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Title: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Krusty on January 19, 2010, 02:45:33 PM

I've read a few of Skuzzy's comments about Roxio. Lately I haven't been much of a fan m'self, but I use it.

Saw another comment in the 295/5870 thread, and thought I'd start a new topic about it.

Question to Skuzzy (or anybody else?) is: What else would you use to set up CD/DVD projects and burn discs?

Thoughts, suggestions? Non-roxio burning software?

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: ZetaNine on January 19, 2010, 02:49:23 PM

imgburn...I heard...was great

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Skuzzy on January 19, 2010, 03:06:13 PM

Imgburn is a great tool, but it does not have a pretty whiz-bang GUI.  It does not invade your computer like some wild-eyed maniac trying to rule over you.

Nero used to be a good one.  If you are very careful with it, you can install it without it doing too much harm.  It has the pretty GUI most people seem to need.  It started getting bloated after the 6.0 release.

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Spikes on January 19, 2010, 03:09:44 PM

I don't do much burning but I just use Nero...will have to try imgburn.

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Denholm on January 19, 2010, 03:37:20 PM

ImgBurn works great. It's free and more than gets the job done.

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Ghosth on January 19, 2010, 03:49:44 PM

Nero is ok, but I use IMGburn 90% of the time now days.

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Skuzzy on January 19, 2010, 03:54:14 PM

Imgburn is actually shareware.  I hope some of you mooks donate to the cause.  The guy has done a really great job with this software.

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Denholm on January 19, 2010, 04:10:24 PM

Since I can't donate money, I'll take the time to click an advertisement.

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: cattb on January 19, 2010, 04:11:51 PM

I liked Nero up to version 7. I use StarBurn which I installed  from giveawayoftheday giveaway quite some time ago.

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Krusty on January 19, 2010, 04:13:55 PM

I noticed that only new versions of Roxio had support for dual-layer DVD burning.

Does this imgburn support DL? I don't need a "pretty" GUI, but in this day and age I demand there be one. Does it support drag-n-drop for adding files to a project?

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Denholm on January 19, 2010, 04:14:33 PM

Yes and yes.

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Wedge1126 on January 19, 2010, 04:25:57 PM

http://infrarecorder.org/

Free, open source. Created during Google Summer of Code 2006.

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: Fulmar on January 19, 2010, 05:33:16 PM

ImgBurn is what I use.  I also have tried infrarecorder, but much prefer ImgBurn.

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: humble on January 20, 2010, 08:51:19 AM

Quote from: Denholm on January 19, 2010, 03:37:20 PM

ImgBurn works great. It's free and more than gets the job done.

+1

Title: Re: Roxio alternative?
Post by: CRYPTIC on January 20, 2010, 09:06:49 AM

http://forum.dvdfab.com/showthread.php?t=12 (http://forum.dvdfab.com/showthread.php?t=12) This works with ImgBurn and has nice vid to show you how to set up. :aok