick with Sonic and Pinnacle for DVD and video, and Microsoft for p

Cons: Eveything within the modules is fast but switching between modules is a bit slow. Support does seem a bit chintzy but haven't had to use it.

Perfect! Just what I wanted.by - March 3, 2004

Pros: Short learning curve. Intuitive. Amazingly powerful for how simple it appears.

Cons: Takes a little time between components but no big deal.