[gatownsend]

Hi Everyone,

I've been away for quite a while and have been checking out the new EMC9. I have EMC7, 7.5 and 8, with 7.5 and 8 coexisting on my PC right now. I've been searching around the Roxio website quite a bit, but specific information on EMC9 seems to be skimp at best. I have been unable to find a specific list of which software is included in the suite or any other specifics. If I've missed something obvious, please point me to a link. The questions I have are:

• I'm assuming MyDVD9 (or is it 8?) is included in the suite - is it the essentials version or the premier version? I purchased EMC8 just for MyDVD and was sorely disappointed in the somewhat stripped-down version of MyDVD8 that was included. I've been using Sony DVD Architect Studio software to create my DVD's because I just couldn't get MyDVD8 to do what I wanted, and Sony has a new version out also. I only want to upgrade one since I don't do enough DVD authoring to justify the expense of two.
  
• Videowave says it now includes 32 tracks. I see from some posts here that there are still internal tracks, so I was wondering what exacly was new that I would have access to. VW8 has 14 (7 internal and 7 production level).
  
• It looks like most folks are uninstalling previous versions and going with just EMC9. This is fine, I just wanted to see if that was a requirement or just because it wasn't coexisting nicely with older versions.

Any feedback from those of you that have already taken the plunge would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and regards,

Gary

[ggrussell]

Hey guy... good to see you back!!
1: There is only one version. Videowave/MyDVD 9 have all the features of V8 Deluxe plus enhancements and a few new features. Haven't seen the new Sony product so can't comment on that.

2: Actually, V8 Deluxe also had 32 tracks:
One main Video track which shows on internal, too
5 Overlay tracks (10 total)
5 Text tracks (10 total)
2 FX tracks (4 total)
Native audio
Music track (2 total)
Narration track (2 total)
SoundFX track (2 total)
All inclusive 32 tracks

3: There are a few conflicts with V8, some have both running fine though. I don't keep old projects files so I didn't need to keep an older version around. Maybe someone else can comment on that.

This post has been edited by ggrussell: 03 November 2006 - 10:39 AM

[grandpabruce]

gatownsend, on Nov 3 2006, 12:29 PM, said:

Hi Everyone,

I've been away for quite a while and have been checking out the new EMC9. I have EMC7, 7.5 and 8, with 7.5 and 8 coexisting on my PC right now. I've been searching around the Roxio website quite a bit, but specific information on EMC9 seems to be skimp at best. I have been unable to find a specific list of which software is included in the suite or any other specifics. If I've missed something obvious, please point me to a link. The questions I have are:

• I'm assuming MyDVD9 (or is it 8?) is included in the suite - is it the essentials version or the premier version? I purchased EMC8 just for MyDVD and was sorely disappointed in the somewhat stripped-down version of MyDVD8 that was included. I've been using Sony DVD Architect Studio software to create my DVD's because I just couldn't get MyDVD8 to do what I wanted, and Sony has a new version out also. I only want to upgrade one since I don't do enough DVD authoring to justify the expense of two.
  
• Videowave says it now includes 32 tracks. I see from some posts here that there are still internal tracks, so I was wondering what exacly was new that I would have access to. VW8 has 14 (7 internal and 7 production level).
  
• It looks like most folks are uninstalling previous versions and going with just EMC9. This is fine, I just wanted to see if that was a requirement or just because it wasn't coexisting nicely with older versions.

Any feedback from those of you that have already taken the plunge would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and regards,

Gary

Welcome back, Gary. It has been a long long time since I have seen you post.

There is only one version of EMC 9, and the good news is, nothing is disabled like it was in EMC 8. MyDVD has been greatly improved, and the encoding is like version 7.5 or a little bit better. EMC 8 had poor encoding, for me.

VideoWave has 32 tracks, some of which are internal. There are quite a few text tracks and overlay tracks, as well as others.

I uninstalled EMC 8 but left EMC 7.5 on my hard drive, and the two get along just fine.

EMC 9 relies heavily on the video card, so a good card is a necessity.

I like EMC 9.

[gatownsend]

Well, I went ahead and took the plunge. For anyone looking for a deal, Buy.com has EMC9 for $79.94 with free shipping, and you still qualify for the $20 rebate, which gets you down to $59.95....PLUS through Monday if you use Google Checkout you get another $10 off. Final cost is $49.94 if you qualify for the upgrade rebate.

Take care,

Gary

[grandpabruce]

gatownsend, on Nov 3 2006, 01:10 PM, said:

Well, I went ahead and took the plunge. For anyone looking for a deal, Buy.com has EMC9 for $79.94 with free shipping, and you still qualify for the $20 rebate, which gets you down to $59.95....PLUS through Monday if you use Google Checkout you get another $10 off. Final cost is $49.94 if you qualify for the upgrade rebate.

Take care,

Gary

I hope the installation goes well for you. Let us know how you like it.