Nero Alternative

[Pepp77]

What would be the best free alternative to Nero Burning Rom.

All I will need to do with it is burn data cds/dvds, burn mp3 cds and burn dvd files to dvds so they play in standalone players.

Cheers

[Gav]

ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/)

[marsey99]

imgburn is the best free but i really like ashampoo as its like what nero was before it was filled with all the bloatware.

[Pancake]

imgburn is the best free but i really like ashampoo as its like what nero was before it was filled with all the bloatware.

Try Nero 10, its much better than 8 and 9. I just started using it from Nero 7

[Lorem-Ipsum]

I really like Infrarecorder (http://infrarecorder.org/?page_id=5)

[joker3327]

CDBurnerXP has never let me down or made coasters!

http://cdburnerxp.se/

[Pepp77]

Thanks for the replies guys, think I'll give ImgBurn a try.

[marsey99]

Try Nero 10, its much better than 8 and 9. I just started using it from Nero 7

7 was the start of the bloatware, ashampoo is like it carried on from 6, it just burns data to disk.

[estwest7]

Another vote for CDBurnerXP here - it seems very similar to the old Nero Burning Rom. FileHippo has a good CD/DVD Burning section with good shareware and freeware

[Bigian88]

Ashampoo burning studio - quickest and easiest ive used :)

[Burn-IT]

Infrarec portable
but CDburnerXP occasionallly

[BurningFeetMan]

I can fully understand wanting to switch from Nero, the amount of bloatware is horrendous with a different program for each thing to do. I think that powerISO might do what you need, I think its free but that might just be the demo :S

[Marv]

ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/)
Yup, I use imgburn. It's pretty good.

[wonderlust]

Still using Nero 7 here.

I just do a very minimalist install, just Nero burning Rom, Nero Vision and the tools.

[gray.woodford]

use ashampoo, they do a free version
http://download.cnet.com/Ashampoo-Burning-Studio-Free/3000-2646_4-10776287.html

i changed from nero to this as there is no crap with ashampoo, just does it happily :)

If you want to deal with lots of iso files i would use imageburn for that.

[EzyRyder]

CDBurnerXP has never let me down or made coasters!

http://cdburnerxp.se/

That one is really good. I can vouch for it too! :thumb:

[Mr. Grapes]

+1 on imgburn.
simple, and the guy who wrote it is a total CD/DVD-R/RW freak. more minute options than you can imagine yet is totally simple to use. same guy who wrote DVD-Decrypter, but now focuses his efforts on creation. and it's tiny too, no bloat

[Burn-IT]

InfraRecorder Portable is the one I use, because it is portable. Otherwise imgburn.

[Col]

CDBurnerXP has never let me down or made coasters!

http://cdburnerxp.se/
This.

[zaz]

ConvertXtoDVD its rapid for encoding

[sibeer]

For burning ISO, nrg, cue/bin, img, etc then imgburn is the best app free or not.

For a Nero alternative (i.e. data and music disks) then CDBurnerXP is the best.