So Easy My Husband Can Use It! (Roxio Easy CD Creator Platinum 5.0)

Member Name: tracythomson

Product:	Roxio Easy CD Creator Platinum 5.0
Date:	10/10/01 (639 review reads)
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Advantages: Too Many to List, Packed With Useful Features

Disadvantages: None

Roxio's Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum is the best CD Creation/Writing software that I have come across to date. I discovered it by accident when I was trying to replace my damaged version of Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4.

Quite different software altogether!

Roxio's product offers so many extras that I did not have before. The Cd creator is so easy to use that my husband can master it (and that is no mean feat!)

When launched the 'Select A Project' screen guides you effortlessly to the best application in the package for the task in hand, you can select from:

MAKE A CD - Using:
~Soundstream~ to create compilations from your favourite MPs, CDs (if making a CD to play in Hifi of car you should convery any MP3s to .Wav files - using MP3-to-Wave or a similar programme).
~MusicCD~ to create professional music CDs with advanced software features.
~MP3CD Project~ to create a MP3 CD with over 100 songs to enjoy on your PC or MP3 player.

MAKE A DATA CD - Using:
~DirectCD~ to format a DirectCD disk - this enables you to drag and drop files from Windows Explorer to a CD.
~DataCD Project~ this facility is used to share or archive computer files such as images , speadsheets, presentaions etc. on a CD in the most compatible format.
~Take Two~ this is one of my favourite functions! It enables you to backup your computer's hard drive on one or more CDs in a few easy steps. A must for anyone who has had to restore their PC from scratch after a HD failure.

MAKE A VIDEO OR PHOTO CD - Using:
~Photo Album~ to organize your photos into albumsand save them on CD.
~Video Postcard~ great to save video clips on a self-running CD to share with friends and family.
~Video Impression~ for editing your own videoand saving it to CD.
~Video CD~ to create CDs of your favourite MPEG video clips and view them on a DVD or Video CD Player.

And the good old CD COPIER which
does exactly as it's name suggests. No more scratched CDs make a copy for general use and protect the originals (either Music or Data CDs).

I apologise for rambling on and on about this package but another handy function is the CD LABEL CREATOR - which allows you to creat front and back covers and CD Labels for Jewel Cases - very handy and easy to use - I use it all of the time!

This is a 5 Star product which I would not hesitate to recomment to anyone. For around £40-50 it's a real gem.

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