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[Jim Ward]

Hello,
Since Roxio has a new version out I had to come into the forum and once again ask a question that needs asking before I decide to give Roxio anymore of my hard earned money, so I appreciate any help. I am writing now because I have added a brand new laptop to my computer collection. I also have 2 other computers. They are desktop computers that are a few years old.

I won't buy Roxio 2010 unless someone here in the forums can tell me that Roxio has finally resolved the problem with the transitions. This is a deal breaker for me.

I have been using Roxio going back to EMC 7 and I do a lot of slide show projects. I have been in this forum a few times asking about different video cards and finally settled on a ASUS card with ATI Radeon technology because it was the only way to keep the transitions from jerking. I tried a ASUS EN 7600 GS that had NVidia technology and the transitions would jerk.

There were also problems with adding transitions. When you wanted to change an individual transition the program would lock up and shut down on you. It was called MY DVD in Version 9. I have a work around in Roxio 9 to avoid the program from shutting down on me. Hold the Ctrl key and select the transition you want to change, the slide after it, the next transition after that and the next slide after that. THEN select 'Change Transition' and choose the one you want. It will only change the first transition you selected and the program WON'T shut down. It sucks to have to this but it works.

My laptop specs
Intel Core2Duo T6500 @ 2.10Ghz
2.96 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Sound Card: Built-in Intel HD Audio Controller (Realtek ALC268)
I just got it, so I have just the 1 hard drive inside it. It is 320 GB.
Don't worry, I'm getting externals...... cringing until they arrive :0

I had my other 2 computers in my signature line but that's gone for some reason, maybe because I have not been in here in awhile? Anyway, here is the scoop:

Computer #1
Pentium P4 2.66 Ghz
2.00 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EN 7600 GS (NVidia technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 3 internal hard drives and 2 extranal hard drives all have large capacity.
NOTE: I use NERO on this computer because of the Nvidia technology and the transition problems

Computer #2
Intel Core2Duo 6300 @ 1.86 Ghz
3.25 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EAX 1650 (ATI Radeon technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 4 internal hard drives and 4 extranal hard drives all have large capacity.

I am loading software on the laptop now so I appreciate the help!
Thanks for your time
Jim Ward

[Jim_Hardin]

Jim that is pretty had to answer… I have never encountered the problems you are relating so I would have to say since it was never broken, it didn’t need fixed  

I have both NVIDIA as well as ATI cards and still have EMC 9 installed on both and have not seen one bit of difference between the 2.

[REDWAGON]

I don't recall ever having a problem with adding or changing transitions or changing the duration times on one or all of them at once when using EMC 9. However, EMC 10 had problems changing all of the transition times. But the new Roxio C2010 Pro has fixed that problem. And C2010 Pro you can drag and drop any particular transition you want to change from an optional side screen, which I find great !!

Can't go wrong with C2010 Pro  

Frank...

[Jim Ward]

Hi Guys,
Thanks for the replies. What I am doing and have been doing is using JPEG files that were 800x600 pixels in size and inserting transitions between them. I tried a few different video cards. First the onboard card that came with the Core2Duo on my Computer #2, then I got the ASUS EN 7600 with the NVidia technology. When you went to play the slide show, there was a slight jerk of each slide right before it switched. Then I got the ASUS EAX 1650 video card with the ATI Radeon technology and then low and behold the jerking no longer happened. I have both versions 8 and 9 on the computer and the same thing was happening in both. I came into these forums, this was back in 2008 (can't exactly remember the precise time) and posted messages as I went through this nightmare. You can check the archives if they are kept that long. Then when the next version came out, I think it was Roxio 10, I came back into the forum and asked if the problem had been fixed and someone named Bruce, who was one of the folks who had helped me through my video card nightmare, told me that the problem had not been fixed. SO, I passed on the Roxio 10 since my ASUS EAX 1650 card was doing OK in Roxio 9.

Now here I am again, possibly ready to take that leap of faith, so to speak...
I am nervous because you both don't seem to have had the problem that I am referring to.

However Frank mentions a Drag and Drop feature with the transitions.
That has caught my attention...

2 more questions:
1) will I be able to upgrade since the last version I bought was EMC 9?
2) When you download the upgrade, is it a full install or does it need an older version to overwrite?

Thanks again for the help
Jim Ward

Computer #1
Pentium P4 2.66 Ghz
2.00 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EN 7600 GS (NVidia technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 3 internal hard drives and 2 extranal hard drives all have large capacity.
NOTE: I use NERO on this computer because of the Nvidia technology and the transition problems

Computer #2
Intel Core2Duo 6300 @ 1.86 Ghz
3.25 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EAX 1650 (ATI Radeon technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 4 internal hard drives and 4 extranal hard drives all have large capacity.

Laptop
Intel Core2Duo T6500 @ 2.10Ghz
2.96 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Sound Card: Built-in Intel HD Audio Controller (Realtek ALC268)
I just got it, so I have just the 1 hard drive inside it. It is 320 GB.
Don't worry, I'm getting externals...... cringing until they arrive :0

[Jim_Hardin]

Yes!

No!

It is the whole deal you download, doesn’t need an old disc.

[Larry]

I can say that I have seen the "jerking" you are asking about in the past. I had it with EMC 8 & 9 for sure. Don't recall if it happened for me in EMC 10. This was using the same main box noted in my signature that I still use today. It only occurred for me on the "3D" transitions and when using the Hardware rendering option. It didn't happen on the non-3D transitions.

Using the same pc noted in my signature, with the Win7 OS, Nvidia driver 185.85, I do not have the "jerking" issue in either Creator 2009 or Creator 2010. I haven't checked it on my XP image for that box so I don't know if the OS is a factor at all. So I can't say if it was being caused by the Roxio software, the OS, the video drivers or a combination of them. It may well be that Nvidia corrected something in their drivers that was causing it to happen.

One thing to consider is that if you buy Creator 2010 direct from Roxio, you can always return it for a full refund within 30 days if you aren't happy with it. You probably can't if you get it from a retail store unless that store's policy allows for it.

I don't know if the EMC v9 qualifies for the upgrade pricing. You'd probably have to  check with Roxio's Customer Service to find out for sure.

The download from Roxio (upgrade or not) is a full download of the suite. You don't need to have any previous version installed in order to install it.

[myguggi]

Hi Guys,
Thanks for the replies. What I am doing and have been doing is using JPEG files that were 800x600 pixels in size and inserting transitions between them. I tried a few different video cards. First the onboard card that came with the Core2Duo on my Computer #2, then I got the ASUS EN 7600 with the NVidia technology. When you went to play the slide show, there was a slight jerk of each slide right before it switched. Then I got the ASUS EAX 1650 video card with the ATI Radeon technology and then low and behold the jerking no longer happened. I have both versions 8 and 9 on the computer and the same thing was happening in both. I came into these forums, this was back in 2008 (can't exactly remember the precise time) and posted messages as I went through this nightmare. You can check the archives if they are kept that long. Then when the next version came out, I think it was Roxio 10, I came back into the forum and asked if the problem had been fixed and someone named Bruce, who was one of the folks who had helped me through my video card nightmare, told me that the problem had not been fixed. SO, I passed on the Roxio 10 since my ASUS EAX 1650 card was doing OK in Roxio 9.

Now here I am again, possibly ready to take that leap of faith, so to speak...
I am nervous because you both don't seem to have had the problem that I am referring to.

However Frank mentions a Drag and Drop feature with the transitions.
That has caught my attention...

2 more questions:
1) will I be able to upgrade since the last version I bought was EMC 9?
2) When you download the upgrade, is it a full install or does it need an older version to overwrite?

Thanks again for the help
Jim Ward

Computer #1
Pentium P4 2.66 Ghz
2.00 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EN 7600 GS (NVidia technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 3 internal hard drives and 2 extranal hard drives all have large capacity.
NOTE: I use NERO on this computer because of the Nvidia technology and the transition problems

Computer #2
Intel Core2Duo 6300 @ 1.86 Ghz
3.25 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EAX 1650 (ATI Radeon technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 4 internal hard drives and 4 extranal hard drives all have large capacity.

Laptop
Intel Core2Duo T6500 @ 2.10Ghz
2.96 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Sound Card: Built-in Intel HD Audio Controller (Realtek ALC268)
I just got it, so I have just the 1 hard drive inside it. It is 320 GB.
Don't worry, I'm getting externals...... cringing until they arrive :0

Actually I seem to remember something about that "jerkiness". If i remember correctly as you single stepped the image would jump a few pixel as you entered the transition and then would jump back when the transition was over. I believe this only happened with Nvidia cards. I had it only happen with EMC 7.5.

Perhaps someone else can remember this also.

I have found a thread from 2007 that talks about this jerkiness, post #15 and on mainly

The other problem you described I have never experienced.

Edited by myguggi, 17 September 2009 - 10:06 AM.

[Jim Ward]

Thanks Jim Hardin,
   I am taking that leap... wish me luck. I did not get the Pro version. I don't need the additional stuff it has.

Jim Ward
Computer #1
Pentium P4 2.66 Ghz
2.00 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EN 7600 GS (NVidia technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 3 internal hard drives and 2 external hard drives, all have large capacity.


Computer #2
Intel Core2Duo 6300 @ 1.86 Ghz
3.25 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EAX 1650 (ATI Radeon technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 4 internal hard drives and 4 external hard drives, all have large capacity

Laptop
Intel Core2Duo T6500 @ 2.10Ghz
2.96 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Sound Card: Built-in Intel HD Audio Controller (Realtek ALC268)

[Jim_Hardin]

Are you going to blame me if it goes South?  

If you buy from the Roxio Store you have 30 days to return it.

I would use the Add/Remove on your old version, but it is up to you as they will coexist.

Don’t wait! Get it installed, start trying some things (RW discs are our friend) and post if you have problems or questions!!! Don’t waste your time getting frustrated.

[REDWAGON]

Here is the screen shot of the selector I was referring to Jim.

Frank...

[Jim Ward]

Are you going to blame me if it goes South?  

If you buy from the Roxio Store you have 30 days to return it.

I would use the Add/Remove on your old version, but it is up to you as they will coexist.

Don’t wait! Get it installed, start trying some things (RW discs are our friend) and post if you have problems or questions!!! Don’t waste your time getting frustrated.

Hi Jim,
  Where do you live? I'll be knocking at your door    No, I won't blame you, the decision was mine. I have DSL and the first file download took forever and it got to the very end and froze. My IE shut down and I had to use the link in the e-mail and start the download over . This time it finished and then I got the content file with no problem.

I am going to put 2010 on my new laptop, so I don't need to use the Add/Remove. I'll leave 8 & 9 on my Core2Duo for now.
I still have older projects to sort  through that I made with those versions.

If I have any problems, believe me, I'll be back

Have a nice day  
Jim Ward
Computer #1
Pentium P4 2.66 Ghz
2.00 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EN 7600 GS (NVidia technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 3 internal hard drives and 2 external hard drives all have large capacity.

Computer #2
Intel Core2Duo 6300 @ 1.86 Ghz
3.25 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EAX 1650 (ATI Radeon technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 3 internal hard drives and 2 external hard drives all have large capacity.

Laptop
Intel Core2Duo T6500 @ 2.10Ghz
2.96 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Sound Card: Built-in Intel HD Audio Controller (Realtek ALC268)
I just got it, so I have just the 1 hard drive inside it. It is 320 GB.
Don't worry, I'm getting externals...... cringing until they arrive :0

[myguggi]

Hi Jim,
  Where do you live? I'll be knocking at your door    No, I won't blame you, the decision was mine. I have DSL and the first file download took forever and it got to the very end and froze. My IE shut down and I had to use the link in the e-mail and start the download over . This time it finished and then I got the content file with no problem.

I am going to put 2010 on my new laptop, so I don't need to use the Add/Remove. I'll leave 8 & 9 on my Core2Duo for now.
I still have older projects to sort  through that I made with those versions.

If I have any problems, believe me, I'll be back

Have a nice day  
Jim Ward
Computer #1
Pentium P4 2.66 Ghz
2.00 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EN 7600 GS (NVidia technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 3 internal hard drives and 2 external hard drives all have large capacity.

Computer #2
Intel Core2Duo 6300 @ 1.86 Ghz
3.25 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ASUS EAX 1650 (ATI Radeon technology)
Sound Card: Audigy Sound Blaster
I have 3 internal hard drives and 2 external hard drives all have large capacity.

Laptop
Intel Core2Duo T6500 @ 2.10Ghz
2.96 GB RAM Windows XP Pro SP3
Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Sound Card: Built-in Intel HD Audio Controller (Realtek ALC268)
I just got it, so I have just the 1 hard drive inside it. It is 320 GB.
Don't worry, I'm getting externals...... cringing until they arrive :0

What is the maximum screen resolution on that laptop? If it cannot do at least 1280x1024 you will not be able to use some of the features such as docking media selector and other options.

[Jim_Hardin]

Hi Jim,
  Where do you live? I'll be knocking at your door    No, I won't blame you, the decision was mine. I have DSL and the first file download took forever and it got to the very end and froze. My IE shut down and I had to use the link in the e-mail and start the download over . This time it finished and then I got the content file with no problem.

OK - we'll leave the light on in the forum for you  

[sknis]

Jim to make it easier and to make shorter posts, add your computer information to your signature.  Go to the top of this page and click on My Controls, scroll down and on the left, you'll see the edit signature.  Put your computer information in there.  It will show up in all your posts but when people quote the post, it will not take up space.

[Jim Ward]

Jim to make it easier and to make shorter posts, add your computer information to your signature.  Go to the top of this page and click on My Controls, scroll down and on the left, you'll see the edit signature.  Put your computer information in there.  It will show up in all your posts but when people quote the post, it will not take up space.

Steve,
I was registered in these forums before and had a whole signature line created. When I came to log in the other day, it did not recognize me and told me I had to create a new account. However when I entered my e-mail address it said that my e-mail address was already being used. So I did a password recovery and got an e-mail sent to me with the link to redo my password and that got me in. Once I was in, I found that my signature line was gone....

I was just so busy trying to get the laptop squared away. I am a DJ and I had a gig on Friday and wanted to use it. The club I work at has 3 computers. We play the music on one. We also do video and slide shows, that is what the other 2 are for. I am the one who edits them, hence the need for Roxio. We have a few new DJs and too many hands in the cookie jar, so to speak. So I wanted the laptop with me as backup in case any of the computers get messed up.

So, I am sorry to not have recreated my signature line. I have done it now though. I see however that it has been added to all my previous posts, so now they are even longer than before  

[sknis]

But not much in comparison,  Thanks.

[Jim Ward]

What is the maximum screen resolution on that laptop? If it cannot do at least 1280x1024 you will not be able to use some of the features such as docking media selector and other options.

Hello Walt,
The maximum screen resolution on my laptop is 1366x768. I have it set at 1280x768. The DJ program I use did not like the 1366 and that is my top priority and the main use for the laptop. No worries, though, I have a KVM switch and my 2 desktops share an LG 19" wide screen monitor and I have my screen resolution set at 1440x900. If I can't do everything in Creator 2010 on my laptop I can always move it to Core2Duo desktop that I have EMC 8 and 9. I usually do a fresh install of Windows every other year on my computers and 2010 is the next year for me to do that so I can just start fresh with Creator 2010 on that computer. I have a friend who builds computers and the laptop is a custom laptop that came with just what I wanted on it (Windows XP and very little software). I have been adding all the other software that I wanted on it myself, one of those being some audio/video editing software. So it seemed like a good plan to put the Creator 2010 on it. Now we will see how it goes...

Have a nice day  
Jim Ward