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Summary: Problems using nero 6.3 on W2000 SP4 machine
Review: I have a 750mhz p-4, with w2000 sp4) Downloaded an earlier version of NERO and liked it fine. Then, downloaded 6.3, the latest version, and here is what happened: Launched NERO by clicking on the NERO icon on desktop, and almost 30 seconds later, the NERO menu screen appeared...so it took about 30 seconds to launch the program. Actual burning went ok, and I then closed the program, but noticed my mouse was taking forever to move, so looked at task manager and saw a process running that was using 99% of my CPU (750mhz P-4). no nero application was running, but as best as I could tell, the renegade task came about from launching nero. This process would not kill using task manager, so I rebooted...still the process was there..I then decided to uninstall NERO, figuring that doing this and rebooting would kill the process, and the NERO uninstaller would not let me uninstall..saying 'files need updating' in an error box, advising to 'update nero files' whatever that meant. Rebooted again, task still running. Then, a few mins later, the task stopped on its own and I then was able to successfully uninstall nero 6.3. I'm afraid to reinstall it quite frankly. I let NERO know about this, but had not gotten a response as of 12/29. My computer has nothing strange on it other than w2000 SP4, browser, real player, and OFFICE and WMP. I had an earlier version of nero and never had this process problem. My guess is that at least on my machine nero 6.3 launches a process that will not terminate; also that it takes 30 seconds to launch is weird.
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Summary: Well it's better than Roxio at least it doesn't destroy 2000
Review: I picked this up after having a terrible experience with Roxio.Its better but you have to download the updates before using the software. The neroMix sucks and the visualization application doesn't work when you click on the button to make it work it says on but nothing happens. I uninstalled this off my computer. Basically a lot of software out there add in a bunch of other software instead of focusing on what they do well ie burrning software or viedo stuff etc...........
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Summary: still lacking
Review: For people who like to make audio mixes:
The crossfade feature for burning audio CDs could be much better like in Easy CD Creator, it doesn't have many options or settings and doesn't have a preview option so it's all guess work, and the Nero SoundTrax program (which seems to have more crossfade options) doesn't appear to extract digital audio from CDs which would be nice rather than having to extract it with the basic burning program and save it as wav files, then open soundtrax and build a compilation. Would like to have one audio burning program that doees it all. Maybe I will give Easy CD Creator 6 a try, though people don't seem very happy with it either...
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Summary: You're on your own
Review: No technical support (I had to wait 5 days for help with an installation problem - email is your only free support option), wizard-based interface looks nothing like any other Windows program you've used, confusing array of separate programs with no integration except for the wizard front-end, inadequate documentation, lack of flexibility in naming files and determining file locations, etc. I'm not impressed. At least Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator ships with a manual though it too suffers from a lack of integration of separate programs.
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Summary: Buy this and install upgrades
Review: I upgraded to this from an OEM version I got with a CD drive. I recently bought a DVD and the software that came with it from Roxio caused Windows Explorer to not allow the right mouse button to function. My tech support provider recommended Nero, and I am happy so far. Be sure to download all the upgrades before using it.
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Summary: Reviewer of the Reviews...I'm confused
Review: I don't get it, how can there be such a wide disparity between experiances with Nero? It almost makes me think there are the real reports and then there is the competition trying to snatch the users away for their competitor. I asked for Nero for Christmas and now I don't know if I want it (mainly for recording family videos to DVD) or if I should not open the box and return it for something else????? I put 3 stars on the rating because something had to be there. Help
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Summary: Note of Caution Before Purchasing OEM version of Nero6
Review: I recently purchased an "OEM" version of this software, which I am seeing many resellers posting here on Amazon at about half retail price. If you're considering opting for that, note that this is NOT the same as the full retail version, although you'd really have to dig (as I did) to discover the differences. Only in the PDF help files which appear after the installation will you see the difference explained. First, and very importantly, the OEM will not support MP3 encoding of any kind. You can't rip any of your CDs with this software, and there isn't a patch available from Nero which will let you do so. Note that Nero will mention on their website that the MP3 encoder patch will work with versions "higher than 5.5", but even though the OEM is technically v.6., it isn't compatible. I wasted 20 bucks learning this lesson. Second, OEM has only the "Nero Express" interface. Nice enough, but clunky for power users used to the old v.5 look. If your needs are very basic, OEM Nero will work fine for you. I'm running it on XP and haven't encountered any bugs yet. But if you're ripping a lot of music to MP3, better get the full retail version or download a different encoder. Thankfully, the resellers on Amazon are itentifying their copy as OEM.
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Summary: It's getting better...
Review: In my original review of this software last month, I was very disappointed...it seemed more like a beta release, with several annoying bugs. I still can't help but feel that Ahead Software is using its customers as beta testers...several builds of this product have been released since I found about it in December, reminding me of my experience as a CompuServe beta tester a couple of years ago. Nero Ultra Edition is getting more polished as a result though. I could not set up the video capture function as of my last review--only a sliver of the audio/video setup windows would display at the far left of the monitor screen, and dragging that sliver was impossible. This was corrected in a recent build, and video capture now works acceptably. I was a bit annoyed to discover that the Nero burning ROM adds a two second pregap automatically to all files compiled for burning to a music CD. The only way to remove them, it seemed, was to highlight each file to remove the pregap--each time you did a burn. I have since discovered that Ultra Edition offers a second, more streamlined burning program called Nero Express--it includes a handy box that can be checked to prevent those pregaps from being inserted. The newest build, as with the first one that I tried, still cuts off the final split second of wave or mp3 files selected for burning to CD. No problem if those files contain silence at the end, but a major annoyance if the tracks that you're trying to burn are meant to play back as a continuous performance. Nero cannot replace the RecordNow DX software that came with my Sony DVD-RW drive because of this--RecordNow DX will burn a continuous performance properly onto CD. As a video editor, Nero Ultra Edition is fairly quick/easy to use--a major improvement over the ArcSoft Showbiz program that came bundled with my Sony drive, which is agonizingly slow/limited. Nero Ultra Edition offers a video encoding option called Nero Digital, and it does a splendid job condensing non-encrypted MPEG-2 files into the MPEG-4 format, with surprisingly little loss in quality. I tried this option last night for the first time--the original video occupied over 4 gigs of hard drive space, the Nero Digital version clocked in a little under 700 megs--easily stored onto a standard CD-R. There is an occasional lack of smoothness in the converted video, and some visible digital artifacts, but it's a minor trade-off compared to the space saved. Video quality is still quite high, astonishingly so. Sound quality was excellent, indistinguishable from the original. I could not get the converted file to play back using Windows Media Player, or the current free MPEG-4 player available from divx.com. The Showtime player that comes with Nero could, of course, play the video, and I also had success playing it with the newest free version of Quicktime. I was very disappointed in this title last month, ready to give up on it--but I was impressed with the contents/potential enough to keep trying the updated versions that have been appearing on the Ahead website. I still feel that Ahead should have performed more testing before rushing this product to market, but I'm pleased enough with the current build's video prowess to consider purchasing in the near future.
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Summary: RIP-OFF Ultra Edition
Review: Nero has put out a good product in the past, but this version is bug riddled. I have spent hours putting together a project to have Nero crash and wipe out everything. This has happened several times until I just quit using it.
It looks like they were in a big hurry with the competition so they put out an inferior product to beat deadlines. I'm sure they will work out the bugs later or just put out version 7, which might have all the bugs fixed. Just like vehicles, some year models are better than others. This just might be an off-year for Nero.
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Summary: Great buy
Review: I have always used Adaptec/Roxio but that has now changed. Nero 6 Ultra has made a believer out of me. Within only minutes of loading it I was backing up data to DVD and creating a movie DVD complete with menus. I never did get Roxio 6 to work without errors or creating a coaster out of my discs. I have been converted and so should you.
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