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Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 Suite

The Best Way to Work With Media Files

NEW Product Announcement

  New Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 Suite lets you easily create, manage and enjoy music, memories, movies and more the way you want -- on your computer, home theater, TV or on-the-go, on iPod®, PSP™, mobile phone and other portable devices. Now, with 50 GB HD Blu-ray™ disc burning and copying, Windows Vista™ support, instant desktop audio capture, auto color correction of video footage, DVD movie backups, easy removal of commercials from set-top recorder discs, auto playlist creation, 50-hour music DVDs with shuffle play, plus dozens of other new features, it’s the best software for all your digital media needs.

 

       

 

Capture, Create, Convert & Consume

Creator 9 provides a complete range of features, flexibility and power, in one integrated suite, for anyone from novices to experienced users, to organize, edit, share, preserve, and enjoy a lifetime of digital music, memories, movies and more.

With Creator 9, you can easily capture, create, convert and consume your digital media, regardless of device, format, or location. Enjoy your digital media anywhere, anytime.

New Features

Blu-ray Disc Burning

Backup and store a lifetime of precious memories on a single Blu-ray disc which can hold up to 50 GB - up to 12,500 music tracks, or 50,000 photos, or 4 hours of raw HD Video.

Desktop Capture Widget

Instantly capture Internet radio, streaming music services, and any audio playing on your computer right from the desktop – featuring “pre-roll” cache and “system sound mute.”

AutoMix 

Pick a single song that fits your mood and AutoMix arranges a mix of songs that sound great together. Burn your mix to CD, DVD, or send to your portable player or mobile phone.

Music DVDs

Enjoy 50 hours of music on a standard DVD - now with on-screen entertaining customizable TV menus for easy navigation and random-play shuffle mode.

Mobile Media Manager

Import photos and videos captured with your mobile phone camera. Create personalized ringtones, and transfer music, photos and videos to your mobile phone to enjoy on the go.[1]

Video Converter

Convert DVDs, TiVo files, set-top DVD recorder shows, DivX files and more into compressed video formats to enjoy on your iPod, PSP, mobile phone, or other portable media player.

Magic Movies

CineMagic turns your raw SD or HD camcorder video into a high quality production automatically - featuring scene selection and exciting themes with Hollywood-style intros.

Powerful Video Editor

VideoWave now features unrivaled editing power with a 32 track timeline, batch video removal, timeline markers, and automatic color correction and background noise removal.

Studio Quality DVDs

Enjoying your photos and video on DVD has never been easier, or looked better, with dazzling new menu styles, menu-to-menu transitions, and exclusive Fit-to-Disc encoding.

Easy Media Player

Enjoy your music, photos, videos, and DVDs with the easiest to use media player, from your desk or from the comfort of your couch via a PC remote control.

Vista Ready

Creator 9 runs great on Windows 2000, XP and new Vista OS.

 

Over 100 features to help you capture, create, and consume.

 

Backup & Copy


Audio & Labeling

 



·    New! Blu-ray data burning, backup & copy

·    New! Blu-ray packet writing

·    New! Blu-ray data spanning

·    New! Easy Archive file backup

·    New! Set-top DVD recorder (VR) copying

·    New! Copy DVDs to portable players

·    New! Customizable compilation styles

·    New! Right-click to load images

·   New! AutoMix playlist maker

·   New! Desktop Capture Widget

·   New! Pre-roll and System Mute

·   New! DVD Music Disc shuffle mode

·   New! Customizable music DVD styles

·   New! Personalized ringtones

·   New! Rename & relocate audio files

·   New! Save music project archives

Photo & Video

Conversion & Consumption

 

 

·    New! CineMagic “Intros” & scene selection

·    New! 32 track editing timeline

·    New! Automatic color correction

·    New! Automatic noise removal

·    New! Timeline chapter markers

·    New! Timeline multi-trim editing

·    New! Fit-to-Disc encoding gauge

·    New! Menu to menu transitions

·    New! Advanced button linking

·   New! Mobile Phone Import & Export

·   New! Advanced H.264 codec support

·   New! Mobile LiveShare

·   New! Universal Video Conversion

·   New! Portable device playback

·   New! Simplified device profiles

·   New! Digital Media Experience

·   New! Full-screen CinePlayer

·   New! Integrated InterActual Support


Key Applications

Creator 9 contains full-featured best-of-class applications for all your digital media needs – from data backup and copying, to audio recording, editing and mixing, to photo management, sharing and slideshow creation, to video editing and dazzling DVD production.

 

Roxio Home

Home is where it all happens with this integrated component launcher and task manager for project assistants.

Media Manager

Organize, browse, find, and easily share or create projects with your music, photos and video – now with mobile phone support.

Media Experience

Enjoy your music, photos, video and DVDs with this easy-to-use simplified user interface – via keyboard or PC remote control.

Creator Classic

Reliable data burning with powerful advanced features like disc spanning, compression, encryption and multi-recorder support.

Backup MyPC

Comprehensive system-wide data protection and recovery capabilities – a $50 value when sold separately.

Disc Copier

Backup audio CDs and non-encrypted DVDs, and convert video files into other formats, for use on an iPod, PSP, PMP or mobile phone.

Music Disc Creator

Create audio CDs with DJ-style fades, MP3 mix discs, or music DVDs with up to 50 hours of music, on-screen menus and shuffle play.

Sound Editor

Record audio or edit existing tracks, add multiple sound layers and apply filters or effects, and convert audio files into other formats.

PhotoSuite

Edit and enhance your photos, create delightful projects and gifts, and easily share your pictures on CD, DVD, email or via LiveShare.

VideoWave

Powerful 32 track video editor with HD support, and studio quality tools, effects and transitions – a $50 value when sold separately.

MyDVD

Enjoy your photos and video on a DVD with stunning menus and pristine Dolby Digital sound – a $50 value when sold separately.

CinePlayer

Enjoy your DVDs with this full featured player, with support for discs containing enhanced PC content, such as games.

Label Creator

Create personalized disc labels, case covers and inserts – print to paper or disc, or laser etch your label with LightScribe.

Project Assistants

Project Assistants help you accomplish great things in a few easy steps, giving you maximum results with a minimum of effort.

 If you want to do even more, you can easily launch the full featured applications from any project assistant.

 

EasyArchive

Backup and protect your precious music, photos, video, and other important files – to external disk, CD, DVD or 50 GB Blu-ray Disc.

LP & Tape Assistant

Easily digitize your classic LPs & tapes, split into tracks, reduce noise, and automatically add artist, album and track information using advanced digital fingerprinting technology.

Easy Audio Capture

Instantly capture any audio playing on your computer, including streaming radio – runs in full-screen or as compact desktop widget.

Quick Music DVD

Easily create a 50 hour music disc that plays in any DVD player, complete with on-screen Smart Menus for easy navigation, song information and album artwork, and random-play shuffle mode.

Tag Editor

Quickly edit incorrect or missing artist, album, song title or other track information for songs in your music library.

Rename & Relocate

Automatically fix the filenames and locations of your audio files with incorrect or missing track information.

Plug & Burn

Turn your camcorder DV tapes into a finished DVD in one simple step – just plug in the camcorder and burn.

CineMagic

Automatically edit your raw video into a finished production – complete with background music, intros, and professional styles.

Quick Blu-ray Disc

Enjoy hours of standard or high-definition video on a Blu-ray BDAV disc – your TV shows, camcorder video, and more.

Quick DVD

Create great looking DVDs with your pictures and videos, complete with Dolby sound, high quality menu styles and Fit-to-Disc encoding.

Slideshow Assistant

Transform your still photos into stunning slideshows with pan & zoom motion, photo collages, titles and background soundtrack.

Photo Assistant

Turn your photos into calendars, cards, posters and other memorable projects for yourself, friends or family.

Express Labeler

Personalize your CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs with labels and case covers – supports print to disc technology and laser labeling.

 

Innovative Utilities

Creator 9 includes innovative utilities that help you do even more with your recorder and media, as well as with other peripheral devices, such as cameras and camcorders.

 

Drag-to-Disc

Burn files to CD, DVD or Blu-ray Disc as easily as dragging and dropping files onto a floppy disk, hard disk or flash drive.

Disc Image Loader

Mount up to 23 disc image files as virtual drives, as if they were physical discs in your drive – conserves battery life for notebooks.

DVD Info Pro

View detailed information about recorder capabilities, media properties and drive performance tests.

Media Import

Easily import and capture from over 100 digital and analog devices, removable media, storage devices and streaming content.

 


System Requirements

·          Microsoft® Windows Vista Home/Business/Ultimate, Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE (Service Pack 2), Windows XP Pro x64 Edition, Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or later)[2]

·          For burning music and data discs: 500 MHz Intel® Pentium III or equivalent; 128 MB RAM

·          For DVD, slideshow or video authoring: 1.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent; 256 MB RAM

·          For real-time MPEG-2 capture and burning:1.6 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent; 256 MB RAM

·          For viewing DivX HD or H.264 video files in full screen mode: 2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent; 512 MB RAM

·          7200 RPM hard disk drive recommended for video projects

·          1 GB of free hard disk space for typical installation of all components

·          1 GB of free hard disk space for every 5 minutes of video for video capture

·          Up to 9 GB of free hard disk space for copying DVD-Video[3] discs

·          1024x768, 16-bit color graphics card; 24-bit or 32-bit true color recommended

·          DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card and graphics card

·          QuickTime 7 or greater for burning of M4A files

·          Windows Media Player 9 or higher for Windows 2000 systems; Windows Media Player 10 or higher for Windows XP and Vista systems

·          Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher

·          CD-ROM drive to install the software

·          Internet connection required for registration, activation, product updates, and some features including photo sharing and Gracenote® MusicID™ support (to retrieve artist, album and track information). Any Internet charges are the user’s responsibility.

Optional

·          For burning: multimedia compliant CD, DVD, or BD recordable drive

·          For audio capture or playback: 16-bit Windows compatible sound card and speakers

·          For video capture: OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 FireWire card (for use with DV camera) or analog video capture device