New Roxio Creator 2009 is everything you need to easily create and share the stories of your life. With the plug-and-play convenience of a Roxio video capture device for easy transfer of home video, movies or TV recordings directly to DVD from most popular analog video camcorders and VCRs. Capture video with full-resolution DVD quality. Quickly archive your entire VHS tapes collection. Give your old video memories a new digital life. Easily connect via Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. Certified for Windows Vista™ and supports Windows® XP.

Features:

Burning & Copying

• New! Up to 60% faster DVD conversion; compress an entire 9 GB DVD video to fit on a standard 4.7 GB DVD disc
• Burn up to 50 GB of content on to one Blu-ray Disc       
• Quickly back up to CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Disc, even networked volumes/disks
• Schedule unattended backups, and even secure your discs with encryption and password protection
• Copy discs in a few clicks, including the latest Blu-ray discs    
• Create virtual disc drives and load disc images
• Stay organized by cataloging disc contents - search for disc content even when the discs are not in the drive
• Span large files and projects across multiple CDs or DVDs
• Burn a disc and create a disc image file at the same time       
• Backup your favorite audio, movies or TV shows from any iPod® to your PC

Video

• New! Import video from high-def AVCHD camcorders
• New! Easily convert video, audio and now photos to your preferred formats right from your desktop, and send to portable devices
• Automatically create fun video stories from your photos, videos and music          
• Add titles and scrolling credits to your video production
• Trim and cut video clips          
• Timeline and storyboard views help you lay out your project
• Automatically fix video color, contrast and brightness
• Overlay multiple images, text or video clips; create picture-in-picture effects
• Capture and edit HD video
• Quickly and easily upload video to YouTube™        

DVD Creation

• New! Burn up to 60 minutes¹ of high-def video on standard DVDs using your existing DVD burner               
• Turn your home videos into striking DVDs complete with animated menus and fully orchestrated music
• Create compilation DVDs from DVD-Video, DivX and WMV files
• Produce Hollywood-style DVDs with motion menus and resizable buttons
• Enjoy stunning new standard and high-def DVD menu styles for all occasions
• Exercise full creative control over DVD menu options
• Go from camera to DVD in a few clicks with Plug & Burn – the fastest way to create a DVD from your camcorder video
• Control end-of-play action and link menu elements to specific files 
• Add a menu overlay – change size, orientation, transparency and more
• Play any VCD, SVC or DVD-Video disc including Hollywood DVDs

¹ Actual recording time varies depending on video content and DVD capacity.

Music

• New! Easily convert audiobook CDs for convenient playback on iPods® and other portable devices complete with chapters and bookmarks
• New! Create smooth party mixes with synchronized beat matching between tracks
• New! Auto-trim silence in recorded music tracks to eliminate annoying gaps
• Create music playlists with cross-fades and export to portable devices   
• Import or capture music from virtually any source, including CDs, LPs, tapes, and the internet             
• Convert multiple audio tracks into a different format for payback on a broad variety of devices, in one step
• Simultaneously rip CDs from multiple drives            
• Build an audio library by capturing Internet radio or any PC-based audio source directly from your desktop        
• Convert audio and video files to your preferred format with the desktop gadget   
• Rip music from CDs or concert DVDs*    
• Use AutoMix to create the perfect playlist based on a single “seed” song
• Digitize your analog LPs and cassettes to add them to your MP3 player
• Automatically add title, artist and genre information to your music tracks - even those captured from Internet radio or streaming music services
• Span dozens of songs and compilations across multiple audio CDs

*Does not rip or copy encrypted or copy protected content

Photo

• Organize thousands of photos & create custom views to find photos quickly
• Turn your photos into one-of-a-kind calendars, greeting cards, collages, and more
• Create dazzling standard or high definition slideshow photo stories
• Add a royalty-free soundtrack to your slideshows             
• Easily correct color and exposure
• Fix red eye, erase wrinkles and blemishes, crop and straighten photos
• Use powerful editing brushes
• Edit multiple images and layers at the same time
• Adjust photos to match your mobile device’s screen resolution
• Add effects like transparency and edge fading, and change color tone
• Add attractive mats and frames to photos
• Auto-fix your camera phone photos
• Show off any picture on your mobile phone, full screen, without borders or bars          

Mobile

• Synchronize digital media from your PC to your mobile device
• Queue up files to transfer to your mobile device even if it’s not connected to your PC
• Create a custom profile for your mobile phone   
• Seamlessly integrate with Windows Vista media folders
• Easily transfer digital media from camera phone to PC via Bluetooth® or USB cable
• Send audio mixes to iPod, PSP and other players to enjoy on the go
• Convert audio and video files to popular formats to play on most popular mobile devices

Disc Label Creation

• 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