Just putting this out for comment but I have been finding that the newer versions of Roxio products (I have consistently upgraded from previous versions of Roxio to the point where I now have Media Creator Suite 10) seem to come with more and more problems rather than fixing the issues from prior versions. I am finding that these issues force me to look at other SW to accomplish what I need to do.
Originally I used the Roxio products exclusively for ripping my CDs and building audio projects for my portable devices. Recently I have had to revert to using Windows Media Player to rip my projects because of the unreliable performance of Roxio. My latest project is to rip and write all my CDs (over 600) to my HD and then eventually to CDs that included CD text. After starting the project (over 80 CDs ripped) I found that Roxio would make errors on ~25% of the CDs resulting in tracks with skipping. My process is to rip the CD to my HD with the highest resolution (WAV). Then write CDs with CD Text. I discovered the skipping when I started playing the files on my computer and of course playing the CDs. I changed over to use Windows Media Player for this project and have not had one issue in ripping. Of course I had to start over from scratch.
I also recently tried to rip several CDs directly to MP3s to build a project for my iPOD but again Roxio screwed up and this resulted in a big portion of the project having a high pitched squealing noise. I perform the same operation with Windows Media Player and things work fine.
I consider this a waste of my time as I have to work the project and then review every track to make sure the ripping worked before burning media or transferring to my portable devices.
Recently I tried using Video Wave and My DVD. SHEESH! what a hastle. Continual crashes and glitchy UI drove me back to using my Pinnacle SW for video projects.
The only things that work for me are the Photo Suite for fixing and enhancing photos and Music Disc Creator for writing CDs with CD text. For everything else I need to use other SW.
This is not an issue with my computer. I have recently restaged it and all my SW and drivers are up to date. I have a 3Ghz Pent Dual Core Duo, 2 GB of RAM running at 1066Mhz, 9TB of disk storage with 4.5TB free running under WinXP Pro SP3.
I was considering upgrading to Roxio 2009 but with my past experiences I am concerned that something else would be broken.
Has anyone else had similar experiences?
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QUOTE (TJBlues @ Jul 13 2009, 02:07 PM) 
Just putting this out for comment but I have been finding that the newer versions of Roxio products (I have consistently upgraded from previous versions of Roxio to the point where I now have Media Creator Suite 10) seem to come with more and more problems rather than fixing the issues from prior versions. I am finding that these issues force me to look at other SW to accomplish what I need to do.
Originally I used the Roxio products exclusively for ripping my CDs and building audio projects for my portable devices. Recently I have had to revert to using Windows Media Player to rip my projects because of the unreliable performance of Roxio. My latest project is to rip and write all my CDs (over 600) to my HD and then eventually to CDs that included CD text. After starting the project (over 80 CDs ripped) I found that Roxio would make errors on ~25% of the CDs resulting in tracks with skipping. My process is to rip the CD to my HD with the highest resolution (WAV). Then write CDs with CD Text. I discovered the skipping when I started playing the files on my computer and of course playing the CDs. I changed over to use Windows Media Player for this project and have not had one issue in ripping. Of course I had to start over from scratch.
I also recently tried to rip several CDs directly to MP3s to build a project for my iPOD but again Roxio screwed up and this resulted in a big portion of the project having a high pitched squealing noise. I perform the same operation with Windows Media Player and things work fine.
I consider this a waste of my time as I have to work the project and then review every track to make sure the ripping worked before burning media or transferring to my portable devices.
Recently I tried using Video Wave and My DVD. SHEESH! what a hastle. Continual crashes and glitchy UI drove me back to using my Pinnacle SW for video projects.
The only things that work for me are the Photo Suite for fixing and enhancing photos and Music Disc Creator for writing CDs with CD text. For everything else I need to use other SW.
This is not an issue with my computer. I have recently restaged it and all my SW and drivers are up to date. I have a 3Ghz Pent Dual Core Duo, 2 GB of RAM running at 1066Mhz, 9TB of disk storage with 4.5TB free running under WinXP Pro SP3.
I was considering upgrading to Roxio 2009 but with my past experiences I am concerned that something else would be broken.
Has anyone else had similar experiences?
Originally I used the Roxio products exclusively for ripping my CDs and building audio projects for my portable devices. Recently I have had to revert to using Windows Media Player to rip my projects because of the unreliable performance of Roxio. My latest project is to rip and write all my CDs (over 600) to my HD and then eventually to CDs that included CD text. After starting the project (over 80 CDs ripped) I found that Roxio would make errors on ~25% of the CDs resulting in tracks with skipping. My process is to rip the CD to my HD with the highest resolution (WAV). Then write CDs with CD Text. I discovered the skipping when I started playing the files on my computer and of course playing the CDs. I changed over to use Windows Media Player for this project and have not had one issue in ripping. Of course I had to start over from scratch.
I also recently tried to rip several CDs directly to MP3s to build a project for my iPOD but again Roxio screwed up and this resulted in a big portion of the project having a high pitched squealing noise. I perform the same operation with Windows Media Player and things work fine.
I consider this a waste of my time as I have to work the project and then review every track to make sure the ripping worked before burning media or transferring to my portable devices.
Recently I tried using Video Wave and My DVD. SHEESH! what a hastle. Continual crashes and glitchy UI drove me back to using my Pinnacle SW for video projects.
The only things that work for me are the Photo Suite for fixing and enhancing photos and Music Disc Creator for writing CDs with CD text. For everything else I need to use other SW.
This is not an issue with my computer. I have recently restaged it and all my SW and drivers are up to date. I have a 3Ghz Pent Dual Core Duo, 2 GB of RAM running at 1066Mhz, 9TB of disk storage with 4.5TB free running under WinXP Pro SP3.
I was considering upgrading to Roxio 2009 but with my past experiences I am concerned that something else would be broken.
Has anyone else had similar experiences?
No, I have none of the problems you are describing. I have burned over 300 DVDs and 100s' of data discs with different versions of Roxio going back to EMC 7 and would say that in that time have had fewer then a dozen bad burns. Those bad burns I would blame on the poor media I occasionally used (Maxells, memorex and some store brands).
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