If you just want to burn discs then try ImgBurn. I switched to it from Nero when Nero became a bloatfest and never looked back.

I "moved up" from Nero to ImgBurn as well. Sometimes you get what you don't pay for. ImgBurn is just so much better. Try it and you'll see.

I purchased the latest version and it was a complete waste of money. Stay with V8.

problem is imgburn doesn't do (or any other software i'm aware of) multiple burners?

i have 2 burners in my pc to knock out both a client and producer approval disk for, say, rushes / rough cuts / edit approval, etc., even though in most cases the end product is going to simply be a file.

also useful doing spanning backups.

btw. i should have written i used to, i only burn dvd's nowadays when i know the connection type/speed at the other end wouldn't warrant uploading. i mean a couple of producers i know do nearly everything via smart phone (with mean data rate packages)

I have Nero 10 and it will do multiple drives, i use it all the time it is great. I do agree that the bloatware is out of control you have to do a custom install and cut it way down.
After that you can use either the Express for quick burns or the full Burning ROM to have more control.

I also use IMG burn it works great also.

Paul B

Still on Nero 6.3.x here. None of their newer versions have given me the upgrade urge. In fact, looking at the demos i pretty much run away screaming.

Just curious, but what is it with me and ImgBurn? I've tried it and absolutely detested it. I have the same problem with it that i do with ProType Titler in that it has an utterly obtuse and incomprehensible interface. Seems like you have to have a prescient view into the programmer's mind before you can begin to figure out where any of the functions are hiding. I don't need software that i have to fight with to figure out. Or was i just looking at some primordial alpha version and the newer versions are more sensible? My aftertaste from the version i looked at was so bad i've never been tempted to look again.

I use Nero 8 with only three of the multitude of clutterizations to select. Express, Showtime, & Recode.
JJK

" .... problem is imgburn doesn't do (or any other software i'm aware of) multiple burners? "

Burnaware Pro ( $39 ) burns to multiple drives ..

I use the home version, and find it to do everything I need and a little friendlier ( IMO ) than ImgBurn ..

I think I stopped using Nero with version 5.x when it no longer worked with windows XP and I found myself having to install special patches for other software if I had Nero on my system. Newer versions were as bad about taking over things as Real Player. And, I'm with Kelly on imgburn...never been able to figure out where they were coming from or going. I spent a whole day trying to make a burn from an existing file and decided it was not worth my time to learn a new language this late in life. CD Architect, DVD-Architect and the free CD Burner XP work fine for me.

Kent

I stopped the upgrading at Nero 6.6.0.8. I use Nero Express almost exclusively because of the simple interface and reliability. I've done thousands of DVD and CD disks with no issues, burning not only video and audio but also data backups.

However, a few years back I had a dual-layer project and found that Nero did not like the Verbatim DL disks at all. I recall I used ImageBurn for those.

I have two burners in my desktop PC and commonly open two instances of Nero in order to burn disks in parallel.

Currently using Nero Burning Rom v10, its available as a single component of the bloated Media Suite. Its a small download and cost about £40 uk. I am still getting free updates for it from their update server - thats about 2 years after purchase. Cant complain really, but avoid the full bloated Media Suite.

Paul.

I stopped using Nero around version 8 when I had problems with DV AVI files because Nero inserted a DV filter that caused some programs not to work with DV files. There was no amount of custom install that would only install the Burning ROM without also messing with my codecs and DiretcX filters so I uninstalled it and moved on to ImgBurn and never looked back. I would never put Nero on another one of my video editing workstations; too intrusive.

~jr

Nero... I used to love that program, used it for so long, thought it was a must have forever. Haven't used it in years now, for the same reason, they redefined bloatware. I use imgburn as well, who can argue with free? And it is fast, if you burn blurays, nothing else like it, as far as speed. It actually will recognize and burn 8x disks. If you want a simpler program, that's also free try CDBurnerXP, it looks quite alot like nero and seems to work fine, it's small and fast, too.

Ushere, I run multiple instances of of image burn to drive my 2 burners. I can hook up an external burner and run 3 if I really need to with 3 instances.

I quit using nero long ago for 2 reasons, the bloat and it hijacked all of my media file associations.

Older versions let you choose what you wanted to associate with nero but the last version I tried just took everything. I was annoyed somewhat.

For a complex burn of audio I use CD Architect. I love it. Other than that just image burn or an occasional burn out of DVD Arch.

rocky

@Chienworks - I can see where you are coming from re the ImgBurn interface but actually it's not that bad. For a simple burn of a set of DVD burners it's just:

Write files/folders to disc
Browse for folders to add
Device > choose speed
Burn

If you have a DVD .iso already prepared then it really is a piece of cake.

It's pretty good with idiot prompts (i.e. "You appear to have screwed up. Would you like me to fix that for you?")

Edit: You'll want to change the "job completed" sound, which is the most annoying in the history of software.

Think there may be some confusion here about the Nero package.
The bloated version (from the disc) is indeed awful! With its 'smart start' garbage, codecs, and system processes running.. Avoid.

But, there is a basic simplistic version of Nero (now 11) which is basically JUST the burner component, currently its 20Euro. That is the version i was refering to, and its great. Very simple. Multiple discs, DVD and BD, data, audio the lot..
http://www.nero.com/eng/slp-nero-burning-rom11-discount-ssp.html?NeroSID=78aa6218a36748570d10c2f59f8daf1c&utm_id=10153&ecid=aff.em.eng.nbr11.cj.sem...R10153Nero 11 (non bloat version)[/link]

Paul.

My apologies if this seems a daft question but if I have a bunch of wav files in a folder can I drop them into this cutdown Nero and then burn an audio dvd that will play in a CD player? I have Alcohol 120% but I can't find this function. Thanks.

Yes you can. Dropping Wavs in using the 'Audio' selection will create an audio disk what will play on any CD player. You can also specify the delay in seconds between tracks if you wish or default to normal 2 second intervals.

edit: you said DVD to play in an audio CD player? i am assuming you mean CD?

Paul.

Nick, perhaps you could change the "job completed" sound to this one.

Perhaps we should have a thread for a "most annoying sound" discussion.
Made me jump out of my chair the first time I used it with the volume turned up a bit.

Paul, I use Nero to burn live performances. I create the final audio on the Vegas timeline as one continuous piece, then render to a continuous full-length audio file. After bringing that back to the timeline, I can then slice up each part and render to separate sequential tracks. In Nero, I turn off the "2 second" spacing, so that when the user plays it back the selections merge seamlessly. I need to build that full-length file first, because otherwise whatever effects I have on the timeline will start over on each selection and the playback won't be seamless (reverb, for example).

I don't know if the ability to turn on and off the standard 2-second interval is common across all burning software, but I use the feature all the time in Nero.

Thanks Paul. I mean t play an audio CD in a CD/DVD player.

Kit

Is turning off the audio spacing something you have to do per track or can the spacing be set in one go for all tracksand/or selected tracks? Thanks.

Kit

You can do it both ways, either delay per track or select them all and delay to all. You can set them to zero for no delay ie, tracks are joined together.

Paul.