DVD rewriter problems

[Julian Stafford]

My old CD-RW drive packed up (funny clicking sounds etc) so I fitted a new
LG Super Multi DVD Drive instead.

All went smoothly and I can play CD's etc on it with no problem, I can also
write CD's with XP's CD writing wizard.

However I can't use my old Nero Burning Programme and I note that the Nero
installation CD says on it that this software will only work with the CD-RW
that it came bundled with. This is a bit of a nuisance really, so do I have
to buy some more software, and if so what would be good? Other than that,
can I download something from the net that would perform in a similar way to
Nero? (free of charge)

Julian.

 

[Hans Schlager]

Other than that,
can I download something from the net that would perform in a similar way to
Nero? (free of charge)

Freeware burners I know:
www.burnatonce.com (read the FAQ how to enable DVD-burning)
www.cdburnerxp.se
www.deepburner.com

 

[mike ring]

However I can't use my old Nero Burning Programme and I note that the
Nero installation CD says on it that this software will only work with
the CD-RW that it came bundled with.

They're buggers, aren't they? This has happenrd to me and relatives several
times - we thought when you got a bit of software bundled you'd own it and
it would work on compatible gear.

Silly us..... ..not cd writer software!

Other than that, can I download something from the net that

would perform in a similar way to Nero? (free of charge)

You've come to the right shop

Deepburner Free http://www.deepburner.com/

Burnatonce http://www.burnatonce.com/index.htm?downloads
(rather sparse interface, but works well)

Cdburner XP (my favourite) http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

HTH

mike

 

[Craig]

Cdburner XP (my favourite) http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

HTH

mike

Ditto. Been using it for almost two years now.

Craig

 

[Daniel Mandic]

Freeware burners I know:
www.burnatonce.com (read the FAQ how to enable DVD-burning)
www.cdburnerxp.se
www.deepburner.com

Hi!



Burnatonce without the update is very good!
It works good for me, together with daemon-tools. ;.-)
It´s exactly doing that, what it have to do. Great Freeware. Deamon
Tools too, of course.



Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

 

[Al Klein]

They're buggers, aren't they? This has happenrd to me and relatives several
times - we thought when you got a bit of software bundled you'd own it and
it would work on compatible gear.

When you "buy software", all you're really buying is the right to
install the software on a single computer and use it. The only people
who *own* software are the ones whose names are on the copyright
notices. (All you own is the medium on which the software comes.)

 

[Julian Stafford]

When you "buy software", all you're really buying is the right to
install the software on a single computer and use it.

[sticks hand in air]

But that's all I want to do, and the fikking thing won't let me! Strikes me
as sharp practice...

Thanks to all the replies, I'll down load a freebee one today. Guess who
won't be using Nero or recommending it anymore.

Julian.

 

[Hans Schlager]

Ditto. Been using it for almost two years now.

Good one, but isn't capable of creating correct Video-DVDs in ISO/UDF
Bridge-Format. AFAIK Burnatonce is the only freeware application that is
able to do that.

 

[mike ring]

Thanks to all the replies, I'll down load a freebee one today. Guess
who won't be using Nero or recommending it anymore.

Julian.

There are fringe benefits - when I uninstalled Nero and ran searches to
clean out all traces I was gobsmacked by the amount of rubbish it had left,
and the amount (hundred or two?) of registry entries that I had to delete
by hand.

mike

 

[Al Klein]

[sticks hand in air]

But that's all I want to do, and the fikking thing won't let me!

Sure it will ... if you *BUY* the software. You got a freebie copy
with your drive. There's a difference. The paid-for version works on
just about any drive. I've run it (version 6.3) on many drives.

 

[Al Klein]

Craig wrote:

Good one, but isn't capable of creating correct Video-DVDs in ISO/UDF
Bridge-Format. AFAIK Burnatonce is the only freeware application that is
able to do that.

How about just creating video DVDs in a format that DVD players can
read? There are many freeware programs that will do that.

 

[Hans Schlager]

How about just creating video DVDs in a format that DVD players can
read? There are many freeware programs that will do that.

Well, that's the point. If you create a 'normal' ISO9660 Data-DVD with a
VIDEO_TS and an AUDIO_TS directory, the resulting DVD will *look* like a
standard-compliant Video-DVD, but in fact it isn't one.

Most standalone DVD-players will of course play a disc like this,
especially those cheapo players from China, but there are devices that
are not that corrective and will refuse to play it, because they think
it's a Data-DVD.

 

[Al Klein]

Al Klein wrote:

Well, that's the point. If you create a 'normal' ISO9660 Data-DVD with a
VIDEO_TS and an AUDIO_TS directory, the resulting DVD will *look* like a
standard-compliant Video-DVD, but in fact it isn't one.

Most standalone DVD-players will of course play a disc like this,
especially those cheapo players from China, but there are devices that
are not that corrective and will refuse to play it, because they think
it's a Data-DVD.

And I thought my Go-Video 4000 was a cheap POS. You mean that there
are DVD players out there that are worse?