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CD/DVD burning software
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:23 am
by Tipperton
Well I've had it with Nero...
v6 was great, it wasn't all that big and worked great.
v7 is very bloated at around 200 MB and buggy as hell....
I'm either going to go back to v6 or find something else.
I don't need a CD/DVD burning program with the works, just something that works.
Any recomendations?
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:30 am
by techjunkie
What about CDBurnerXP Pro?
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/
It's free and done by Swedes!!!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:47 am
by Tipperton
Latest version is 2.5 years old....thanks for the tip but I'd like something a little more "current"
Oh, and it doesn't have to be free, I'm willing to pay for it....
If I really want free I'll just go back to Nero 6 since I already own it.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:55 am
by techjunkie
Tipperton wrote:Latest version is 2.5 years old....thanks for the tip but I'd like something a little more "current"
If you read the news, it's a new version on it's way shortly...
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:24 am
by Rogue
You should check out Infra Recorder which is free:
http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/
or Ashampoo Buring Studio which costs $19.99 through this link:
http://r.ashampoo.com/mailings/1/070330_en.htm
You will get version 6 now and version 7 when it comes out later this month.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:50 am
by Derek
Stick with Nero V6, been using it for years and it works fine, tried V7 but found it buggy (same as you did).
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:09 am
by gnozal
Have a look at ImgBurn :
www.imgburn.com (
Freeware, 1533 KB)
ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!
It has several 'Modes', each one for performing a different task:
Read - Read a disc to an image file
Build - Create an image file from files on your computer or network - or you can write the files directly to a disc
Write - Write an image file to a disc
Verify - Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
Discovery - Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing
ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.
It supports Unicode folder/file names, so you shouldn't run in to any problems if you're using an international character set.
ImgBurn supports all the Windows OS's - Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista (including all the 64-bit versions). If you use Wine, it should also run on Linux and other x86-based Unixes.
It's a very flexible application with several advanced features that are often lacking in other tools, especially when it comes to burning DVD Video discs. It supports all the latest drives without the need for updates (including booktype / bitsetting / advanced settings on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, LG, NEC, Plextor, Samsung, Sony).
There is an image queue system for when you're burning several images (which you can automatically share between multiple drives if you have more than one) and an easy-to-use layer break selection screen for double layer DVD Video jobs. The Automatic Write Speed feature allows you store your favourite burn speed settings on a per 'Media ID' basis, right down to a drive by drive level. Data captured during the burn (write speed, buffer levels etc) can be displayed / analysed using DVDInfoPro.
Whilst ImgBurn is designed to work perfectly straight out of the box, advanced users will appreciate just how configurable it is.
Oh and let's not forget the best thing about it.... it's 100% FREE
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:24 am
by Tipperton
Derek wrote:Stick with Nero V6, been using it for years and it works fine, tried V7 but found it buggy (same as you did).
Unless something else stands out, that is very likely what I'll do.
So far ImgBurn and Ashampoo's Burn Studio look promissing, I don't need a lot of bell-n-whistles, just a good basic burning program. Heck if the burner built into XP wasn't such a joke, I'd use it!
Surprising thing is, I just checked their web site and even though they are on v7, v6 still has on-going development even if its only to fix bugs, because they just released a new update a week or so ago!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:58 am
by codemaniac
And exactly that's why we shouldn't use it
!
(Nothing against you, but the other swedes
)
Well ok, I have something against two swedes.. they study at the same university as I do, but they try to be cool by wearing pink, and everbody knows that violet is the new pink
!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:53 pm
by Num3
InfraRecorder is pretty darn cool...
DeepBurner free
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:09 pm
by Fangbeast
This program has almost no features but is free, burns cds and dvds and there is a portable version as well.
Only problem I ever had with it was the MDI resizing of child forms. Every time you restart it, it never remembers the last setting.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:19 pm
by Joakim Christiansen
What about Nero 7 Lite?
I love it...
http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Too ... Lite.shtml
You can choose to only install Nero if you want, no bloat!
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:31 pm
by Tipperton
Joakim Christiansen wrote:What about Nero 7 Lite?
You can choose to only install Nero if you want, no bloat!
I do that with Nero 7 that I already have by just installing Nero Burning ROM, problem is, since it's still Nero 7, it inherits all of the bugs....
The only difference I can see is the size of the download...
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:18 pm
by codemaniac
Get Linux. Get K3b
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:42 pm
by utopiomania
I use
Paragon Easy CD/DVD Recorder ATM, it came as freeware on a magazine CD a while back.