Pieter wrote:

Wait… does CDBurnerXP do DVD’s? I don’t think so but then again I haven’t started it in a long while.

First sentence on their site:
“CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs.”

Somehow I missed that. I was just looking at the menus that do not mention buring DVDs. Glad to hear that it does.

Wait… does CDBurnerXP do DVD’s? I don’t think so but then again I haven’t started it in a long while.

First sentence on their site:
“CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs.”

Wait… does CDBurnerXP do DVD’s? I don’t think so but then again I haven’t started it in a long while.

I just looked at their website and it does not do DVDs. Maybe some day it will.

I just tried BurnAware for the first time and I am left unimpressed. It seemed a bit sluggish and really bare bones. I prefer CDBurnerXP which I found out about through CyberNet. This offers some better features, is intuitive to navigate, and is more responsive.

It is of course meant to be a simple application since they offer paid solutions that do more. I think BurnAware Free is nice for users who don’t burn much, but I agree that CDBurnerXP is more powerful.

I was making an MP3 CD through BurnAware and was surprised that there wasn’t an option to save the compilation. I couldn’t believe it! That is such a standard thing and this program was missing it. I guess in some cases, you get what you pay for.

Remember the latest version of this application is crippled…the older install file you want to Google for is “ashampoo_burningstudio661_free.exe”. Just make sure during install to uncheck “Register fullversion” and during first start to uncheck the “Ashampoo News” and “Updates” service channels. The program has no time limit and does NOT need to be registered whatsoever – doing do will subject you to endless spam from Ashampoo. I found that out by experience.

I know this sounds a bit like a sales pitch, but as a tech it took me a long time to find a really well polished and featured burning app that was free, easy for most users to understand, and wasn’t bloated like Nero. This app also works portable too if you copy the installed directory to a USB drive.