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Toast? Yay or Nay?
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One thing that it does is allow you to transfer items recorded on a TiVo to your computer and either export or burn them.
One thing that it does is allow you to transfer items recorded on a TiVo to your computer and either export or burn them.
I have Toast 8 Titanium, the only reason I got it was for the Tivo burning features.
I've also had Easy Media Creator 8 and 9 on one of my Windows machines.
I have to say, every single program has disappointed.
Toast 8 has an audio synchronization problem that I don't think was ever fixed, and both versions of Easy Media Creator routinely locked up.
In the end, I canceled my Tivo subscription and got a DVR from my cable provider.
I've also had Easy Media Creator 8 and 9 on one of my Windows machines.
I have to say, every single program has disappointed.
Toast 8 has an audio synchronization problem that I don't think was ever fixed, and both versions of Easy Media Creator routinely locked up.
In the end, I canceled my Tivo subscription and got a DVR from my cable provider.
Toast 9 is a great program. Worth every penny. The feature I like the most is the fact that I can create Blu-Ray and HD-DVD's on regular DVD's. A regular dual-layered DVD can fit about 40 minutes of HD Video. More depending on the compression level you pick.
The interface is also pretty slick and easy to use.
The interface is also pretty slick and easy to use.
who says u have to pay
yar argg and toast 9 has blu ray sopport which is kinda useless until they put them in or u put ur own in and maybe only good for ps3 games if u have big hds and a ps3 thats modded or like bluray movies which most people dont but i guess people mentioned it lolwho says u have to pay
I didn't understand one word of this post.
The "arrrg" suggests that you obtain toast 9 the "free" way. I don't recommend that, frankly.
lol i dont think i did either i was just typing some random stuff but i was tryiing to say u dont have to pay for toast arggg hopefully u get the arggg
i do and like seriously maybe if programs lik photoshop and ms office were cheaper i would buy them like espiacally for my brother he needs a $1800 program for school wtf how can he afford that he needs books and a new computer there basically asking it for the program to be stolen
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maybe your brother could just pay for the software and then just steal a new MBP and some school books.
Nothing is free, and no one is entitled. And before you flame me, I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I worked three jobs through my undergrad studies as a biochem major.
maybe your brother could just pay for the software and then just steal a new MBP and some school books.
Nothing is free, and no one is entitled. And before you flame me, I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, I worked three jobs through my undergrad studies as a biochem major.
Toast 8, if you can get it cheap, is a good app. One nice thing about it is that it plays nice with a lot of other related apps, like EyeTV, for example. One of the things the Toast people have done well is integration. While some of these things could easily be done with freeware like handbrake and MactheRipper, the workflows are all automated and pretty much make things a single click job.
I agree with the earlier poster about the additional cost of Toast 9. I looked it over pretty cerefully, and other than the BluRay and HDDVD capabilities, there wasn't anything (else) significant enough to justify the upgrade or cost, IMHO.
I have some of the freeware apps mentioned above, but I still use Toast to export things to H.264 for my iPod, for example, just for the convenience factor. Toast also allows you to change the configuration so that you can tweak things to your liking and still have the ability of doing a single click to get what you want.
MacDann
I agree with the earlier poster about the additional cost of Toast 9. I looked it over pretty cerefully, and other than the BluRay and HDDVD capabilities, there wasn't anything (else) significant enough to justify the upgrade or cost, IMHO.
I have some of the freeware apps mentioned above, but I still use Toast to export things to H.264 for my iPod, for example, just for the convenience factor. Toast also allows you to change the configuration so that you can tweak things to your liking and still have the ability of doing a single click to get what you want.
MacDann
For converting and burning movie files to watch in an ordinary DVD player, Toast seems to be a whole lot (maybe 2x) quicker than iDVD for me.
we all work just cant afford it anyway if they knwo its going to get stolen maybe if things arent so expensive i could buy it