Roxio Toast 9 Titanium [OLD VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Roxio Toast 9 Titanium [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: Awful...
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this mostly for some of the peripheral features--the TiVo Transfer and the ability to record streaming audio from the internet. I find that the DVD burning capability of OSX works for most of my needs, though it's nice to occasionally span disks.
After two days of trying, I managed to finally get the update to load and give me Toast 9.02 (I'm using OSX10.5.) And so I was (finally) ready to go.
TiVo Transfer will load programming to your HD and I successfully burned a half hour show to DVD, but when trying to anything longer, I get an OS error. So basically it doesn't work.
The streaming audio feature also doesn't work--it doesn't recognize that there's any sound. This isn't rocket science, both WireTap Studio and Audio Hijack do a great job of this.
Forget support--there basically is none. Also, be aware that if you buy software from a marketplace seller, you can't return it. Not sure of the policy if you buy directly from Amazon.
Beware any software company that doesn't offer a free trial on its website. There's a reason for it.
So, I'm out fifty bucks, but I suppose I'm a bit wiser for it. And I assume (though I am by no means certain) that it will span disks on a burn. So that's something.
Customer Review: Distinguished features make it worthwhile for Macs
Summary: 5 Stars
Kids today, they think Apple makes the coolest stuff so their pc is a Mac although I still use a Dell. Creator for the pc is good so I thought that getting a roxio program for the Mac would be a good investment. I was right. It works different enough from the pc verison that sometimes I sneak time on the Mac and play around. The interface is easy, although I think that is a given for roxio programs. I have gotten frustrated with other Mac programs so I don't think an easy to figur out interface is a given. I like that it pauses in the middle of burning if you need to stop. Another thing it has over the pc version is tv streaming. I would like to see this feature in future pc versions. For now we use toast to the iPhone. Now that I know what it can do I'll be buying Apples new phones as our old ones become obsolete. Customer Review: Poor
Summary: 1 Stars
I have a number of problems with Toast 9. You get NO help from the support at the website. Would not tell anyone to buy this product or any from the company!!!Customer Review: Toast 9 - indispensible for digital media on the Mac
Summary: 5 Stars
At first glance Toast 9 looks like any other burning program. It does much more though. Before you burn there are tools to trim videos and don't worry about wasted space. If you're in a hurry like I am much of the time there is a compression option which is another way it saves room. The end results will work on multiple systems. Come on, not everyone has a Mac so I need Windows playable discs. I'm now saving everything in HD which of course takes a lot more space. I can use ordinary discs and not have to buy any special ones. I've also made more use of my Blackberry. I can export from the Mac to the phone with Toast's tools. I have made use of old tapes too with the tape to digital with the Spin Doctor assistant. Of course with all the options it needs to have a good interface. Check on that. Menu items are organized in a logical fashion. Of course there's still the old point and click for several main functions. Customer Review: Innovation is in the software, not just hte hardware
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always relied on Apple for innovative computers and devices but frankly I don't think they've done a lot in the software area. Sure they may have created certain video and audio formats, but they've left it up to other software makers to pick up the slack. I mention this because I think that Toast shows how much can be squeezed out of Apple hardware and its done much better than Apple itself.
I immediately noticed that every aspect of disk authoring is more efficient and faster. Is anyone else surprised that the program burns blu-ray disks on a regular dvd burner? That's what I mean about software utilizing hardware capability. It may not be a true blu-ray disk in the sense that it doesn't have as much data, but the quality is there. There are 2 ways to fit large files to as few disks as possible. There is a fit to DVD feature. If the file is still too big the program will span the files over as many disks as it needs. With better video quality taking up more space I use this feature more than ever.
Like many software companies you can get a rebate for upgrading. I take advantage of these offers for my security and tax programs and this is no different. It's worth sending in the paperwork and getting a discount. For those who haven't used Toast before I would say that it is an essential program, much like a wordprocessing one.