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Open source CD/DVD burners
By Martin English | October 9, 2007
While Windows XP and Vista include some basic CD and DVD authoring features, these two tools are about as full-featured as many commercial applications out there. And they’re free.
CDBurnerXP is not just a CD burning application for Windows XP. It’s actually one of the most full featured free CD and DVD burning utilities you’re likely to find for Windows 2000/XP/Vista. CDBurnerXP 4 was recently released, and it has some impressive new features:
- Support for burning Blu-Ray, HD-DVD, and Double layer DVDs
- Support for FLAC audio files
- Disc to Disc copy for audio and data
- Save discs and compilations as ISO files
- Support for WPL playlists
InfraRecorder is an open source utility that doesn’t skimp on features or accessibility. Once installed, you’ll notice you can either launch InfraRecorder or InfraExpress. The latter version features a slimmed down interface with wizards for burning data, audio, and video discs. It’s sort of InfraRecorder for dummies. The full feature gives you a ton of options that might confuse folks used to using Nero Smart Start. A few of the things you can do with InfraRecorder:
- Create data, audio, video, and mixed-mode discs
- Record dual-layer DVDs
- Four methods for erasing discs
- Record disc images (ISO and BIN/CUE)
- Scan SCSI/IDE bus for devices and capabilities
- Create disc copies using temporary disc image
- Import session data from multi-session discs and add more sessions
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