Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Free CD/DVD burning software

I mowed the lawn yesterday and learned something quite unrelated to cdburnerxplawn mowing.

Whenever I climb aboard the John Deere LA125, I do so with iPod and earplug speakers. Sometimes I listen to music, other times it's podcasts. Yesterday it was Windows Weekly with Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott.

The software tip was CDburnerXP, a free CD/DVD burner program from Sweden that is a great replacement for the bloated, trying-to-be-everything-to-everyone software packages that Roxio and Nero have become. And it's FREE!

You can find it at http://cdburnerxp.se/

I downloaded it to my desktop computer and also to Maria's and it works beautifully. Here's what it does.

Create Data-CDs/DVDs
  • burn any Data on CD-R/CD-RW/DVD+R/DVD-R/DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM/BD/HD-DVD, including double layer mediums
  • burn mp3-CDs to store many audio files on one single disc
  • create bootable discs
  • verify written Data automatically after burning process
  • use either the internal browser to add your files or the intuitive Drop-Box to drag and drop files directly from any Windows Explorer window
  • save your compilations for creation of backups
  • burn on-the-fly and with buffer-underrun protections
  • import previous (ISO 9660) sessions and edit existing file structure on CD/DVD
  • quick- and full-erase disc
  • copy data discs (possible copy-protection is not bypassed)
  • retrieve recorder and disc information
Create Audio-CDs
  • create Audio-CDs from mp3, wav, ogg, flac and wma files
  • add single or multiple tracks from existing audio-CDs directly to your new compilation without ripping tracks before (add cda-files)
  • play audio-files with integrated audio player
  • gapless audio-CDs supported (disc-at-once-mode)
  • import M3U or WPL playlists
  • support for ReplayGain
  • import CUE sheets
  • create mixed-mode discs
ISO features
  • burn ISO files to CD
  • create your own ISO files
  • convert bin- and nrg-files to ISO
  • save CDs/DVDs as ISO file to disc
Other features
  • simple cover printing feature for data- and audio-discs
  • LightScribe integration
  • Command line version
  • supports most IDE, USB, Firewire and SCSI drives
  • integrated option to enable access to drive for restricted users
  • multi-language interface
  • online update

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