…without all the crap.
The main Nero Burning ROM program is perfect for what I use burning software for. I can make data CDs and DVDs, dual layer DVDs, and if I have VOBs I can create a Video-DVD. I can save a disk layout, and load it later and burn it. Burning works, supports some nice features like overburning and verification, and that’s about it.
The problem is, it’s IMPOSSIBLE to install just the Nero Burning ROM program. No matter what you do, it installs Nero Scout, which then immediately starts indexing files on your hard drive. It installs a variety of other crap, and you end up with 4-5 loaded processes. That’s if you JUST chooses Nero Burning ROM.
So, NERO is dead to me, in the same way that Real Media is dead to me. (Backgrounder, Real Media had a completely deceptive install program that turned on all kinds of features. It did so by showing you a scroll box with 4 items shown, all unchecked, and then if you scroll down you see 4 “Adware” type programs are checked.) On principal, I will NEVER install any Real product on any platform ever again.
So with all of Nero’s crap, and the fact that they are charging $50 upgrades every 18months or so for not a lot of new stuff, means that I’d like to send that the way of Real.
Does anyone use a CD/DVD burning program that does as I described above? If so, can you comment?
Thanks in advance.
I think maybe I have answered my own question.
http://www.imgburn.com/
That seems to perhaps do everything I need. I will try it out. Please still let me know of any other options. Thanks.
ImgBurn is nice but unless you don’t burn ISO images every day it’s useless… There’s no way to burn random folder (say set of JPGs from the photo camera) to the CD with it, there’s no way to create DVD-Video from the muxed MPEG content your video camera saved, you cannot burn MP3 CD to listen in the car stereo etc etc etc. So I’d personally give a try to the StarBurn from here:
http://www.rocketdivision.com/starburn.html
Just in case – it’s also FREE
Anton