Roxio Popcorn 2

Performance of Roxio Popcorn 2

We tested Roxio Popcorn 2's performance on a 2.1GHz iMac G5 with 1GB of SDRAM running the latest version of Mac OS X. We started out backing up a DVD that included an hour-and-a-half unencrypted movie, Spanish and English language versions, and previews. Using the Options pull-down menu, we managed to burn a DVD with just the main feature film in English (to save disc space). Thanks to our top-notch test bed, the process was completed in just a half hour--quite a bit faster than real time, which is good for any video conversion or backup software. Obviously, the slower your system is, the slower the process will be. Next, we tried exporting the same file to iTunes, which took about the same amount of time and worked perfectly. Saving the video files as PSP files proved simple, as well.

Just like Toast, Popcorn recognized the two different DVD sources/burners available to it immediately: both the internal burner on the Mac and a Hewlett-Packard model we had hooked up to it. Popcorn also located the fifth-generation iPod within seconds of it being connected.