New version of RecordNow out!

[Gurm]

It's changed hands YET AGAIN. It's by Easy this time, powered by Veritas. No more Stomp, I'm afraid. The current version is 4.61 DX (not 4.50 MAX), and you can find out more (and download the updater) here:

http://www.easy.co.jp/jrndx46/sonyos/e/index.html

- Gurm

P.S. In case you're wondering, it DOES update fine from 4.50, and there's already a PX Engine update for this version, to PX Engine 408.

[Faustus]

Wait isn't Veritas the first company that had it? I'm so very confused... someone just stick with this program. Sheesh.

[tompika]

I just got it today

[tompika]

I found a little difference: System type is disabled.

[jolo]

I'ver owned that coaster maker for a while now. There were NEVER made by Stomp, but by Veritas, although Stomp did the support.
There always were battles between Stomp and Veritas which is why there have been so few upgrades on the product.
Stomp would record feature additions and Veritas just had their own ideas.

Now Sonic Solutions ?? I wonder if they will add SVCD, label printing, ability to create music lists, get rid oftheir cryptic numberic error messages and say at the beginning if there is a problem before it is 98 percent done and you have a coaster.

Also, perhaps there will be some tech support and a forum where the vendor will answer.

So, it looks like good news for me.
I will download it when I get home.

Thanks,

Jon

[tompika]

I use both Nero and RecordNow.

RecordNow is great at
- DVD-Video (movies)
- copying CDs, DVDs
- burning MP3 and audio CDs, datas

Who needs (S)VCD?

[jolo]

Even a know-it-all tompika knows that you need another product to go with Record Now, like Nero.

It is pretty good at CDs, when it works. Many times I have to go to Nero due to a Record Now's coaster attack or inability to read or burn. But when it works, it works well.

Very inconsistent product, and you statement who needs SVCD stands on its own lack of merit.

It also has the most limited functionality of any commercial ripper in the business that claims to do audio and video. Has the worst support as well.
Has the easiest front end, but I might change my mind about that one with Nero 6s Nero Lite or whatever that is called.
Very sensitive, error messages that are undocumented.

Also has a nasty habit of leaving mycd taking up RAM memory after you are finished with using it. It won't be in the application listing, but stays open as a process, just so it will screw up other multi-media apps you are using.

[tompika]

As a no-eat-all tompika still like RN.

Ever considered those errors because of your mistakes?
You must know those error messages very well.
It works very good for me with that px update

I could say it never let me down.


Peace, tompika

[Gurm]

Yes. It changed hands AGAIN overnight! GAAARGH!

When I got it yesterday, the original download was Veritas Recordnow by Easy. 4.60, PX Engine 40x with an update to 408.

That link I posted lets you pull Sonic Solutions' Recordnow (by Veritas, argh) which has PX Engine 411 in it.

JEEZUS.

Ok, so is the greying out of the filesystem a bad thing? Hmm...

- Gurm

[marvel2020]

it's like the old saying.....

If it ain't broke, then don't fix it.


4.50 works for me so i'll not be upgrading

[tompika]

Yes. It changed hands AGAIN overnight! GAAARGH!

When I got it yesterday, the original download was Veritas Recordnow by Easy. 4.60, PX Engine 40x with an update to 408.

That link I posted lets you pull Sonic Solutions' Recordnow (by Veritas, argh) which has PX Engine 411 in it.

JEEZUS.

I had it installed hours before you first posted and it was Sonic RN DX4.61
It did not change hands overnite.

BTW Stomp still has their own MAX 4.5 version.

Ok, so is the greying out of the filesystem a bad thing?

At first glance I would say compatibility. For DVD-VIDEO there are no variables really, what players expect is very specific and set in virtual stone, and so no UDF setting changes are required to produce a compatible disc. That is the only reason I can come up with.

[red lion]

I have recordnow max 4.5
but i got recordnow dx free with my dvd burner which i did not install because i thought it was a watered down version only for oem
so is this new one recordnow x better than recordnow max 4.5.......
confused

[Gurm]

I don't think it's better so much as ... newer.

Veritas seems to be shopping this around.

At any rate, 4.6x in general was new to me. I downloaded first 4.60 from Easy's site, but the updater redirected me to Sonic.

Veritas is bizarre.

- Gurm

[tompika]

I had a RecordNow 4.xx (bundled with drive)- its like a wizard with several options - I liked that one too
Then I got Max 4.5 (no pic)
I changed to Veritas DX 4.6
Now Sonic DX4.61

[kmfritz]

Anyone know how to make the 4.61 from the "Easy" Japanese site update STOMP Recordnow Max 4.50? It says it can't find the correct version to update.

If you go to sonics web page, it lists Stomp as one of the distributors, and the "Easy" Japanese site as another distributor.

Perhaps I just have to wait until Stomp posts one?

Anyway, Sonic's own site appears to suggest that there are 3 simultanious distributors of RecordNow Max....

[red lion]

Ok i got recordnow dx 4.60 with my dvd writer
and i had recordnow max 4.5
which one is better or newer
and is recordnow dx just a watered down version of recordnow max
(i think this because usually the versions you get free (oem with writers ) are always not as good as the companys best product)
i was always led to believe that dx was not as good as max
(i know 4.6 is higher than 4.5 but they are different programms)

[red lion]

any takers on last question

[tompika]

which one is better or newer

RecordNow DX 4.61 the latest

I burned about a dozen DVDs and 5 CDs with it last week.

All without a hitch.

[ebenton]

Here's some of the information they give you at Easy when you go to the download page:

RecordNow DX 4.61 includes new functions and fixes as below.
Please make sure which version you are using currently before upgrade.

RecordNow DX 4.61
New functions
-Append for DVD
-Normalization
(These functions are already included in RecordNow4.6)

The software install path and Start menu has been chenged
From RecordNow DX 4.61, the software install path and Start menu has been changed from "Veritas Software" to "Sonic".

Install path : Start menu changes to "Sonic" from "Veritas Software".



"On November 2002, Sonic Solutions acquired the Veritas Software Corporation's
CD and DVD recording applications including RecordNow, Drive Letter Access (DLA),
Simple Backup, and Backup MyPC. Due to this acquisition, the branding of
these applications changes from "Veritas Software" to "Sonic Solutions" brand.
Please visit Sonic Solutions web page for detail (13th November 2002). >>


Improvement from RecordNow DX 4.56


- Fixed the problem in which, depending on the environment, DISCs recorded in Non-Appendable mode on CD-RW media were sometimes displayed in Disc Explorer as being appendable.
- Fixed the problem in which, depending on the environment, settings were sometimes not displayed in the optional settings dialog box, even for drives equipped with a buffer underrun protection feature.
- Fixed the problem in which, depending on the environment, 1x writes were sometimes performed even when using the MAX setting with DVD-RW media that supports 2x.
- Fixed the problem in which, depending on the environment, the write speed was sometimes displayed as 4x when using the MAX setting with DVD-RW media that supports 2x.
- Fixed the problem in which, when adding MP3 files to an audio job, and then creating an audio CD, tracks with no audio were created.
- Fixed the problem in which running File Finder while creating an Audio CD on a Windows XP systems caused the program to stop responding.
- Fixed the problem in which DLA-formatted CD-RW DISCs were sometimes not recognized in ""Disc Explorer and Drive Properties.""
- Fixed the problem in which files that should have been erased after performing a full erase on CD-RW media were still visible in Explorer.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Improvement from RecordNow DX 4.6


- Fixed the problem in which the CDDB item in RecordNowDX/MAX sometimes disappeared when running Norton SystemWorks' WinDoctor.
- Fixed the problem in which data sometimes could not be properly written after repeatedly appending DVD-R media to its full capacity.
- Fixed the problem with the data-appending feature in RecordNow DX 4.6 in which file extensions were sometimes lost when appending data to a DISC containing files with 2-byte file names.
- Fixed the problem of occasional application errors when creating a DISC from a global image file (*.gi) of a DVD.
- Fixed the problem in which files that have been erased using quick erase on RW media were sometimes still visible in Explorer.
- Fixed the problem in which the speed displayed when writing with DVD+R/RW media appeared as x2.0 even though x2.4 is supported. "

[tompika]

Thanks ebenton

Now we're gonna be sleeping well tonite

[red lion]

not yet lol was recordnow dx always better than recordnow max or were they the same programme with a name change
and my last question i hope is i have
recordnow max 4.5
recordnow dx 4.6 (free with sony dru500ax)
which is best and why the change from max to dx

[JLangbridge]

Hello,

The only difference between RecordNow DX and RecordNow MAX was the mp3 encoding engine included in MAX, and the number of burners usable simultaneously (2 in DX, 8 in MAX, I think...)

PrimoDVD and RecordNow were Prassi Europe applications, but the division was sold to Veritas. Orlogix and Stomp were retailers for Veritas, but it was never their application. Other OEM marked versions exist (HP RecordNow and IBM RecordNow). Afterwards, all the Prassi Europe applications were then sold to Sonic Solutions (www.sonic.com), who now maintain them as well as the PxEngine needed by the application. They are no longer owned or maintained by either Prassi or PrassiTech.

JLangbridge

[red lion]

So what you are saying is recordnow max is finished and recordnow dx has replaced it
i have got both but which is latest\best
recordnow max is 4.5
recordnow dx is 4.6
both it seems can be updated to recordnow dx 4.61
which one do i keep

[Bob W]

Since my version of RecordNow Max works flawlessly for everything I do I'm not going to upgrade.

[JLangbridge]

Sorry red lion... As I said, it is now Sonic's property and n longer ours, so I have no idea what they are doing with it

[red lion]

ok since i have not got a straight answer as to which is latest \best
between
recordnow max 4.5
recordnow dx 6.1
I emailed stomp and this is what they said

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for your interest in our software.

Recordnow Max is the retail version of the product which adds more features.
For more information please go to this link:
http://www.stompinc.com/recordnowmax/upgrade/rnmax.phtml

I recommend you download a free trial version of the software by going to
the following link: http://www.stompinc.com/trial/index.phtml?stp

If you have any questions please let me know.

Regards,

Technical Support Representative

STOMP, Inc.
2302 Barranca Pkwy
Irvine, CA 92606
Phone: 949-263-8560
Fax: 949-263-8540

For interactive online Support go to
http://supportforum.stompinc.com

so recordnow max must be best because it adds more features im i right

[Gurm]

I don't think it's quite that clear-cut.

It WAS true that MAX was better, when 4.5 was released. But since then, Veritas has unloaded the underlying technology (which Stomp only licenses) to Sonic, who are now producing it as their own product.

So, is Stomp RecordNow MAX 4.5 better than Sonic RecordNow DX 4.61? Hard to say. 4.61 adds more options for me in some areas (such as choosing how fast to burn... I'm kinda tired of "slow, medium fast" or "1x, 2x, 3x, 4x" when the only REAL speeds are 1x, 2.4x, and 4x, y'know?

- Gurm