Roxio has announced that its Toast 6 line will soon be DVD Double Layer (DL)-compatible, allowing Mac users to take advantage of this DL technology for the first time via a downloadable patch that will be available in June.

The new DVD +R Double Layer capabilities of Toast 6 Titanium and Toast with Jam 6 will enable users to burn nearly twice the amount of personal data (from 4.7GB to 8.5GB), or record more than three hours of MPEG-2 (DVD-quality) video content on a single DVD +R DL disc.

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Toast 6 Titanium will soon include the following Double Layer capabilities:

• Data format - backup and create data discs with up to 8.5 GB of data on a single DL DVD disc
• Copy format - create one-click copies of non-encrypted dual-layer DVD movies
• Video format - author DVDs with more than three hours of video

Toast with Jam 6 customers will enjoy additional Double Layer benefits due to the inclusion of Dolby Digital with the Jam software:

• Audio format - put more than 70 hours of music on a DVD music album, using Dolby Digital sound
• Video format - author DVDs containing more than 4 hours of video without sacrificing audio quality using Dolby Digital compression

All registered Toast 6 Titanium and Toast with Jam 6 customers will be able to update their software using a free download available in June from Roxio's Web sites worldwide.