Roxio Toast 8 Titanium (Mac) [OLD VERSION] | ![Roxio Toast 8 Titanium (Mac) [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kAj1bcViL._SL500_.jpg)
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List Price: $99.95
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Rating:  92 reviews
Sales Rank: 553
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X Intel, Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Mac OS X Intel
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0.1
MPN: 231000
Model: 231000
UPC: 815227007059
EAN: 0815227007066
ASIN: B000LP6JKY
Release Date: January 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Copy your audio CDs, movies and DVDs. | | • | Take your favorite TV shows to go, with easy TiVoToGo transfers | | • | Blu-ray Disc Support: Burn up to 50 GB - 12,500 music tracks, or 50,000 photos, or 4 hours of raw HD video. | | • | Restore and recover files from scratched or damaged discs while copying. | | • | Create DJ-style audio CDs with the same pro-quality audio features previously found in Roxio Jam. |
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Product Description
Toast 8 Titanium completes your digital life. It's designed to complement the Mac OS and iLife software you normally use for CD and DVD burning -- and now it allows you to burn Blu-Ray discs. Create perfect-quality audio CDs with the smoothest crossfades and transitions. Enjoy your shows anywhere with exclusive TiVoGo and EyeTV burning. Convert video for portables is easy -- with a few clicks, you'll export to your iPod, PSP or mobile phone in no time. Burn files of any size, then catalog it the contents for easier management. Copy your CDs, movies and DVDs in a snap. There's no easier, faster way to save, enjoy and share your digital media on disc! Back up an entire 9GB DVD disc & use all available disc space to maximize video quality Director's Cut custom compilations let you select video, audio & languages for your DVD Convert files for your iPod, PSP, DivX or other portable Spin Doctor Assistant guides you through converting LPs and tapes to digital Blu-Ray Disc Burning - Store up to 12,500 music track, 50,000 photos or 4 hours of HD video on a single disc Disc recovery for pulling data from scratched or damaged files Create your own disc labels and inserts Includes iLife Media Browser
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Roxio Toast 8 sets the standard for burning CDs, DVDs, and now Blu-ray discs on the Mac. Create superior sounding audio CDs with crossfades. Enjoy your TV shows anywhere with exclusive EyeTV burning and TiVoToGo transfers to DVD or iPod. Copy your audio CDs, movies and DVDs. It's your digital life, Toast It!  | TV Shows Anywhere You Want Them
Enjoy your favorite TV shows on DVD or on-the-go with Toast's exclusive support for TiVo and EyeTV digital video recorders. Watch your TiVo recorded shows on your Mac, burn your shows to DVD or DivX disc, or convert for your iPod, PSP or other portable player. Fred & Barney. Gilligan & The Skipper. Ernie & Bert, and now... TV & Toast - another perfect TV pair | Disc Catalog. What's On That Disc?
Ever wonder what's on that disc you burned 2 years ago? Now you can automatically catalog and browse the contents of your discs - even when the discs are no longer in the Mac. Works great on discs burned with Toast, and other discs, such as your audio CDs. Toast is the easiest way to burn, and the Toast disc catalog is the easiest way to find what you've burned. |  |  | Mac & PC Data Spanning
Burn files and folders of any size across multiple discs. Now you can safely backup massive video files or your iTunes library, and easily access on any Mac or Windows PC. Only Toast breaks through the size limitations that the Mac OS and all other burning software have. | Superior Quality Audio CDs and DVDs.
Create great sounding audio CD mixes with features from Roxio's Jam software - smooth DJ-style crossfades, sound enhancing Audio Unit filters, and automatic level adjustment. Now anyone can sound like a pro, even if they aren't, with Toast's audio CDs and DVDs. |  |  | Mac & PC Photo Discs.
Easily share your photos with friends and family with the new Toast Photo Disc. Store thousands of pictures at full resolution on a standard format disc for any Mac, PC, or photo finishing kiosk. Each disc displays a high quality slideshow, so you can enjoy the photos right away. | Copy & Convert DVDs. Pass The Popcorn.
Backup an entire 9 GB DVD to a standard 4.7 GB DVD disc. Fit-to-DVD compression uses all available disc space to maximize video quality. Toast features Director's Cut custom compilations, so you can select specific video, audio and languages for your DVD, or convert DVDs and video files for your iPod, PSP, DivX or other portable video player. |  |  | Audio Conversion Assistant
Go back to the future, and bring your classic LPs and tapes into the digital age. The CD Spin Doctor Assistant guides you step-by-step through everything from setting up the equipment, to recording, to splitting the audio into tracks and adding song information. Burn to disc, or enjoy on your iPod. Only Toast helps you rediscover your music on CD and DVD. | Blu-ray Disc Burning.
Store up to 12,500 music tracks, 50,000 photos, or 4 hours of HD video on a single 50 GB Blu-ray Disc. Toast Dynamic Writing lets you use your Blu-ray Disc recorder like a giant hard disk drive - drag and drop directly onto the disc icon to add or remove files. Blu-ray burning is here today, and only Toast makes it possible on the Mac. |  | Features Photo & Video - NEW! TiVoToGo transfers to DVD, iPod or PSP
- NEW! Custom DVD menu backgrounds
- Improved! EyeTV burning to DVD, DivX or Blu-ray Disc
- Improved! Import and burn shows from set-top DVD recorders
- NEW! Full quality photo archive disc with slideshows
- Improved! Video copy to iPod, PSP, mobile phone, and more
Music - NEW! Roxio Jam pro-quality audio mastering tools
- NEW! Dynamic DJ-style crossfades and transitions
- NEW! Audio processing, volume normalizing, and track trimming
- Improved! 50+ hour music DVDs with Dolby Digital sound
- Improved! Vinyl LP and tape conversion to CD, DVD or iPod
Burning & Copying - Improved! One-click copy of audio CDs and movie DVDs
- NEW! File recovery for damaged discs
- NEW! Director's Cut custom copy compilations
- NEW! Preview movies and extras before copying
- Improved! Fit-to-DVD compression of 9 GB onto a 5 GB disc
- NEW! Mac & PC data spanning
- NEW! Cataloging and tracking of burned discs contents
- NEW! Blu-ray Disc support for burning up to 50 GB
- NEW! Blu-ray Disc burning directly from the desktop
- NEW! Integrated file browsing, data filters and Spotlight search
File Support - Audio: AAC, AIFF, MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, FLAC, and Dolby Digital AC-3
- Video: AVI, DV, MOV, MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, VOB, VIDEO_TS folder, iMovie projects, EyeTV recordings, TiVoToGo transfers
- Photo: BMP, GIF, PDF, PSD, PNG, TIFF
- Images: ISO, BIN/CUE, IMG, DMG, CDR, NRG
UI Enhancements - Streamlined user interface
- Floating media browser
- Rich informative visual feedback
- Customer-driven refinements
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| Customer Reviews: Read 87 more reviews...
 Still the very best February 3, 2007
Mario Del Rio (Miami, FL)
89 out of 91 found this review helpful
Toast has always been the best burning software on the Mac and this version is no exception. I had skipped over version 7 and wasn't sure about getting version 8 since I had the impression that much of what Toast does is already built into the Mac. Boy was I wrong. What comes with the OS, iTunes and iDVD barely scratches what Toast 8 can do. There's a reason why people continue to recommend this as a must have app on the Mac - it's gone way beyond burning of CDs and DVDs.
Likes:
* Data Spanning - a must have for EVERYONE - if you have files that are too big to fit onto a CD or a DVD (and it's really pretty easy to have this now... think video files or your iTunes library) Toast splits them and burns a piece onto every disc.... and you can take those discs to any Mac or PC to use them.
* Burn Catalog - this is cool - it keeps track of the contents of your discs - so you can see what's on them - even when the discs aren't in the computer anymore. I love this one...
* Music DVD - puts 1000 songs on a regular DVD so you can play it in your home theater system and see menus and album info while the song is playing.
* Photo Disc - my wife loves this one... makes great looking photo disc slideshows to send to PC users
* EyeTV - I use EyeTV to get TV shows onto the Mac - and this is THE ONLY way to burn DVDs of your recorded show - and it's fast.
* DIVX - I like to download DiVX files but iDVD can't turn them into DVDs - but this Toast can
* DVD copying - Roxio put all of the other product Popcorn into Toast - so if you want to copy DVDs or convert DVDs for iPod... don't get Popcorn - get this.
* Labeler - I like to make case inserts of the DVDs I burn and this labeler in Toast is really top notch.
* Printed manual - YES you read this right, it comes with a printed user guide... how cool is that?!
Dislikes:
* New look - I'm not such a huge fan of the "new and improved" UI... I was used to the old one in Toast 6 and it will take some time to get used to the new... I guess that the price you pay for progress.
Overall I'm really happy with this purchase. There aren't too many other apps you need to use the Mac, but this is one of them I think. If you've recently switched from a PC to the Mac and you're looking for a burning program - this is the one to get.
Just so you're aware... "TiVoToGo" feature may not work. January 17, 2007
Michael A. Brown (Salt Lake City, UT USA)
34 out of 36 found this review helpful
Toast 8 Titanium is a worthwhile upgrade for the program. The GUI for the program has changed somewhat. Significantly enough that you'll notice. But not so much that there would be a learning curve to get around when using it. The whole thing is pretty much plug-n-play. If you're familiar with Toast 7, this will be a snap for you. If not, everything is fairly well spelled out, if not obvious for a mid-level Mac user. If you can do drag and drop functions, you can use Toast 8.
One of the big selling points for this program is the integration of TiVoToGo capabilities. This has been elusive to Mac users up until now. For many, it will still be elusive. What you will find out upon installation is that it will work with properly equipped Series 2 or Series 3 boxes. However, it will not work with DirecTv supplied TiVo units. Also, you should be aware that not all TiVo units have their USB ports enabled. Thus causing an issue with connecting to your existing network. There are work-arounds for these issues. But using them may void the waranty on your TiVo.
Overall, I'm happy with the purchase. The program works faster on my Intel iMac than Toast 7. But I still wish the TiVoToGo would work in my home.
Titanium 8* Solid software, but... A Critical Review. May 12, 2007
Andre Lawrence (Miami, Florida)
25 out of 27 found this review helpful
This is another product that I wish Amazon would allow us to give half (1/2) stars because I would rate the Toast 8 at four and one half stars as opposed to a perfect five.
For someone to give a product 5 stars, it is presupposed that the product is outstanding with no unrealistic flaws. There a few that you should be aware of. First of all...
Toast 8 is a bundled software package. Until now, it was just the premiere cd/dvd burning software for the Mac. Period. And, it is still the most economical and best multi-platform burning software for the Mac, only this time
Roxio has decided to combine several little add-ons to make Toast 8 a more attractive buy. Indeed, it does. We've used earlier editions of Toast in various functions such as in providing the local print shop with our files for advertising and promotional material for our theatre. Never a problem. We've used Toast to back up files on the harddrive and archived them. Never a problem. Making crisp clean copies of audio cd's, excellent, except in the version we had, one could not go back to I-Tunes to burn files once Toast was installed. It seemed as if Toast "bogarted" the cd-burning ability from I-Tunes.
Toast 8*
The cd/ dvd functions, excellent as always. But, you're (we're) now able to use I-Tunes to burn files we have on file without having to go to Toast. Great. Roxio kept a perfect software in tact.
CD Spindoctor*
Unless I'm wrong, but I think Roxio has used their "PC" name for the Mac-version of their audio filtering software "Jam". That created just a little confusion, they should have just said "Jam," because they marketed it as being included in Toast 8. With that being said, you should know that THERE ARE NO INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANY OF THE OTHER FREE SOFTWARE INCLUDED EXCEPT FOR THE ORIGINAL TOAST SOFTWARE. The booklet that comes in the box has instructions for only the cd burning, Toast. If you're not familiar with the other software like I was "CD Spin Doctor ("Jam"), Disc Cover Re, Disc Catalog, Motion Picture HD or TiVo to Go, then you'll have to find instructions on-line. Spindoctor/ "Jam" is excellent for what it does. I've used several times to restore and back-up old cassettes that I worried would break. This particular software used to come as a stand-alone software about 6 months after the latest version of Toast would appear, bringing the combined cost of Toast and Jam to about $150. It's now free! (I spoke to a rep. at Roxio concerning some directions on using Spindoctor and she told me afterwards that Roxio was discontinuing "Jam" and decided on adding it to Toast.)
Spindoctor instructions-- you'll need to have in addition to the audio device (ie, turntable/cassette deck) an RCA 1/8 audio input jack. The 1/8" input goes directly into the MacBook/ PowerBook or MacPro etc. jack. The red and white (right and left) channels goes into the "Line Out" of the audio device. Once you open Spin D, you'll have to decide if you want to record from the computer's internal mic's or the input module. Unless you're recording a discussion in the room, I'd suggest the input. Once you do that, you'll notice in the bottom section, right, the time remaining on the computer's harddrive for recording. *It doesn't give you the file saving option yet, as it automatically saves it as an uncompressed WAV file.
After you've done your recording, you'll have to engage the "wand" device to see the spectrum. Spin will automatically break the recording into sections. You'll move the triangle to the spot where you'd like to make some adjustments. Correspondingly, you'd have to look to the bottom where the numbers correspond to the colored sections, if you would. Hitting delete removes that section of the audio file. Beware... when editing, only the audio in the colored (red, yellow, blue, etc) will be transfered to Toast for burning and/ or I-Tunes for storage. It's not always easy to determine what's been deleted as the background is a pale grey.
When finished, you can either add equalizer enhancements (a small tab in the upper right-hand corner) or send to Toast and or/ I-Tunes. There's a box in spin that says "Path". This is important, because if you want to delete the uncompressed WAV file, you'll need this information to find it to delete once you've archive the uncompressed to cd/dvd and the compressed file in I-Tunes. Both, you'll have to engage from the drop-down menu.
*Disc Cover RE-- You can use this, if you have a disc that allows for burning images on the top.
*Disc Catalogue-- This is great if you'd like to know what you've burned and when, but it won't tell you where the file is if you've followed the Path and deleted the original file.
*I haven't used Tivo-to-Go, but a friend said the resolution left something to be desired.
With the exception of the lack of supporting instructions for the free, bundled software. This is absolute worth upgrading to. If nothing else than for software that you'd probably buy separately.
It does what I need February 2, 2007
Lefty (Bainbridge Island, WA)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
Toast 8, just does what I need. I bought Toast because I needed support for a new DVD burner that neither the basic OS (10.4) nor my slightly old version of iDVD would support. It offers easy to understand interface that I've come to expect from a first class Mac app (and have found lacking in Disk Copy). Toast burns my dual layer DVDs just fine. It burns everything else I've thrown at it just fine as well. It also solved a problem that I had just accepted before. When making backups for remote storage, it seamlessly spans multiple CDs and DVDs. It tells me how many disks I'm going to need before I get started. It guides me through the entire process.
One of the bundled apps that I didn't expect to use is Deja Vu, the backup/mirroring/etc. Utility. I have several shareware backup utilities and was reasonably happy with them. I've found however, that they cannot compare with Deja Vu for flexibility, power and ease of use. It has become the new backup standard at my house.
There is a ton of other capabilities in this package that I just haven't gotten to use yet but I an extremely pleased with this package and would not hesitate to recommend it to other users.
 Useful but not sufficient April 28, 2007
Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States)
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
While iTunes is great for downloading and burning files, Apple users will no doubt discover that the included programs can be slow and cumbersome at other tasks, such as copying CD and DVD discs and recording analog sound and converting it to digital. Toast will copy audio and video files as well as legal audio and video discs reliably and quickly (Toast 8 does so faster than Toast 6 and really ramps up the graphics). And give Roxio credit for once again providing a hard-copy manual for this edition.
But Spin Doctor 2 is still Spin Doctor 2. It's fairly accurate in sensing the tracks in an LP. And conversion is relatively problem-free providing you don't start fooling with the filters. Perhaps the problem of "cleaning up" those distorted, snap-crackle-pop vinyl discs is the same with any program. For every gain, there's a loss--in frequencies, presence, naturalness. I've found that it's not worth the hours of experimentation, though others may appreciate the feature, or know how it compares with similar programs.
The main problem with Spin Doctor becomes evident upon trying to edit, say, an hour-long radio broadcast. Why Roxio would leave this bundled program unattended for the past several upgrades is a mystery. I have yet to hear of anyone who actually found the bright and colorful wave formations practical for any sort of editing. Even when editing by the clock instead of the visual wave, it's impossible to attain precision accuracy. Finally, unlike some other programs for recording FM analog programs to computer, Spin Doctor does not yet have a timer for starting an automated recording.
Unfortunate, because Toast is a user-friendly program, but if you're a Mac person looking for Cool-Edit precision plus automatic start, the comparably-priced Sound Edit is probably the best bet. I'm presently dependent on iTunes, Toast 8, and Sound Edit. With any luck, maybe by the time Toast 9 or 10 arrives, two will be plenty.
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