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NeroBurning ROM 5.5

NeroBurning ROM 5.5

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Nero....
Review: I have XP Pro and Roxio dosen't work! I've added the patches that they have on the web site but my burner didn't work...until I loaded Nero in.I haven't had any problems since then. Wait,I take that back. Nero dosen't recognize my DVD player.But that is sooo small a problem.On the whole I give Nero 5 stars because it burns CDs excellently.I would highly recommend it to anyone having problems with Roxio.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great utility, but still could use a little polish
Review: I downloaded the trial version before buying this from Amazon.com. Overall it is an excellent product.

Of the collection of software, I've largely avoided the Nero Express (with a simplified user interface), Nero Wave Editor, and NeroMediaPlayer. Nero Express is about as annoying and limiting as EZ CD Creator was, Wave Editor (it actually stopped working recently) isn't quite as powerful as Creative Wave Studio that I got with my Soundblaster Live! card, and the MediaPlayer isn't as sophisticated as Musicmatch Jukebox or Windows Media Player. Since the MP3 ripper has a limited-use trial period, I also use Musicmatch Jukebox for that feature.

Where Nero Burning ROM really shines are the buffer underrun protection, good controls over burning data and music CDs, the ability to create and save disc images, and the ability to create and tweak VCD's.

VCD's work well on many DVD players. I can control pauses between tracks, and even create a menu of scenes complete with a background image. It will re-encode MPEG files if needed to the VCD format. I have found burning SVCDs (if your DVD player supports this format) to provide a big improvement in video quality at the cost of larger files.

The only thing I am missing is a status or summary display to show me exactly how many bytes I'm under or over the limit for various blank discs (650Mb, 700Mb, etc.). The only way for me to find out at the moment is to start the Write CD dialog and see if I get a message asking if it's OK to overburn. The Info screen with data listed in KB and MB don't confirm if I'm under or over.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Ok but could do a lot better
Review: Nero is a good program. I was very thrilled with it at first but then shortly after programing it on my computer I began having problems with it. It no longer allowed me to compile my own CD and that was the main purpose of the purchase. Friends of mine have always had the Roxio program installed on their computers, they've loved it and so have I. For a relativly same price I'd rather buy a program that would actually work for more than two months.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great product when it works
Review: I have been using versions of Nero since 1999 and generally it does a *very* good job - much better IMHO than EZCD, it has many useful options and provides good feedback.

I have just however installed it on a Notebook with a combined DVD/CD-RW running XP and while it burns fine it now does not "simulate" at all.

Nero's support are not the speediest to respond to new problems and looking at their site there are many ways to foul it up, I briefly had a TDK 32X drive that really did not get on with it at all well, yet my Wife's TDK 16X on an identical system with the same OS worked - go figure.

In summary it is great if it works but it does not always work - I suggest you *try their Demo version first* before parting with any cash.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fiddling while Rom burns
Review: A decent enough product although it's kinda slow but since I can multitask I was able to bone up on my violin while things burned.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Doesn't Fiddle
Review: I had so much trouble with Roxio Ez-CDC, that I am grateful for anything that works. This one does!

Like many quality European products, it gives the impression of being a bit over-engineered. There are lots of settings, options and other things to twiddle, if you want to dump the wizards. I particularly like the way it handles addition of files to multi-session disks. A checkoff is there to specify that that's what you want, and the resulting "compilation" (!) menu highlights the new file(s). No "Do you want to replace, Yes, No or indifferent" song and dance. One file, inserted into an existing folder works perfectly.

Documentation is a little weak, in my opinion, and I have lang syne given up on _everybody's_ tech support, so that one is a none-issue. The CD Jewel Case labeler works ok, but if it has support for standard label formats, I couldn't find it.

Being not to terribly bright, it took me a few minutes to make the connection between the product's name and its intended purpose. "Rom" is the German spelling for Rome, so who better to burn ROM's than Nero, whether they be media or cities. However, this Nero definitely does not fiddle!

Postscript, in which my enthusuasm is a little more guarded.

I would like InCD to write to CD-R as well as CD-RW. ECDC does so with the further option of formatting the disk to conventional "Joliet" format.

The sound recorder is one of those apps that generates temp files with no thought of deleting them when they are no longer needed. My machine ground to a halt when my 10-gig system partion filled to capacity and crowded out the swap file. Nero Sound Recorder had created 5-gigabytes of temp files!

Moral: Know where your OS has squirreled temp folders and keep them cleaned out.

Otherwise Nero continues to work well for me, although I agree with those who find the interface confusing. WinXP's imbedded CD burner is definitely on the right track, for the casual user.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: WARNING Nerovision Express Burns DVDs with NO sound
Review: Nerovison Express ... ! It should be 0 stars. The only reason I have this usless program is because it came with my CenDyne Internal DVD Recorder DVD-R/RW Drive. First, there was no manual. Then, when you do the DVD burning wizard there is no section for volume or sound. The burned DVDs have no sound ! The help menu has no information on this kind of problem. Also, the question mark links you to Nerovison's web page where there is no help information, no help links, no help web addresses, no technical support ! This is not a good program for beginners. I have no problem burning CDs but I don't use any Nero programs do so.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A really good buy.
Review: Flawless software. You can't do everything with it, but in keeping with user-friendliness, less is often more.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: My nero cd writer refuses to copy
Review: Well sir/madam sorry to let you know that yuh product refuses to work in my computer an i was wondering if you could trouble shoot it or if you would replace it .It says it`s copiny an then when you check the cd there`s nothing on it .So could you please let me know as soon as possible ok . Well actually it was woking an there used to be missing parts of the cd when it was copied as if the cd was skipping. Thank You for your time

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Won't work in Win2k other than under admin privileges
Review: So be warned. And their "customer service" does not apparently know about it because they just wasted alot of my time before a co-worker also using Win2k told me about it.


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