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CD/DVD Burning Software

Nero 7 Ultra

Nero 7 Ultra Edition ENHANCED provides you with over 20 applications in ONE solution to complete all your digital media tasks on your PC and on your TV. The ENHANCED version now includes exciting new features to access your media files throughout your connected digital home, share files with family and friends, or take them with you on the go.

  • Author and Playback AVCHD and Blu-ray (BD-AV)
  • Compatible with SecurDisc technology for ultimate data protection
  • Nero MediaHome now with enhanced Xbox 360 streaming capabilities
  • Capture, edit and watch HD Video
  • Designed for Windows Vista – enjoy Nero’s software applications with improved graphics and the streamlined features made possible with the Microsoft Vista operating system
  • Copy to disk with just one click using the new Nero DiscCopy Gadget
  • Watch and record live TV

Easy Media Creator 8

A power CD & DVD burning software that Microsoft Windows XP could not provide.

Easy Media Creator 8 (previously known as Easy CD & DVD Creator) is Roxio's new Digital Media Suite! Rip, play, edit, organize and burn your digital music with new AudioCentral. Preserve memories in electronic albums, create photo slide shows, print or e-mail photos with new PhotoSuite Limited Edition. Make DVD movies with professional transitions and animated menus to play on your home DVD player with new DVD Builder. Create personalized disc labels with Label Creator. Save large data projects to multiple discs with Creator Classic or copy personal discs with Disc Copier. Do more with your digital media with this powerful, easy-to-use and fully integrated product!

  • Copy personal CDs or DVDs – even DVD Video with improved Disc Copier™
  • Turn a photo into a mini movie with Motion Pictures special effects
  • Download music from the Internet with Napster - features built-in CD burning
  • Schedule regular CD or DVD burning back-ups of your important folders – then secure your disc with encryption and password protection
  • Automatically turn your video into a stunning movie or use advanced Timeline editing tools

+ Link: Easy Media Creator Feature Chart

- CNet Editor's Choice Award 2004
- PC Magazine 4 Stars Rating
- CD Burning Software Review Gold Award

Alcohol 120%

Alcohol 120% brings the ability to emulate and record CDs and DVDs together and enables you to make a duplicate back-up to recordable media including Games\Software\DVD. You could backup PS2 games, DVD video, make image files. Alcohol 120% also allows users to create a virtual CD / DVD drives, and play CDs & DVDs without the need for the physical CD\DVD. Alcohol 120%  let you to create up to a staggering 31 virtual drives, allowing you to run your game images at over 200X faster than traditional CD-ROM drive.

Alcohol 120%  CD formats supported:
CD-DA, CD+G, CD-ROM, CD-XA, Video CD, Photo CD, Mixed Mode, Multi-session CD.
DVD formats supported: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-Audio

+ Alcohol 120% Free Download Screenshot Screenshot

- As featured in TechTV
- TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award Winner

Roxio Easy DVD Copy

Roxio Easy DVD Copy is the fast, easy-to-use software for reliably copying movies, photos, music and data discs onto DVD or CD. Highlights include:

  • Compatible with unencrypted DVD-video content, including video content decrypted by popular ripping utilities and drivers.
  • Backup to multiple disc burners at the same time.
  • Backup DVDs and disc images to your hard drive.
  • Supports Hollywood-standard 5.1 Dolby® Digital sound.
  • Backup music CDs.
  • Backup photo, video and data CDs and DVDs.
  • Includes RAW copy mode - for exact copies of discs, including hidden or out-of-spec sectors.

Ulead DVD Workshop

Ulead DVD Workshop AC-3 is a powerful, yet flexible DVD authoring software designed for creative video professionals and enthusiasts. Import video from digital or analog sources with sophisticated MPEG capture and conversion tools. Build professional-looking still or motion menus using an extensive set of design tools. Produce quality DVD, VCD or SVCD titles using the latest DVD and CD burners.

- Animation Magazine's coveted Seal of Excellence Award.
- Receives 5/5 stars and Editor's Choice Award award (Laptop Magazine)

WinDVD Creator 2 Gold

WinDVD creator is the fastest and easiest DVD making program, making high-quality DVDs with UniPass technology and many useful features.
  •  Integrated interface - capture, edit, author, and burn, all from one easy-to-use interface
  • Amazing quality, with cleaner and sharper video and audio for superior quality DVDs
  • Advanced scene editing - record TV shows and easily delete commercials, or delete sections of your home movie based on the time line
  • Photo slideshow - present a collection of still photos in a slideshow format
  • Enhanced menu settings - resize buttons, play music in the background, or have video clips run behind your DVD menu
  • Editing includes redo and undo features
  • Direct recording - record video directly from your camera to a disc, without waiting
  • UniPass - technology that combines editing and authoring into one quick step
  • Support for all formats - record in DVD-Video, VCD, SVCD, miniDVD

- As featured in Bits and Bytes Magazine
- SoftLandmark Editor's Pick

PowerProducer

CyberLink PowerProducer 2 is an excellent software for authoring and burning your videos and photos on CD or DVD. This wizard-based program is packed with great features and is easy to use, even for novices. With PowerProducer 2 you can quickly and easily edit/organize your recorded videos, produce photo slideshows, and burn them onto CD or DVD, with customized movie menus.

- Gold Star Award for PowerProducer 1.0 (PC Advisor Magazine, UK)

Power2Go

CyberLink Power2Go is one of the most user-friendly disc recording software. Power2Go Express allows simple drag-and-drop burning of Data, Music, and Movies. With advance mode, you can configure a range of functions for burning, and copying. Utilities for actions such as ripping files and erasing discs are also available.

  • Ripping - Transfer music from disc to hard drive
  • Erasing - Remove unwanted disc content
  • Burning - Create discs from multiple files
  • Copying - Reproduce discs in their entirety
  • Authoring - Produce stylish multimedia discs
  • Archiving - Save a disk image for later duplication

+ Power2Go Free Download Screenshot Screenshot

- CD Burning Software Review Silver Award

Burn My Files

Many DVD burning and CD burning software programs are unnecessarily complicated. If you don’t know what a ISO image is, or if CD Mastering is not your idea of a good time, then you can leave your troubles behind with Burn My Files. With just one click you can have your file or your folder burnt to CD or DVD straight from Windows Explorer.

Burn My Files does not waste time or system resources writing temporary files to the computer hard drive before the CD burn or DVD burn takes place. It writes data directly to the CD or DVD giving you an error free burn in the fastest possible time. This is new CD burning technology that was developed for our range of data recovery products where writing to the hard drive is not an option.

  • Integrates with Windows Explorer
  • One click to start burn
  • CD burning software
  • DVD burning software

+ Burn My Files Free Download

Copy-DVDz

Copy-DVDz is the best single solution to copying DVDs using your regular CD-writer. Copy-DVDz features:

  • Copy DVD Movies to CD
  • Copy DVD Movies to DVD
  • Copy VHS tapes to CD
  • Copy Playstation 1 & 2 Games
  • No DVD Burner Required
  • Play Copied CDs with regular DVD Player
  • High quality technical support
  • Free Desktop Movie Player Included
  • Advanced DVD Reproduction
  • DVD Cover Locator
  • New easy to use interface
  • Retain High DVD Image Quality Copies

DVD Copy Pro

DVD Copy Pro let you copy DVD movie, backup of your DVDs  using regular CD-burners and burn to regular CD-Rs. You can watch the copies in home DVD players.

Acoustica CD Label Maker

Create your own CD/DVD and jewel case labels with this new software from Acoustica, the company with the curious idea that software should be easy to use. Let the wizard create labels for you in a hurry with minimum fuss, or man the controls yourself to get every detail of text, fonts, and images just the way your muse demands. 

Use the built-in art for holidays, events, and just generally good labels, or import your own pictures with the image search feature and thumbnail views. Automatically import your song information from Acoustica MP3 CD Burner, WinAmp, Nero, Easy CD Creator, or virtually any other popular play list file. Print on plain old printer paper or stock sticker labels and jewel case templates. Feature in 2.0:

  • Circular and spiral text.
  • An auto-layout control on the tracks-object toolbar that lets you layout your tracks in a variety of formats with a single step.
  • A variety of new ways to lay out tracks listings, including multiple columns, tracks without hard returns between the tracks, text that wraps on both sides of the CD hole, and spiral text.
  • Around 100 new paper stocks supported, plus support for direct-to-CD printing on a variety of printers from Epson, Primera, and EZ/CD Print.
  • Automatic importing of iTunes playlists that were exported in either XML or TXT  formats.
  • Supports Mini/Pocket CDs.
  • Supports DVD boxes for the movie buffs out there.
  • This latest version is a FREE upgrade for those that have purchased an previous version of Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker

- The Microsoft & WUGNET Best Choice Shareware Pick of the Week for Windows XP
- 5 Star pick on 5star-shareware.com
- 5 Stars on FileTransit
- 5 Stars on Mp3-Cdburner.com
- Editor's pick on SoftwareSeeker.com 
- Awarded the prestigious 'pick' status on CNet's Download.com 

Dr. DivX

The DivX codec is a patent-pending, MPEG-4 based video compression technology that can shrink digital video to sizes small enough to be transported over the Internet, while maintaining high visual quality. To view the compressed version of the video, you need a media player designed to play DivX-encoded content.

Dr. DivX makes the act of creating DivX video as easy as the act of watching it. Dr. DivX lets you create DivX video from any source right on your computer in just three easy steps. So now you can take that great video of yours and instantly post it online, burn it to a CD or email it to all your friends.

DVD-Cloner III (3.2)

DVD-Cloner III is software that makes high-quality 1:1 DVD backup copies with the ability to decode CSS encryptions and regional codes completely. The program supports custom copies by enabling users to select their favorite chapters, subtitles and audio options. The copies are compatible with most home DVD players.

  • Easy to copy DVD
    Just one click and you can become a DVD backup expert!
  • Perfect 1:1 DVD Copy
    Copy entire DVDs including the title, menus, subtitles, audio & languages – or just the parts you want.
  • Create Customized Copies
    Now you can select your favorite title, chapter, subtitles or audio for copying and preview.
  • Supports Episodic DVDs
    Choose your preferred sections without copying the whole DVD.
  • Copy DVD-9 to DVD-5
    Compress one DVD-9 movie onto one D5 DVD+-R/RW without noticeable quality loss.
  • Copy DVD-9 to DVD-9
    Copy a DVD-9 movie to an 8.5GB dual layer DVD+R/RW without any quality loss.
  • High Compatibility
    Supports PAL, NTSC, DVD+-R/RW and most DVD players and burners.
  • High Speed
    DVD copy takes less than one hour to finish.

+ DVD-Cloner III Free Download

- ZDNet Editor's Pick
- TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award Winner

Game-Cloner

Elaborately designed for multi-level game players, GAME-CLONER enables you to play various kinds of games, PC games or TV games, CD games or DVD games, whatever they are!
Types of disks supported by Game-Cloner: PC-Game, PLAYSATAION, XBOX, PLAYSATAION 2, DreamCarst, SEGA Saturn, 3DO, PC-FX .... All CD/DVD Games. (Game-cloner CAN NOT support XBOX game discs copy!)

  • Easy-to-use! Just one click, and you will get what you want.
  • The truly unique cloning software worldwide supporting Dual Layer 8.5GB DVD games.
  • 100% Perfect 1:1 DVD copying.
  • Supporting most DVD game players.
  • High-speed burning! 7 minutes to burn a CD and 15 minutes to burn a DVD.
  • Supporting a variety of burners!
  • Powerful virtual drive in GAME-CLONER, which makes playing games more convenient and more games available and, above all, your own DVD-ROM greatly saved.

Game Copy Pal

Game Copy Pal Version 2.0 is a revolutionary new software tool that allows you to make a PERFECT backup copy of virtually any Xbox, PS, or PS2 game. Game Copy Pal does not change any of the original game content. Game Copy Pal creates an exact image of your Xbox, PS, or PS2 game. Game Copy Pal then uses exclusive AUTO-BURN technology to transfer the image onto a CD or DVD. Once backed up, you can store your original games safe on the shelf and play your games directly from your backup disc. With Game Copy Pal you will be able to copy all of your games including the ones that have the "unbreakable" copy protection!

+ Game Copy Pal Free Download

CloneCD

CloneCD is the most easy-to-use tool to make backup copies of your music or data CDs, regardless if they are copy protected or not! CloneCD's award-winning user interface copies almost any CD in just a few mouse clicks!

  • Support RAW-mode
  • Creates copies on CD-Rs and CD-RWs
  • Amplifies 'Weak Sectors' - works with selected CD writers
  • Emulates 'Weak Sectors' - works with each and every CD writer
  • Works with CD-ROMs, CD-Rs and CD-RWs
  • Writes Audio CDs conforming to Redbook standard
  • Tray-Icon controls functional usage of inserted media
  • Copies from CD/DVD drives, hard drive or Virtual Drives
  • Intuitive user interface, easy to use for novices!
  • Rich selection of preset options via default Profiles
  • Individual selection of options for expert users
  • Proven to be stable and fast, does not need an ASPI driver

CloneDVD 2 (Creator of CloneCD by Elaborate Bytes)

CloneDVD 2 copies movies in unparalleled picture quality. If it's only the main movie or a complete DVD – CloneDVD compresses even long footage in brilliant quality and at high speed: A special transcoding technology compresses your choice of DVD titles according to your audio and language selection automatically to a freely adjustable target size. Our unique Film Strip assistant will guide you step by step through all settings. With the help of the Video Preview you select the desired DVD titles and decide if you want to trim individual chapters. Quality bars show the direct influence of the title and language selection on the quality of the movie copy. Even beginners always keep track. 

DVD Wizard Pro

DVD Wizard Pro is the most technologically advanced method of DVD reproduction ever available! It can copy DVD, video games and VHS. This package will show you how to backup any DVD or VHS cassette using a CD-R burner! It will go further, and show you how to backup a DVD using a DVD-R, or DVD-RW burner as well.

DVD Rip & Burn (DVD2CDR)

You can keep backup copies of your own movies in an easy to use format (VCD/SVCD). If your movies ever get lost, stolen, or scratched, you still have your backup copy! All it takes is 3-easy steps! Check out the screenshots or try out a 30 day trial copy now! Play movies on your laptop, another computer, portable device, DVD player - anywhere!

  • Easy copy in 3-steps
  • NO DVD Recorder Needed!
  • VCD & SVCD supported
  • MPEG1 and MPEG2 (Video CD and Super Video CD)
  • Create VideoCDs that play in any DVD player
  • Easy Wizard-based operation
  • Burn to multiple CDRs
  • Dozens of Advanced Options
  • Rip, Convert, and Burn wizards separate - for maximum flexibility.

DVD XCopy Deluxe

DVD XCopy Deluxe: copy your DVD movies without losing quality. Now you can make backup copies of your DVD movies and watch it on your DVD Player! With its superior kernel, DVD XCopy Deluxe can backup your entire DVD movie - including menus, trailers and special features to a single DVD disc. It produces perfect copies every time, and does it quickly and efficiently. Video quality of copied discs is pristine, since there's no recompression or altering of the VOB files from the original disc.

All audio and video options remain, such as those that provide commentary and viewing from multiple camera angles. DVD XCopy Deluxe will burn about as quickly as your drive can handle read and write functions. Ripping and writing time varies depending on your hardware, but the process is mostly painless. You can specify where the content break will occur, and by default, the software will cause the first disc to launch the menu, and the second to resume playing the movie immediatelyconvenient for getting right back to it after you switch discs.

+ DVD XCopy Deluxe Free Download

DVD Region+CSS Free

DVD Region+CSS Free enables you to watch and copy any region-coded/CSS-encrypted DVD movies on any DVD drive! It fully supports region-protected (RPC2) DVD drives, and does not require any firmware modifications. It will even work if you have used up your region counter and can no longer change the DVD drive's region. DVD Region+CSS Free not only decrypts DVD's, it now also allows you to play, copy and rip protected Audio CD's.

  • Enables any region code DVD to be played in all software DVD players
  • Enables any CSS-encrypted DVD to be copied in all DVD copy software
  • Removes region code (RC) from DVDs
  • Removes encryption (CSS) from DVDs
  • Removes region code enhancement (RCE) from DVDs
  • Removes analog copy protection (Macrovision) from DVDs
  • Removes user operation prohibitions (UOPs) from DVDs, which means now you can: change soundtracks on the fly, hide forced subtitles as you wish.
  • Enables DVD menu or movie to be played directly without FBI warnings
  • Prevents auto run of software from DVDs, such as PCFriendly
  • Works with all DVD drives, including region-protected (RPC2) DVD drives
  • Works "on the fly", without having to save data on hard disk
  • Stable and fast, does not need any driver

+ DVD Region+CSS Free Download

DVD Unlocker v2

DVD Unlocker is a DVD region crack software to break the barrier of region code limitation. If you live in the United States, you're limited to playing pricey DVDs from region 1 (U.S. and Canada). And if you live in the United Kingdom, you're trapped in expensive region 2 (Europe). With DVD Unlocker, you can view any region 1 - 6 DVD. It can legally beat the system without even opening your machine. DVD Unlocker, a unique software application demonstrating how you can instantly unlock over 1000 mainstream DVD players, making them "region free" in seconds!

+ Check your DVD player for DVD Unlocker Download CD-ROM

Maximum DVD Pro

Maximum DVD Pro is an all inclusive DVD backup software that is geared towards, but not limited to, people who don't own a DVD burner. This software rips (decodes), and burns directly to a standard CD in either VCD (Video CD), SVCD (Super Video CD) or DivX (Digital Internet Video). There is no additional software required.

The CDs that are created with Maximum DVD Pro are able to be played on all DVD players that support VCD, SVCD, or DivX disks. Almost all DVD players do. Check your owners manual to see if yours does. You can also view your movies on compatible portable devices and computers.

Dolby Surround Sound support enables you to catch the theatre sounds right at home or on your PC. Multi-Language DVD Support enables all DVDs to be backed up from around the world. It even Supports Subtitles.

Here's a short list of features:

  • Backup any DVD movie.

  • No DVD Burner required.

  • Supports VCD, SVCD, and DivX formats.

  • Plays on almost any DVD compatible device.

  • Supports Dolby Surround Sound.

  • Multi Language DVD Support.

  • Supports 74 or 80 minute CDs.

  • Subtitle support.

  • Custom resolutions.

  • True 32 bit apllication.

  • Compatible with Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP all versions.

  • Support for almost all CD burners.

- As seen in PC Magazine, TechTV

GEAR Pro

GEAR Pro has complete control of file structures and formats. GEAR enables total control over every recording parameter and insures maximum compatibility with all CD and DVD format standards. GEAR's professional products provide the power to support professional platforms and record to every specification.

  • CD-ROM data formatting for CD-R(W) media, with the choice to format into ISO 9660, CD-ROM XA or CD-ROM ISO/UDF hybrid format (OSTA UDF compliant), and Mixed Mode.
  • Audio CD creation, with the ability to import Wave (.wav) and MP3 audio files. Pauses and ISRC codes can be assigned to the audio tracks. Audio normalizing and declicking are also supported through additional plugins from Algorithmix.
  • CD copying of almost any type of CD is supported through a CD Copy button, with ability to copy from a CD-ROM drive to a CD-R(W) drive.
  • Supports almost all CD-R(W) drives on the market today. GEAR's Professional Edition offers a flexible and dynamic support for CD recorders.
  • Supports Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 (SP3 and later), Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
  • New improved GEARAspi drivers for all Windows platforms.
  • Appending data to multisession CD's, with advanced append options.
  • Track-at-once and disc-at-once recording methods. Session at once, manual fixation, Burnproof, Justlink, and overburning are also supported.
  • Full erase and quick erase for CD-RW media.
  • Support for foreign physical image files.
  • Ability to use batch files and log files, and the option to run any GEAR command manually.
  • Additional plugins for CD jukebox support and pre-master tape support on request.

- Boot Magazine Boot's Kick-Ass Product award
- DV Magazine's Award of Excellence
- BurnWorld ATOM Award
- SoftLandmark Editor's Choice Award

CD AutoRun

CD AutoRun is a program which pops up a splash screen that you design when someone inserts your CD in their computer. This program is for people who master/burn/write their own CDs. It is very customizable and allows you to have buttons with normal, mouseover and mousedown states. You can also customize the sounds for the start of the program (when the CD gets inserted), when buttons are moved over (you can have an individual sound per button), and when buttons are pressed (once again, you can have a sound per button).

Nero CD Speed & DriveSpeed

 

CD Speed is a popular CD-ROM benchmark which can test the features of a CD-ROM drive including: Transfer rate, Seek times, CPU usage, Burst rate, DAE quality, Transfer rate, Spinup/spindown time.

Nero DriveSpeed is a utility to set the reading speed of a CD-ROM drive. You can reduce the CD-ROM speed to reduce the noise, spin-up/down times, reading capable of damaged disc and increase DAE speed.

Iomega HotBurn

Iomega HotBurn software makes CD burning easy with two simple steps. Drag and drop files into the layout screen and click the Create CD button. It's that simple. Iomega HotBurn software is perfect for creating and sharing custom music CDs, organizing photos, burning MP3s, as well as creating custom CD covers

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