How to Use Roxio's Videowave Program

Roxio VideoWave...

1. Roxio Easy Media Creator v10 Portable list of features, and
2. Instructions on Burning a Data CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator 5

Things You'll Need

• Roxio Videowave Software installed on your computer
• Patience

Instructions

1. * Easy Media Creator 10 is the latest version of Roxio's popular media creation software and has all the tools necessary for producing professional-looking VCDs, SVCDs, or DVDs. It has the following features listed below. Roxio Easy Media Creator Deluxe Suite 10 has all these features plus superior audio noise reduction, drag-and-drop DivX video creation and publishing, automatic disc contents tracking and cataloging, multi-party video conferencing, and a high quality Dazzle video capture device for converting video from most analog VCRs and camcorders.

2. Saving Your Important Files and Data Easily

   What's happening: The Backup files project lets you easily back up important files to a disc, hard drive, or other storage device. A Backup files project can be scheduled to run daily, weekly or monthly. Performing regular backups of your photos, videos, music, and documents has never been more important in our digital lifestyle and Easy Media Creator 10 makes it easier than ever!

   How it's done:

   1. Launch Easy Media Creator Home.

   2. Click on the Data and Backup tab in the Project Pane and then select Backup files.

   3. In the BackOnTrack project window, click the Browse button and use the Browse for Folder dialog box to select the drive or folder containing the files you would like to archive.

   4. Select the types of files you wish to archive. Choose either All files in the selected path or Only files in the following categories.

   If you selected Only files in the following categories, select the file categories you would like to archive. The choices are Email, Financial, Music, Photos, Productivity and Video and Recorded TV.

   5. If desired, place a check mark in the Only archive files changed since checkbox to limit the backup to files that have been modified since the date you select.

   To change the date, click the date box arrow to open the calendar. When you click a date in the calendar, the date will automatically enter into the date box.

   6. Select a destination for your archived files from the Destination Selection drop-down list. The destination can be a hard drive location, a disc recorder, or another type of storage device.

   7. To compress or encrypt your backup, click the Advanced button and select the appropriate settings.

   8. Click the Action button to run the project now.
   Tip: To schedule your project, choose one of the options in Step 3 in the Project window.

   Run now: The project runs after you click the Action button.
   Daily: The project runs every day at the time the project was created.
   Weekly: The project runs once a week at the time and on the day of the week the project was created. Monthly: The project runs once a month at the time and on the day of the month the project was created.

   9. To save your project, click the Save button. Enter a name for the project and click the OK button.

   10. If you decided to run the project now, a progress screen will inform you when the project has been completed.

   11. Click the Done button to return to complete.

3. 

   Burning and Copying

   * Burn gigabytes of data to HD DVD disc
   * Copy discs in one click, including the latest Blu-ray and HD DVD discs
   * Burn and copy data, audio, photo, video CDs and DVDs
   * Copy your music movies & photos to iPod, PSP or mobile phones
   * Create virtual disc drives and load disc images
   * Burn a disc and create a disc image file at the same time
   * Copy DVDs to double layer discs and preserve the original quality
   * Secure your data with 128-bit encryption and password-protection

4. 

   Burning a Data CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator 5:

   1. Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Roxio Easy CD Creator 5, point to Applications, and then click Easy CD Creator. The Data CD Project application opens:

   Note on the Data CD Project application: The top section of the application is the Source Window, which is used for selecting folders and/or files you want to burn on the CD. The bottom section of the application is the CD Project window, which shows the folders and/or files you have already selected to burn on the CD:

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   2. From the File menu, point to New CD Project and then select Data CD.
   3. Insert a blank CD in your CD drive. To select the folders and/or files you want to put on the CD: Highlight the folder or file that you want to put on CD and click Add, which adds the folder or file to the Data CD project list. Repeat this step until all the folders and/or files you want copied are listed on the Data CD project list.

   Note: The Project Size bar at the bottom of the application shows you how much space you have left on the CD.

   Remember: Your data will be copied to CD - not moved from its original place on your computer.

   5. To deselect a folder and/or file from the CD, highlight the folders and/or files on the Data CD project list you do not want on the CD and click Remove.

   Note: This does not delete the folders and/or files, it just removes them from the Data CD project list so they will not be copied.

   6. After selecting all the folders and/or files you want on the CD, click Record. The Record CD Setup dialog box appears.

   7. Click Options. The Record CD Setup dialog box displays more record options:

   8. Make sure that the Finalize Session. Don't Finalize CD option is selected.

   Note: This option allows you to continue writing to a CD-R disk until it is full and allows you to re-write a CD-RW disk without erasing the whole disk first.

   9. Click Start Recording. The Record CD Progress dialog box appears showing you the remaining time left to finish burning the CD

   10. Once the CD is completed, click OK.

6. Music and Audio

   * Convert multiple songs into a format of your choice at once.
   * Simultaneously rip CDs from multiple drives.
   * Capture Internet radio or any PC audio directly from your Windows Vista desktop.
   * Copy your favorite audio, movies or TV shows from any iPod to your PC.
   * Convert audio and video files to your preferred format with the Windows Vista gadget
   * Capture streaming Internet radio and music instantly
   * Enjoy up to 50 hours of music on a DVD
   * Create custom ringtones for your mobile phone
   * Automatically add title, artist and genre tags to any audio track
   * Create smooth transitions across all the tracks on your audio CD
   * Span dozens of songs and compilations across multiple audio CDs
   * Convert music from LPs and tapes into MP3 or wma format in 3 steps
   * Combine audio tracks from CD, DVD or Internet radio
   * Rip CDs, create compilation audio or mp3 CDs

7. Photo and Video

   * Add a perfect SmartSound soundtrack to slideshows and movies
   * Capture and edit HD video
   * Auto-fix your camera phone photos
   * Show off any picture on your mobile phone without borders or bars
   * Upload video to YouTube with one click
   * Burn your TiVo shows to DVD and watch them anywhere
   * Create 16:9 DVD video productions and photo slideshows
   * Capture, import and edit High Definition (HD) video files
   * Create DivX HD discs with full DVD-like menus to watch on HDTV
   * Create high quality multi-image photo slideshows in HD or on DVD
   * Access files across all home PCs & play back from UPnP-compliant devices
   * Easily share your photos using peer-to-peer technology
   * Automatically organize thousands of photos and create custom views
   * Edit video like a pro with Timeline
   * Preview and only capture the scenes you want from a DV camcorder

8. DVD Creation

   * Create compilation DVDs from DVD-Video, DivX and WMV files
   * Copy DVD movies to DivX or WMV files and compress to CD or memory card
   * Produce DVDs with movable menus, resizable buttons and text credits
   * Exercise full creative control over DVD menu options
   * Text editing with motion, rotation and 3D controls
   * Menu-to-menu and title-to-menu transitions
   * Take footage from a camcorder to a DVD in one click with Plug-n-Burn
   * Control end-of-play action and link menu elements to specific files
   * Add a menu overlay ??? change size, orientation, transparency and more
   * Play Hollywood DVD movies and Video CDs on your PC with CinePlayer

9. Backup

   * Quickly restore a system without reinstalling Windows
   * Schedule full, partial and unattended backups
   * Back up everything from local or network PCs
   * Recover data and applications in case of a crash, system failure, or virus

10. DVD Playback

    * Create personalized disc labels, DVD case inserts and booklets
    * Choose from professional-quality templates or create your own
    * Add a photo index to your disc label or insert to locate your photos
    * Calibrate your printer to take the guesswork out of printing disc labels

Tips & Warnings

• I hope you enjoy this article and post a comment to let me know of any comments, and rate it if you like it. Thanks.

• Follow this link for the video tutorial http://www.roxio.com/enu/support/emc8/default.html

• Follow this link for the full details on Burning a Data CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 http://www.bc.edu/offices/help/meta-elements/doc/articles/html/SW-WinXPCDBurning.shtml

Resources

• For More Information
• Free Roxio Video Tutorials and PDF Files