Roxio Creator 2009 Expert Reviews

Roxio Creator has been our Editors' Choice media creation suite the past few years (under the name Easy Media Creator). It includes a wealth of tools for mixing, authoring, and burning videos and music. But most of its functions, aside from the Blu ...

One-stop shop for all types of media creation and burning. Accepts AVCHD camcorder movies. Burns Blu-ray video discs and high-def AVCHD on DVDs. Thorough help system

Except for the main welcome screen, interface looks long in the tooth. Many bugs and crashes encountered in testing. Slower DVD burning and CD ripping than the competition. Too many features in the online service say "upgrade to Premium version

Roxio's latest suite adds a prettier start interface and a couple of new goodies like Beatmatch and Audiobook support, but the included apps are still too complex and generated plenty of errors during testing.

Improved navigation helps you find your way around this full-featured burning suite.

Comprehensive CD/DVD and AV features ; Excellent launcher application

Sluggish application switching ; No upgrade policy for previous owners

For new users, Roxio Creator 2009 is a good deal, especially if you act on the limited time giveaway of the Blu-ray plug-in. The suite is massive (3GB of disk space is required) and a bit slow to switch between modules, but the look and the feel of ...

Does the latest instalment impress?

Value for money, easier to use

Big install, possibly too many features

There are plenty of features on offer but Roxio has done a great job of improving the core tasks

Remember the days when our applications, games, music and photos had to fit onto a 100GB hard disk? Those days are long gone. Historically, storage capacity has been an important factor in application design. Adding more space to early programs meant ...

For enthusiasts who want even more capabilities and control, Roxio Creator 2009 Ultimate (£69.99) includes everything available in Creator 2009 and, in addition, includes the HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc plug-in and more audio and backup tools. For instance, ...

There's such a bewildering amount that Roxio Creator 2009 can do for you, it's entirely understandable when one of the first things it offers is a series of tutorial videos. They're not bad, either, taking you through tasks such as converting LPs to ...

Plenty of burn for your buck. Jack of all trades and master of none - but useful and good value.

The latest version of Roxio's digital media suite has a lot going for it.

And on the seventh day Roxio Creator came to the end of all its work; and on the seventh day it took its ...

Good disc burning options, Expandable via plugins, Simple backup solution included, Support for most common media types, Enough depth in each area to keep everyone but enthusiasts happy

Some will find tools in their area of interest a little basic, Slideshow output to video file looks pretty ropey

Creator isn't really aimed at enthusiasts of any of the supported areas of media, reminding me of the old adage - A jack of all trades, but a master of none. This shouldn't be held against this particular piece of software though. The interface is ...

ROXIO Creator 2009 is a massive installation but the content it produces looks and feels great.

Comprehensive suite of applications

Blu-ray plug-in costs extra, slow to switch between modules

For new users, Roxio Creator 2009 is a good deal.

This used to be called CD Creator and was one of the two main products in the field. Now of course the CD part is dropped mainly as most will use the DVD part as much if not more than the CD but it does a great deal more as well.

I hinted earlier that 512MB was entry level so the full required specifications could be useful. XP SP2 or Vista, a 1GB processor and DirectX 9 1024x768 with at least 16bit colour. DVD drive, Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Media Player 10 and at ...

Like its predecessors (which bore the name Easy Media Creator), Roxio Creator 2009 is a massive suite of applications that covers nearly everything you can do with or to CDs and DVDs and their photo, audio, data, or video contents

Roxio Creator 2009 has a revamped interface that refines the centralised application launcher found in the last few incarnations. The confusing list of application names has given way to a complete task-oriented menu, with clear labels such as 'Create ...