Corel Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning 2

What is included in Corel Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning 2?

Burn & Copy – Drag-and-drop CDs and DVDs from your desktop.
Audio Digitizing – Convert LPs and cassettes to clean digital files.
DVD Authoring – Add menus and chapters with Roxio MyDVD.
Data Archiving – Back up files across multiple spanned discs.
Core Capacity – Writes CD, DVD, and BD recordable formats.
Important – Does not copy protected or encrypted discs.

What are the main benefits of Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning 2?

Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning 2 is a consumer disc suite for copying, ripping, and authoring CDs, DVDs, and data discs. It also digitizes analog audio and writes files to disc for long-term, offline safekeeping.

Simple Workflow – Burn a disc in a few drag-and-drop steps.
Analog Rescue – Save old tapes and LPs before they degrade.
Offline Backups – Keep an air-gapped copy of irreplaceable files.
DVD Menus – Author playable video discs with chapters.
Format Reach – Read and write many audio and video formats.
Auto Metadata – Gracenote adds artist tags and album artwork.

What does Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning 2 do?

It burns, copies, and rips CDs and DVDs and authors video discs with menus and chapters through Roxio MyDVD, which offers 20 themed menu templates. The Roxio Burn desktop widget lets you drag files straight to disc, and Disc Copy duplicates unprotected discs. On the media side, it digitizes LPs and cassettes, rips and converts audio, and touches up photos with cropping and red-eye removal. It reads ISO, C2D, BIN/CUE, and GI images and can write ISO files, so you can store a full disc layout as a single file.

Can Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning 2 back up and archive data to disc?

Yes. It backs up and archives files to disc and can span a single backup set across multiple discs when the data is larger than one disc. Supported writable media includes CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, dual-layer DVD±R DL, DVD-RAM, and BD-R/RE, which makes it useful for keeping an offline copy of photos and documents away from your hard drive. Note that this is manual disc-based archiving, not scheduled or cloud backup, so you choose when to write each disc. For irreplaceable data, pairing disc archives with a wider backup routine is the safer approach.

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Can it copy protected DVDs or commercial movie discs?

No. Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning 2 does not copy or convert copy-protected or encrypted content, so commercial movie DVDs with DRM cannot be duplicated. Copying and disc duplication work only with unprotected CDs and DVDs, such as your own data discs, home recordings, and ripped audio you are entitled to use. This is the most common buyer assumption to check before purchase, since many people expect a burner to clone any disc. If your goal is duplicating retail films, this software will not do it.

Does it burn Blu-ray video discs out of the box?

Not by default for video. Writing video to Blu-ray requires a separate Blu-ray plug-in purchased from within the product, while burning data to BD-R/RE and BD-R/RE DL is included. Video disc authoring with MyDVD also requires a 64-bit version of Windows, which is the one hard system constraint worth confirming before you buy. For standard DVD-Video and data Blu-ray archiving you are covered immediately; only Blu-ray video authoring carries the extra plug-in step.

Who is Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning 2 best for?

It fits home users who still rely on optical discs to preserve and share media rather than IT teams managing system images. The clearest use case is converting fading LPs, cassettes, and camcorder footage into digital files and then writing them to DVD or Blu-ray data discs as a lasting offline copy. It also suits anyone making playable DVDs of family videos with chapters and menus for a standard home player. It is not built for server deployment or automated network backup, so a household media library is where it earns its place.

Frequently asked questions about Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning 2

Is Roxio Easy CD & DVD Burning 2 available for Mac?

No, it is a Windows-only application that runs on Windows 11, 10, 8.x, and Windows 7 SP1. Mac users who want comparable disc and media tools should look at a separate macOS product instead.

Which audio formats can it rip and export?

It rips and converts audio to MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC (M4a), Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC, so you can choose between compressed and lossless output. Built-in Gracenote technology adds artist, track, and album artwork automatically when you digitize a CD.

Can it create and burn ISO image files?

Yes. It can burn a disc directly from an ISO image and also write your own ISO files, and it reads ISO, C2D, BIN/CUE, and GI image formats. This is handy for storing an exact disc layout as one file before burning physical copies.