Best cd. burner

[Owdy]

Whats best ap for windows? Free or commerical.

 

[Qdos]

I would have thought it a subjective point, there are good freeware and commercial programs.

Guess it depends what you're burning (iso, music, dox, video, etc)

UltraIso does everything which I could really need.

 

[Owdy]

Thanks. Btw, im sorry asking these stupid questions, but i have been using LInux for six years and just started to use windows again after many years. Feeling such a N00b at the moment

 

[mickey megabyte]

i don't like the use of the word 'best' either - i think it's better to ask for 'favourite'.

i like ashampoo burning studio - it does everything i want it to do.

current version is 11 - not free

(i still use version 10, as it does what i want and i'm too tight to pay the upgrade fee)

*edit* i see version 10 is still for sale, and $10 cheaper than version 11 */edit*

old version 6 - free, and still very useful, just looks a bit dated

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Whats best ap for windows? Free or commerical.

Use the one that works for you and that you understand.

Some programs can be finicky about the disk brand that you use.

Try to burn at modest speeds---4x to 12x.

I use the free ImgBurn burning application and Taiyo Yuden blank discs and don't have any problems.

 

[Qdos]

Ashampoo is decent too, but I felt the latter versions were too bloated with 'numpty' features...

 

[mickey megabyte]

that's partly why i haven't upgraded to version 11 - who needs facebook integration in a cd burner, for pete's sake?

 

[Qdos]

Agree 100%... I think I have v9 somewhere, after that point it seemed to become a bit daft...

Then there's the problem with them spamming their customers too...

 

[mickey megabyte]

yeah, but it was easy enough to unsubscribe, as i recall.

 

[Qdos]

I vaguely remember having to specifically block a port in my firewall to stop their "pop up" spam. I believe it was something to do with an element of some of their program builds which install an "Ashampoo Channel" alongside the software - allowing them to send through special offers and such like... I know it really got on my goat and put me off them as a responsible developer...

 

[mickey megabyte]

oh that - in version ten you can turn all that off via the settings menu

 

[Qdos]

Yes, that's the same thing I was getting at... however even when it was disabled I recall it re-enabling itself when one or another Ashampoo program had an available update, eventually it caused me to turn my back on them and block their 'bulletins' as some of their other software installed the 'service channel' gizmo stealthily...

 

[mickey megabyte]

didn't realise that - you could sort of understand free software bombarding you with ads, but paid-for programs? inexcusable

however, i think we've hijacked the thread enough

 

[Cookieman]

I tend to use a free app called CDBurnerXP which is compatible with XP/Vista/7 (despite its name!)

CDBurnerXP: Free CD and DVD burning software

As mentioned above, its each to their own. This is just my own personal choice

 

[Owdy]

I tend to use a free app called CDBurnerXP which is compatible with XP/Vista/7 (despite its name!)

CDBurnerXP: Free CD and DVD burning software

As mentioned above, its each to their own. This is just my own personal choice

I tryed that but it doesnt detect my laptops cd/dvd player

 

[Ravi5kumar]

Cyberlink Power2Go 7(140 MB) is a nice piece of software which can almost do all your burning task. But it is not free! The latest version Power2Go 8 is good it is a victim of bloatware(377 MB!) [That's why I leaved this product!]. Now I use cdrtfe - open source CD/DVD burning program. Proprietary software are more prone to bloatware. Yes there exists many free and open source CD/DVD burner. But the choice is up to you:huh:.