A few questions about Toast 7 Titanium

[ENIGMACODE]

Hello

 

I currently have 'Toast Lite 6' installed in my G5 OSX, and can't do a 'Quick Erase' using it in my G5. However, I am able to ERASE a CDRW just fine using shareware Toast Lite 5 in OS9.2

 

I am thinking about picking up Titanium Toast 7 (at a good price)

 

I suspect that I am I'll be able to do a Quick Erase just fine with version Titanium Toast 7 in my G5 using OSX

 

Now a question about so-called DivX files: Do these files have anything to do with the files on a typical DVD that has a movie on it?

 

Does Roxio Titanium Toast 7 have the capability of copying a DVD?

 

Or (Like Nero), is a decoder necessary which enables one to de-code the content (in order that it fit onto a single sided DVD?)

 

And how does Roxio Titanium Toast 7 compare to Nero 6? I've always used Nero in my PC's to create a 'Disc Image' which I use to duplicate other DVD's from the same project.

 

Thank you

Mike

[tsantee]

I don't know anything about Nero, as I only use Macs. Toast 7 can do quick erases of rewritable discs. It also can make disc images and can compress a DL-sized video DVD or VIDEO_TS folder to burn to a single-layer disc. It cannot copy copy-protected DVDs although it can copy a ripped DVD that had the copy protection stripped.

 

When you say you can get Toast 7 cheap be sure you are getting a copy that hasn't been previously installed or registered. Otherwise it might not work. Or at least know that you can get a refund if it doesn't work.

[ENIGMACODE]

Hi tsantee - thanx for your reply

 

"I don't know anything about Nero"

 

Well Nero actually works pretty good for me when I'm creating an 'image file' (apparently similar to Toast), of one of my own productions, so that I can dupe other DVD copies from the image file.

 

So you say that Toast "can make disc images and can compress a DL-sized video DVD or VIDEO_TS folder to burn to a single-layer disc"

 

This pertains to NON-Copy righted discs - correct? Is this process easy to follow in Toast 7?

Are there major differences between 7 and 8?

 

Yes Toast 7 (the one I'll buy), is new and sealed - thank you ....

 

And how bout those so-called DivX files: Do these files have anything to do with the files on a typical DVD that has a movie on it?

 

Thank you tsantee

Mike

[tsantee]

Hi tsantee - thanx for your reply

 

"I don't know anything about Nero"

 

Well Nero actually works pretty good for me when I'm creating an 'image file' (apparently similar to Toast), of one of my own productions, so that I can dupe other DVD copies from the image file.

 

So you say that Toast "can make disc images and can compress a DL-sized video DVD or VIDEO_TS folder to burn to a single-layer disc"

 

This pertains to NON-Copy righted discs - correct? Is this process easy to follow in Toast 7?

Are there major differences between 7 and 8?

 

Yes Toast 7 (the one I'll buy), is new and sealed - thank you ....

 

And how bout those so-called DivX files: Do these files have anything to do with the files on a typical DVD that has a movie on it?

 

Thank you tsantee

Mike

If you are using OS 10.4.8 then I recommend Toast 8 over Toast 7 because it's new and improved. I'm sure there is something on Roxio's product pages that describe version 8's additions and improvements. If you don't have 10.4.8 or don't want to spend the extra money then Toast 7 was the best until a month ago.

 

You are correct that Toast cannot bypass the copy protection on commercial DVDs.

 

DivX is a different format from the MPEG 2 video on video DVDs. Toast 7 and 8 can encode DivX discs and they can convert DivX to video DVD or the other way around. DivX is much more compressed than MPEG 2 video but still retains very good picture quality. It takes longer to encode and only some DVD players are able to play DivX discs. Some may disagree with me, but I see DivX as being an excellent format for watching videos on computers, but I prefer video DVD for playback on my TV.

[ENIGMACODE]

Thanx tsantee !