Is there any decent free/open-source DVD-burning software for XP?

I used to have Nero 6 that came with my DVD burner. Nero worked OK,
but after a while, started bothering me with "Incredible offer!"
tooltips - which was disconcerting, since I already owned a copy of
their software.

Anyway, I can't locate their CD now, so I looked at the alternatives.

InfraRecorder is open-source and kind of works (it's a graphical
interface to cdtools), but it fails for files larger than 2GB.

Another problem it has is that it saves the huge temporary *.iso to
disk before burning it (this can be bad on small laptop hard drives)

I think the built-in Microsoft DVD burning software suffers from the
same problem (Nero did NOT create large temporaries, btw).

Any recommendations? I'd be willing to run stuff form the command
line, if necessary.

>Is there any decent free/open-source DVD-burning software for XP?
>
>I used to have Nero 6 that came with my DVD burner. Nero worked OK,
>but after a while, started bothering me with "Incredible offer!"
>tooltips - which was disconcerting, since I already owned a copy of
>their software.
>
>Anyway, I can't locate their CD now, so I looked at the alternatives.
>
>InfraRecorder is open-source and kind of works (it's a graphical
>interface to cdtools), but it fails for files larger than 2GB.
>
>Another problem it has is that it saves the huge temporary *.iso to
>disk before burning it (this can be bad on small laptop hard drives)
>
>I think the built-in Microsoft DVD burning software suffers from the
>same problem (Nero did NOT create large temporaries, btw).
>
>Any recommendations? I'd be willing to run stuff form the command
>line, if necessary.

Final Burner.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

n.torrey.pines******.com wrote:
> Is there any decent free/open-source DVD-burning software for XP?
>
> I used to have Nero 6 that came with my DVD burner. Nero worked OK,
> but after a while, started bothering me with "Incredible offer!"
> tooltips - which was disconcerting, since I already owned a copy of
> their software.
>
> Anyway, I can't locate their CD now, so I looked at the alternatives.
>
> InfraRecorder is open-source and kind of works (it's a graphical
> interface to cdtools), but it fails for files larger than 2GB.
>
> Another problem it has is that it saves the huge temporary *.iso to
> disk before burning it (this can be bad on small laptop hard drives)
>
> I think the built-in Microsoft DVD burning software suffers from the
> same problem (Nero did NOT create large temporaries, btw).
>
> Any recommendations? I'd be willing to run stuff form the command
> line, if necessary.

Two that I have used are DeepBurner (free version) from
http://www.deepburner.com/?r=download and CDBurnerXP from
http://cdburnerxp.se/. Both seem to be pretty good. I wasn't concerned
about temp files so don't know for sure how either handles the temp iso
files, though I thought there was an option on whether to save to HD
first or burn straight to CD/DVD.
--
Tom Porterfield

n.torrey.pines wrote:
> Is there any decent free/open-source DVD-burning software for XP?
>
> I used to have Nero 6 that came with my DVD burner. Nero worked OK,
> but after a while, started bothering me with "Incredible offer!"
> tooltips - which was disconcerting, since I already owned a copy of
> their software.
>
> Anyway, I can't locate their CD now, so I looked at the
> alternatives.
>
> InfraRecorder is open-source and kind of works (it's a graphical
> interface to cdtools), but it fails for files larger than 2GB.
>
> Another problem it has is that it saves the huge temporary *.iso to
> disk before burning it (this can be bad on small laptop hard drives)
>
> I think the built-in Microsoft DVD burning software suffers from the
> same problem (Nero did NOT create large temporaries, btw).
>
> Any recommendations? I'd be willing to run stuff form the command
> line, if necessary.

ISORecorder page (with general instructions on use):
http://isorecorder.alexfeinman.com/isorecorder.htm

CDBurnerXP Pro
http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

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

ImgBurn (burn ISO images)
http://www.imgburn.com/

Final Burner Free
http://www.protectedsoft.com/descr_fb.php

BWGBurn
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwgburn

BurnAware FREE Edition
http://www.glorylogic.com/

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

My favorite, by far, is ImgBurn.

http://www.imgburn.com/

Something with a more "friendly" interface is CDBurnerXP Pro.

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/




<n.torrey.pines******.com> wrote in message
news:931c7a59-d641-45a9-b3c6-ce37d640e699@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Is there any decent free/open-source DVD-burning software for XP?
>
> I used to have Nero 6 that came with my DVD burner. Nero worked OK,
> but after a while, started bothering me with "Incredible offer!"
> tooltips - which was disconcerting, since I already owned a copy of
> their software.
>
> Anyway, I can't locate their CD now, so I looked at the alternatives.
>
> InfraRecorder is open-source and kind of works (it's a graphical
> interface to cdtools), but it fails for files larger than 2GB.
>
> Another problem it has is that it saves the huge temporary *.iso to
> disk before burning it (this can be bad on small laptop hard drives)
>
> I think the built-in Microsoft DVD burning software suffers from the
> same problem (Nero did NOT create large temporaries, btw).
>
> Any recommendations? I'd be willing to run stuff form the command
> line, if necessary.

Take a look at the StarBurn. Completely free CD/DVD & Blu-Ray/HD-DVD
burner from
Rocket Division Software. You can read more about it here:

www.rocketdivision.com/starburn.html

Good luck & happy burning!

-Ichiro

P.S. At least few of the tools guys are recommending are build on the
top of the StarBurn SDK :)

On Nov 20, 11:20 pm, n.torrey.pi...******.com wrote:
> Is there any decent free/open-sourceDVD-burningsoftware for XP?
>
> I used to have Nero 6 that came with myDVDburner. Nero worked OK,
> but after a while, started bothering me with "Incredible offer!"
> tooltips - which was disconcerting, since I already owned a copy of
> their software.
>
> Anyway, I can't locate their CD now, so I looked at the alternatives.
>
> InfraRecorder is open-source and kind of works (it's a graphical
> interface to cdtools), but it fails for files larger than 2GB.
>
> Another problem it has is that it saves the huge temporary *.iso to
> disk beforeburningit (this can be bad on small laptop hard drives)
>
> I think the built-in MicrosoftDVDburningsoftware suffers from the
> same problem (Nero did NOT create large temporaries, btw).
>
> Any recommendations? I'd be willing to run stuff form the command
> line, if necessary.