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CDBurnerXP Portable: Disc burning app for your USB flash drive

Windowsby Brad Linder Oct 22nd 2008

CDBunerXP
CDBurnerXP is my favorite free disc burning app for Windows. It handles all the tasks you would expect from a commercial application like Nero including burning data, audio, or ISO discs. It won't burn video DVDs unless your videos are already formatted for DVD creation. But there's free software to do that too.

Sure, the price is right, but there's another thing that sets CDBurnerXP apart from most commercial apps: it comes in a portable version. In other words, you can download, unzip, and run CDBurnerXP from your hard drive, a USB flash drive, or any other media. There's no need to install it.

The portable version of CDBurnerXP isn't updated as frequently as the normal version. But you can always find the lastest build on the portable download page. The latest version of CDBurnerXP is 4.2.2 and contains some bug fixes you won't find in the most recent portable version which is 4.1.2.

[via Technobuzz

Tags: cd-burner, cdburnerxp, portable

Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

ImgBurn: Free CD/DVD image burning for Windows

Windowsby Brad Linder Dec 21st 2007

ImgBurn
Looking a way to burn a disc image to a CD or DVD but don't want to shell out the money for a copy of Nero? ImgBurn is a free Windows app that does just what it's name would suggest: it burns images. You can also use it to create images from CDs or files on your computer.

ImgBurn isn't the only game in town. CDBurnerXP or InfraRecorder are also both free, and they also support burning images to a disc. Both programs are also a bit easier to use if you want to create a compilation, audio CD, or pretty much anything other than a disc image. But ImgBurn's focus on disc images makes it ideal if you're happy with the built in Windows XP/Vista disc burning utilities, but simply need a solution for burning ISO, NRG, or BIN files to disc.

[via AppScout]

Tags: cd-burner, CDBurnerXP, disc-image, ImgBurn, InfraRecorder

Filed under: Utilities, Open Source

InfraRecorder: Open source CD/DVD burner

by Brad Linder Oct 2nd 2007

InfraRecorderLooking for a good CD/DVD burning utility, but short on cash? Yesterday we mentioned that CDBurnerXP had been updated to include Blu-Ray and HD-DVD support among other things. And in the comments one reader pointed out another excellent (and free) disc burner.

InfraRecorder is an open source utility that doesn't skimp on features or accessibility. Once installed, you'll notice you can either launch InfraRecorder or InfraExpress. The latter version features a slimmed down interface with wizards for burning data, audio, and video discs. It's sort of InfraRecorder for dummies. The full feature gives you a ton of options that might confuse folks used to using Nero Smart Start.

Here are a few of the things you can do with InfraRecorder:
  • Create data, audio, video, and mixed-mode discs
  • Record dual-layer DVDs
  • Four methods for erasing discs
  • Record disc images (ISO and BIN/CUE)
  • Scan SCSI/IDE bus for devices and capabilities
  • Create disc copies using temporary disc image
  • Import session data from multi-session discs and add more sessions
It doesn't look like there's support for Blu-Ray or HD-DVD, but the product is still under development and new features are being added all the time.

Tags: cd-burner, CDBurnerXP, dvd, InfraExpress, InfraRecorder, Nero

Filed under: Utilities, Freeware

CDBurnerXP 4: Free CD/DVD authoring tool

by Brad Linder Oct 1st 2007

CDBurnerXP 4Despite its name, CDBurnerXP is not just a CD burning application for Windows XP. It's actually one of the most full featured free CD and DVD burning utilities you're likely to find for Windows 2000/XP/Vista.

CDBurnerXP 4 was recently released, and it has some impressive new features:
  • Support for burning Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, and Double layer DVDs
  • Support for FLAC audio files
  • Disc to Disc copy for audio and data
  • Save discs and compilations as ISO files
  • Support for WPL playlists
While Windows XP and Vista include some basic CD and DVD authoring features, CDBurnerXP is about as full-featured as many commercial applications out there. And it's free. The program is donateware, so if you want to download the latest beta versions you'll need to make a contribution.

[via freeware genius]

Tags: blu-ray, cd-burner, cdburnerxp, cdburnerxp-4, dvd, hd-dvd

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