Image 15 of 15Roxio Creator NXT 5 image: You can use this program to create audiobooks.Editor's Note: A newer version of this product is now available. Clicking the Buy button will take you to this new version for purchase. We will evaluate, rank and review the latest version when we next update the CD Burning Software reviews.Roxio Creator NXT 5 is a full-bodied, multimedia creative suite that includes excellent abilities. You can perform many tasks related to optical media, such as creating audio and data CDs, but this application also opens the door to several other possibilities. It provides many powerful audio-editing tools, and it even allows you to convert legacy media such as vinyl records and cassette tapes into a digital format that you can play in your CD player.Audio and data CD burning is only a small part of Roxio Creator's uses.
This application has an attractive video and photo editor as well as various archiving and sharing features. You can share your video creations on sites like YouTube, Facebook and Google Plus directly from the interface. Additionally, this program gives you the ability to download files from the internet, rip content from CDs and DVDs, capture streaming video from the web, and more. For these reasons and more, Roxio Creator NXT 5 earns the Top Ten Reviews Gold Award for best CD burning software.While it is by no means the primary function of Roxio Creator NXT 5, the CD burning module stands head and shoulders above the other applications on our comparison chart. When we rated and ranked all 10 applications, we subjected each product to a battery of tests. Of all the products in our lineup, Roxio Creator NXT 5 scored the highest.
You should have no problems learning or using this software – regardless of your computer skill level.Besides burning audio and data CDs, you can copy DVDs. This is a great tool if you have a library of DVDs you want to back up or digitize. However, it can't copy, rip or back up copy-protected discs, so you'll need to first download a plugin to circumvent anti-piracy encryptions if you need to copy a commercial DVD you own.One of the more useful backup tools with this CD burner is its ability to extract a CD or DVD's disc image (ISO file), which it then saves to your computer.
This file is essentially the blueprint of a disc that you can use as a digital backup or to burn to a new disc without needing the original disc. Once the ISO file is on your computer, you can access it long after CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs have gone the way of cassettes, eight-tracks and vinyl records.In our tests, we timed how long it took each CD burning application to create both audio and data discs. The Roxio Creator NXT 5 burned a full music album in two minutes – which is seconds behind DVD MovieFactory Pro 7 and Nero Burning ROM. We also found this program burned a data CD to capacity in 3.5 minutes – again, not the fastest time in our review but impressive nonetheless.This program is excellent and will run on any Windows machine you’ve bought in recent years. However, if you run a Mac, you won’t find a version of Roxio Creator NXT 5 for your machine. We would like to see Roxio come out with a Mac-compatible version of the software like it has for other applications it offers, such as Roxio Toast.Roxio Creator NXT 5 does much more than simply copy music tracks to a CD.
The application contains a fully functional audio mixer that lets you edit, enhance and organize your audio files so they're exactly the way you want them before you burn them to a CD.One of this application's more innovative audio tools is the LP and Tape Assistant. Using this feature, you can digitize your collection of old vinyl records and cassette tapes.
Roxio Cd Creator
You will, of course, need a record or cassette player to use this function. Roxio provides a handy tutorial that shows you how to connect these analog devices to your computer, then capture the audio in Creator. Once you've done that, the music on your legacy media is available for use in all of Roxio Creator's features, not just CD burning.Another handy tool is this program's ability to extract audio from video files. For example, if you're a techno DJ and you want to insert a specific clip of dialogue from a movie into a track, you can use the audio extractor tool to separate the audio from the video after you've saved the movie file on your hard drive. Then you can use the audio editor to extract the clip you want and drop it into your song. This is just one of many uses for the audio extractor tool.In case you don't have the audio you need for your project on your hard drive, Roxio Creator has a convenient tool called Easy Audio Capture.
All you have to do is play the audio online and click the option to capture audio from the sound card. It records any audio you're playing online, no matter the source. If you listen to more than one track in a row, the tool uses the silence in between songs or other audio files to separate them into tracks.Capturing songs from the internet or an analog source is one thing, but filling in all the metadata, such as the artist name, album and year recorded, can be time-consuming, and you may not have all the information available. Roxio has an answer for this too. This CD burner software application can automatically detect what song is playing and fill in the metadata for you.
Buying GuidesReviewsAll of the audio features in this program are quite convenient and easy to use. But they're just a portion of this software package. This CD burner also contains video tools equivalent to Roxio's audio features. The video editor is basic but helpful. Its DVD-authoring features allow you to make customized discs with ease.Roxio has a robust technical support section on its website. If you have a simple problem, you can consult the knowledgebase or join a discussion group. It also has a nice FAQs section.
In case you have an issue that requires more attention, Roxio provides a customer support line, but it isn't toll-free, and it deals primarily with sales requests.There is no Mac version of this software. If you need a good solution for Mac, consider.Roxio Creator NXT 5 is far more than just CD burning software.
It’s a full creative suite capable of making any type of media you want – images, audio and video. It also allows you not only to publish your creations on physical media such as CDs and DVDs, but to extract and edit audio and to convert your old media like vinyl records. This versatility makes it one of the best CD burners you can find.
Creator 2011 continues the well-designed look and key application components of the 2010 version. It supports the full range of media – video, audio, photos, and data – for importing, editing, and sharing, on PCs, portable devices, online, and on disc. And Creator supports a wide variety of popular media files and formats, including HD, H.264, AVCHD, and Blu-ray disc (as a separate plug-in).The Roxio Creator 2011 Pro bundle for $130 adds Blu-ray Disc authoring and additional applications, including Roxio Secure Burn for disc backup and encryption, SmartSound Sonicfire Pro for custom soundtracks, Bias SoundSoap SE for noise reduction, and BackOnTrack for backup and disaster recovery.The Roxio Creator 2011 application provides a launch pad for accessing the different capabilities of the suite. You select the media type you want to work with (Data, Video, Audio, Photo), and then choose the task to perform on that media, grouped by category (Import, Edit, Create, Enjoy).
For help getting started, use the Learning Center with an expanded selection of video tutorials that demonstrate specific tasks. Most also have accompanying step-by-step PDF instructions.3D VideoFor video editing, Creator includes the venerable VideoWave application, plus CineMagic to automatically generate movies from video clips and photos, and MyDVD to author projects to disc. Or use the assistants for more focused tasks, including Video Copy & Convert to copy entire DVDs, or create video compilations to files, disc, and portable devices. To work with 3D video, both VideoWave and MyDVD can import video in a variety of 3D formats, as well as convert 2D video to 3D – to preview, edit, enhance, and author in 3D. Or upload to YouTube to view online in 3D. However, not all editing options are available in 3D, including stabilization and rotation effects. It’s also best to avoid effects that distort the video, blur edges, or adjust colors (for anaglyph) – which can lessen the 3D effect.With MyDVD, you can author 3D DVDs in anaglyph or RealD format, albeit without menus (but with chapters).
You even can author 3D in high definition, and burn in AVCHD format to a standard DVD, which will play in HD on Blu-ray players.To view 3D video, CinePlayer not only plays 3D videos, but it also converts 2D standard-def video to 3D – in real time. It supports a variety of display formats, including active shutter, line polarized, and anaglyph. You also can adjust the 3D format during playback, including the 3D depth and position.3D PhotosFor photo editing, use PhotoSuite to repair, enhance, and share digital photos.Plus there are a variety of assistant tools to enhance photos, create slideshows and other collections, and upload online.Creator 2011 does not support editing photos in 3D space (i.e., in PhotoSuite). Instead, the new Create 3D Photos application allows you to view a photo in 3D and adjust the stereo positioning before exporting.
It imports photos in three formats:. 3D photo formats – Including side by side and the MPO format from Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D digital cameras. Photo pairs taken with a standard camera – Made by moving the camera a few inches between shots to simulate human stereo vision. Standard 2D photos – which can be converted into 3DYou then can export individual photos in a variety of 3D formats to show on the compatible displays. You also can create a 3D slideshow, or import 3D photos into VideoWave and MyDVD to include in your video productions.SuiteIf you’re interested in experimenting with 3D productions, Roxio Creator 2011 is ready with an inexpensive and comprehensive solution.
This is not only amazingly soon after the introduction of the first high-end products, but also impressively complete, in terms of supporting a range of common formats, and in providing 2D to 3D conversion so you can get going out of the box, with no additional equipment cost. So step out of the plane, and get dimensionalized.