Filed under: Multimedia, Software
Roxio releases Toast 9 with streaming
With their newly-updated Toast Titanium 9, it looks like Roxio is really embracing new ways of using media, moving beyond Toast's original disc-burning functionality. New features include AVCHD camcorder video conversion, support for creating Blu-ray and HD DVD discs (though why someone would want to make HD DVDs at this point is anybody's guess), automatic tagging of unknown audio tracks via their "audio fingerprint," internet audio stream recording, and more. Previous support for CD/DVD burning and TiVo video is naturally still included.Perhaps most interesting is the new Roxio Streamer, which allows video streaming from your Mac to "your Wi-Fi connected iPhone, iPod Touch or to any Internet connected Mac or PC." It seems like Roxio has recognized that disc-burning has a limited future and is steadily moving Toast towards streaming, etc.
Toast 9 is $99.99, but previously registered users are eligible for a $20 mail-in rebate.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Reid said 5:14PM on 3-17-2008
OMG, if this works with TivoToGo files, my life will take on new meaning.
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SubGenius said 6:45PM on 3-17-2008
This is Roxio we are talking about so the answer is NO! It will never work the way it is promised. Seriously check out the user reviews of any of their products. Nothing but buggy, incomplete software.
Chris Newton said 5:30PM on 3-17-2008
Itunes does support those files. I have thousands of them. As for how to fix the problem... so songs in your iTunes library that worked before don't now? Or when you add songs to your iTunes library they won't play? It could be that iTunes just lost track of the files, but it seems odd that it would only be the non-mp3 files since they're all stored in the same file/folder structure.
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Chris Newton said 5:32PM on 3-17-2008
Sorry. 1Password.
Anyway, if you search for "UPGRADE" on their site, you'll find you can upgrade from vs.8 for $59.99. To bad I bought vs. 8 like 3 days ago. D'oH!!!!!
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Rin said 5:43PM on 3-17-2008
Yep, I did the same thing Chris...son of a biscuit.
kirk said 6:57PM on 3-17-2008
You'll get an email from Roxio with a upgrade to Toast 9 for $29.99 offer.
Tony Crockford said 7:10PM on 3-17-2008
$59 USd is the US price, so I was hoping to pay that, but I find that the UK price is £59 GBP - which makes it twice the price.
Upgrade just for streaming? No thanks.
What is it with US software companies thinking they can charge UK customers twice as much?
medeii said 8:54PM on 3-17-2008
Roxio offers a 15-day money-back guarantee on their products, including downloads. I called up and asked about this exact problem since I'd purchased 8.0 five days ago. I was told to "Return" my order and then buy it again in a few days.
The rep sent me an email with a link; the linked page asked me to enter my email address and then verify that I am destroying all my copies of the software. As soon as I see the deposit on my credit card, I'll go buy 9.0 instead.
Zak said 5:50PM on 3-17-2008
I swear to pasta when I first read the headline I thought it said "Roxio releases Toast 9 with screaming". And I thought that was funny but I didn't get it. Then I stopped being a dork and figured out what it actually said.
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Johnny said 5:57PM on 3-17-2008
That's very smart of them to start moving their business now. The days of physical media are numbered. It's almost there and I'm counting them down, but we just need a... little.... more... bandwidth.
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Vinod Ponmanadiyil said 6:52PM on 3-17-2008
Not dead yet.. and not so soon as Jobsie would like you to believe :)
badweasel said 6:13PM on 3-17-2008
Looks to me like the upgrade is $60. Authoring HD DVD or BD requires a $20 plug in. But I'll be getting both.
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hugo said 6:31PM on 3-17-2008
if this will stream any video file to an apple tv it's definitely worth $100 in my book. review this for us?
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SubGenius said 6:48PM on 3-17-2008
It won't. Roxio always over-promises and under-delivers. Trust me, save your money and wait for the user reviews/complaints.
Gabe said 6:37PM on 3-17-2008
Any more details on the streaming? I couldn't find anything on their site except a screenshot showing "streamer" as an output option. I'm guessing this transcodes to MP4 and then uses a built in Quicktime streaming server?
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luke said 7:29PM on 3-17-2008
Will it stream to Apple TV? Currently considering getting an Apple TV but holding off until I know I can stream my backlog of home movies and the like which are in DivX
Can TUAW update us on what can be done to get DivX on the new 2.0 edition of Apple TV.
I know it was possible to put Perian onto the original Apple TV but I have not heard about the latest version.
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KenC said 8:35PM on 3-17-2008
Yeah, more details on the Streaming. Is it like EyeTV's streaming? I'm guessing so, since I remember the EyeTV folks wrote the Toast software under contract, or something like that. You can see how closely integrated EyeTV and Toast have been over the years.
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KenC said 8:40PM on 3-17-2008
Actually, more info on EyeTV's streaming over WAN would be nice too. I have found that some of these WAN setups are a bit demanding, so more info is needed before buying. For example, Slingplayer and BackToMyMac have specific router needs, NAT and UPnP, etc. upstream bandwidth, etc.
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ricosuave said 10:53PM on 3-17-2008
Am I missing something? My mac streams video to my iphone with its builtin webserver.
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Speddy said 11:19PM on 3-17-2008
WHAT? They want ANOTHER $20 for BluRay plugin??? Must be taking cues from Jobs on that magical $20 fee....
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