Nero Mix

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Summary: I have this already, it's called media player...
Review: I bought this software looking simply to burn different audio formats to audio cds, a simple task right? Not for Nero Mix... Nero Mix is [in my opinion]essentially a... copy of Microsoft Media Player with fancy graphics and a horrid "Winamp" style interface that conforms to no known windows conventions. After 20 minutes, I am style trying to figure out how get to the part where I can look for my mp3's in a directory and compile them onto a cd. I read a review that said there is crossfading and removal of the 2 second pauses but could only find an option to GLOBALLY remove the pauses and not mix them on a track by track bassis. I can find nothing on crossfading, so much for mixes. The worst part is you can't just select files off your hard disk, you have to make your mixes out of their "Playlists". Also when ripping wave files off of audio cd's it lists them as "Track 1" even though it gathered the info from CDDB. Everything about this software [is bad] so far and I am done messing with it. Buyer beware, you can't return software, no matter how hard it bites...

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Summary: Nero Mix
Review: I got this to make CDs with mp3 files and i haven't been able to make a single CD with it. I tried it on at least 3 computers and they all had a different error reason for it not to burn the CD. I would not buy this again

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Summary: AVOID NERO MIX
Review: just installed mix VERY BUGGY!! AMD k6 Athlon 950 mhz, msi
motherboard, nvidia geforce, win 2k pro. Have nero burning rom,
satisfactory with short comings. problems encountered with mix -
RESOURCE HOG, visualizer in full screen random locks up and freezes control devices such as mouse and esc key. Must ctrl alt del and key scroll to restart - reboot system to solve. can't end task must reboot. VERY ANNOYING. connecting to internet drastically slowed with player running. Do Not Like how icons are replaced with file associations selected, de-select (un-check box) and icons are not restored properly - outlines with no colors. Un install and icons are still not returned to original state, indicating registry corruption. Tried using tweakui rebuild icon - didn't repair.Volume contol now does not use default ding wav with corresponding level to indicate how loud speakers will play, now just gives error boop wav. Does not normalize volume so tracks from different sources have different volume level, requires constant adjusting. VERY ANNOYING. Wish I had not installed. Very disappointed NOT HAPPY. It Now appears that the only way to get my pc back to how it was before NeroMix is to format and reinstall all my programs and files. ... Why do so many program designers (esp. microsoft) release programs long before they will run with just a few glitches vs with major problems. Gotta be greed cause sure do have plenty o cash already! WILL RECOMMEND AVOID INSTALLING MIX TO ALL END USERS.

Signed NOT HAPPY & VERY ANNOYED

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Summary: Burning at the touch of a button
Review: This is the easiest CD burning program I have ever installed, anyone can use this. All instructions are in Plain english. I would recommend this as the number 1 CD burning software to everyone.

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Summary: Burning at the touch of a button
Review: This is the easiest CD burning program I have ever installed, anyone can use this. All instructions are in Plain english. I would recommend this as the number 1 CD burning software to everyone.

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Summary: Nero Mix
Review: this software isnt bad, but its nothing really special about it. its just like nero 5.5 (which i do believe is the best burning software out there) bundled with their version of winamp 2.0 and CDex.... just get 5.5 and programs like these, save a little

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Summary: works, but can get cheaper
Review: this software isnt bad, but its nothing really special about it. its just like nero 5.5 (which i do believe is the best burning software out there) bundled with their version of winamp 2.0 and CDex.... just get 5.5 and programs like these, save a little

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Summary: Awesome software
Review: Very easy to use and very powerfull software.

First, it's a media player, similar to WinAmp and many of these features are found in WinAmp. Very easy to make playlists by just dragging whatever files you want from explorer into the playlist window. You can then save the playlist for later use. I actually dragged my entire rock collection (a few 1000 files) into the playlist. Then saved the playlist and I can now shuffle my whole collection. Use the same concept for Internet radion stations like those on Live 365. You can save the station as a "playlist".

You can edit the ID3 tags of your MP3 files, though it's not as full featured as some shareware I've used.

Burning is what you'd expect from Nero. Fast and perfect (helps if you have a burn-proof burner of course). With just a couple clicks, I can burn my whole playlist as either a regular CD or as a data CD. You can also make your own data CD compilations with a similar interface to regular Nero. Not sure what the other poster was talking about with ripping tracks. My rips have full Artist and title descriptions in the filename although it lacks advanced naming conventions such as track number and album (that I can see so far).

MP3Pro encoding is very fast and the quality is excellent. You do have to pay extra for the encoder, but it's worth it.

I'd highly recommend downloading the free update from Nero's web site as it adds a lot of functionality and options.

All in all, you can do all these things with other software, but I find Nero Mix a good place to put it all under one roof so to speak. I hope they add advanced filename generation and ID3 tag generation, but those are minor nitpicks.