CD Burning help!
 

Got my computer about 2 years ago. I've been burning CDs with Roxio Easy CD Creator (came with the computer) frequently at 48x speed with no issues.

A few months ago, Roxio stopped working. I would click on it & nothing would happen - no error message, just nothing. Hubby tried to delete & reinstall it - now if I click it I get the hourglass & it looks like it's going to open but never does.

So. I started burning using Musicmatch Jukebox (also came with the computer) - slower, but not terrible. I think it was burning at 24x or 48x, but it was annoying to have to put the tracks into "my playlist" first and then burn them. With Roxio, I just hit "copy" and it did.

Suddenly, Musicmatch is burning at 4x speed! WTH? I tried to increase the speed & it told me to upgrade. At 4x speed, it will take me an hour to do 1 CD. No way. BTW - I can burn photos onto CD without any problems at all, so I don't think it's the burner itself. :shrug:

My question is - should I just buy the upgrade & give it a shot? If it doesn't work, I'm screwed out of the money, right? Roxio wants $79 ON SALE - that's a lot, IMO. Musicmatch wants $19.99, but again, it's a pain in the ass & not that fast to begin with. Anyone here care to recommend another program? :shrug: I just want to be able to copy my boot CDs to start trading again.

Good luck to you whatever you decide. My burner has been busted for about a month now too. SUCKS:distress:

You probably had "limited trial" versions of both Roxio & MusicMatch. Ditch MusicMatch (as a burner; it's great as a PLAYER) & check into getting Nero 6.0. Far & away the best CD burning software I've used. (I've had much experience with both MusicMatch and Roxio) I was fortunate that the software came with the new combo DVD player/CD-R(W) burner I got earlier this year. I don't know how much it is on its own, though. But, if you can, get it!

My computer had that RECORD NOW! thing. Is that good?

You beat me to the Nero recommendation by less than a minute. :laugh:

Nero is awesome.

How much does it cost?

Wished I had an answer...
 

for you Paula, But being that I own/use 2 self-contained CD burners I dont have a clue on PC based burning programs.

from what I remember it is $80-100

Oh ok, thank you. Well if it works good, then its worth the money:nod:

roxio sucks
i rip/burn with windows media player
works for me...specially since it didnt
cost a dime.

IS Record Now! good too?

and I'll tell you that iTunes has always worked great for me as far as keeping playlists for burning

ditto...i use this all the time, and haven't had any problems with it

never heard of it, sorry