Roxio Toast 19 Pro | CD, DVD & Blu-Ray Burner for Mac | Disc Burning, File Conversion, Multimedia Editing Suite [Mac Disc] [Old Version]

Absolute trash! Not nearly as good as previous Mac versions. Older versions were intuitively obvious and user friendly. This version (and version 20) has glitzy graphics but wont do the things that the older versions did. Help is obscure and NOT helpful. Would return this but its too late. Cant even burn a Mac-only data CD. Not sure what the tekkies were thinking. I began programming in machine language in 1959 and have modeled nuclear systems and business systems but find this impenetrable. Its important to make software user friendly. We certainly have enough processing power and storage to make it easy. The Toast programmers need to take a couple of marketing and customer psychology courses and then try again. Or, hire the old programmers who developed the original versions.

I purchased Toast Pro 19 from Corel in January. I spent almost an entire month trying to get help with adding chapter markers to a video project I had created with Final Cut Pro X. Last year I went through the same issue with Toast 18 and was told I would have to wait for the new version for the feature to work. Unfortunately, it doesnt. What is worse, the customer support was borderline useless. I had countless exchanges where a suggestion would be made, I would try it, give detailed feedback on the negative result, and--instead of responding to what I had submitted--I would just get more suggestions--none of which worked. Finally, I had to turn to Apples technical support to find out how I could just burn a blu ray disc with chapter markers from their application. The outcome is not all that elegant but it does work. Frankly, I think that the Toast project should not be sold if its advertised features do not work. This is the worst experience I have ever had with so-called technical support. There may be some functionality that would meet the needs of some people. But, if you are expecting all of the functionality claims to be met, you may be disappointed. This certainly the case for adding chapter markers. It is really too bad that Apple discontinued its iDVD application. It was far better than what Toast claims it does and actually does not.

able to burn Blueray

Easy to convert video to the correct format to burn to DVD or what ever other format the you desire. Will convert video to whatever size you desire from low resolution for posting to the web to BluRay.

Poor performance, crashes brand new computer, tech services group is horrible.

I am not sure if there are bugs with this software or that macOS is not so good at supporting optical discs, but I have spent too much time looking at spinning beachballs and nothing happening. Ive encountered several failed attempts at burning discs including archival M discs which are quite expensive. Customer support from Corel is non -existent. I have tried alternatives and they seem to perform no better. However, when Toast does work it does a good job and offers a good range of customisation. For best results, always remember to burn at half the speed recommended for the disc or slower and this advice should be included in the Roast instructions.

Love the product!!!

Change of interface from previous versions really make no sense. Seems as though they made changes just for a new look with no concern for functionality. You can create an .sd2f file and save as a disc image, but it cannot be mounted to the desktop. If youre looking to primarily burn discs (CD or DVD), there are many better options.

It seems I tend to mix formats, NTSC- PAL. But it doesnt tell me which is which. Once it asked me If I wanted it to make all NTSC. Hasant happened since. Why must there be these Mysteries. Why does One have to be a Techie.

Great product Friendly user Highly recommend