Hi all,
I use Titanium Toast (MAC) at work, and love it. I'm looking for an equivalent piece of software for Windows XP Pro SP2 for my computer at home.
Easy Media Creator seemed to be the same price range, with similar features, but when I tried it out, the interface was horrendously clunky, and I wound up having to install a mass (mess) of other applications that I have no interest in using.
Is there a piece of software for Windows that has the full functionality of Toast with the same simple interface.
Just to clarify, by simple, I don't mean eliminating program abilities (I'm a video editor, so I definitely like power in my apps, but if I'm going to do any actual authoring/editing, I'll be using beefier tools than this.) But for creating DVDs EMC seems to want to open a different application for each purpose (Data vs. Video file vs. Video_TS), while with Toast it's all right there in the same interface, and doesn't absorb system resources like EMC.
Please understand, I'm not trying to bash EMC, I'm totally willing to accept that I may be using it wrong. EMC seems to have a number of abilities Toast does not, but they are abilities I have no use for. I tried to do a custom install of just the parts I wanted to mimic Toast, but couldn't find a guide of what each app was used for (couldn't find half of the applications even listed in the user manual).
I normally use Nero at home, but Toast seems far superior for simplicity and functionality, which made me hope and pray that Roxio put out a similar product for Windows.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dylan
Searching for Windows equivalent to Toast
Started by
dylans
, Aug 20 2007 10:55 AM
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#1
Posted 20 August 2007 - 10:55 AM
#2
Posted 20 August 2007 - 11:34 AM
Unfortunately Toast is Toast and EMC is EMC - there's no cross-platform equivalent of either I'm afraid
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Home Brew computer
Intel I7 950 on Gigabyte X58A UD3R mobo
12 GB Three Channel DDRAM
Radeon HD4850 512 MB GDR3 graphics
Signalink USB Audio Codec for ham radio connection
1 x 160 GB, 1 x 330 GB, 1 x 400 GB IDE drives
4 x 250 GB SATA 2
LG HL-DT-ST GGW-H20L BD-RE drive
22" Acer P223W monitor
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ECD6 on Gentoo Linux (running under VMWare)
#3
Posted 21 August 2007 - 02:43 AM
If you only want video processing and nothing else; look at this page of products (notice the price difference also).
None will be as good as Toast but will be better (more functionality and interface) than Nero. I'd stay away for the V8 product just because it is older.
None will be as good as Toast but will be better (more functionality and interface) than Nero. I'd stay away for the V8 product just because it is older.
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PC Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Velocity Micro ProMagix ©HD 60; evga x58 motherboard, Intel i7 @2.93, 12G RAM, EVGA Nvidia 560TI superclocked video card, SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme audio card, Buffalo external blu-ray burner; Creator 2012. PhotoShow 6, VHS to DVD 3Plus.
Laptop - Windows 7 Home
Dell XPS 1645, Intel I7 1,6G with overdrive ,4G RAM, 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730, Sound Blaster X-Fi MB Panzer, 500G hard drive.
Apple =OSX 10.5
MacBook Pro; 15.4-inch widescreen display, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB memory, 200GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW), NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 256MB of GDDR3 memory. ILife 08, Toast 10, Final Cut Express 4 and Photoshop 4.
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