Roxio launches Popcorn for copying, burning DVDs
updated 02:45 pm EST, Mon November 22, 2004
Roxio launches Popcorn
, a Mac OS X native application that helps you easily make high quality copies of your DVD movies. Powerful compression technology offers the flexibility to copy even the largest movies to a single DVD disc. The application allows users to copy non-encrypted DVD-Video discs, disc image files, and valid VIDEO_TS folders from hard disk as well as incorporates Toast burning technology and powerful compression technology for up storing an entire 9GB dual-layer DVD onto a single 4.7GB DVD disc. It supports flexible extraction, offering options to the select only the main movie, audio and language as well as support for multi-channel audio, such as Dolby Digital 5.1, multi-language content, NTSC and PAL video, and widescreen or pan/scan aspect ratios. It also includes a built-in disc labeler, allowing users to personalize a finished DVD with a label and jewel case cover. [site not responding]
Do NOT buy this software!
11/23, 02:01pm reply
Roxio is being quite devious with the language they use in their press release materials about this software. While they do mention that Popcorn will not copy encrypted discs, they also do say that it will copy commercial disks, and you can choose which language tracks and extra and audio formats, etc. This is intended to make you believe that you can use this software to make back-up copies of your own commercial DVD's.
However, that is a load of bullsh|t, because the VAST majority of commercial DVD's are, in fact, encrypted. You will be extremely hard-pressed to find a single DVD that can actually be copied by Popcorn.
If you have any desire to make back-ups of movies that you own on DVD, you will NOT be able to do it with this bogus software.
Buyer beware!!
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