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The state of modern Compact Disc (CD) and Digital Versatile Disc burning software is VERY SAD. For such a simple task there is an array of clungy, bloated, and unstable commercial software products, most notably, Roxio and Nero. The state of modern Compact Disc (CD) and Digital Versatile Disc burning software is VERY SAD. For such a simple task there is an array of clungy, bloated, and unstable commercial software products, most notably, Roxio and Nero. The technology itself, from the hardware layer to the software is non-progressive and unimpressive. It is interesting to note that Apple probably has an edge in this technology. CD and DVD authoring should be as simple as drop in the disc and click though a simple, uncluttered menu. Errors or unreadable disks should not freeze the operating system and cause the system to become unresponsive. The industry just isn't there yet, and the destination doesn't even appear to be within sight. So here we are then, and we must make do with what's available. The following is a rundown of CD and DVD authoring software including both commercial and freeware.*Windows XP, Windows Vista[[Image:20star.png]]| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to DVD'''| YES||YES||NO||NO||NO| YES||YES||NO||NO||NO||NO| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to DVD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Disk 2 Disk'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Photo CD'''| NO||NO||NO||YES*||NO| NO||NO||NO||YES*||NO||NO[[Image:4star.png]]ISO Recorder is a tool (power toy) for Windows XP, 2003 and now Windows Vista, that allows (depending on the Windows version) to burn CD and DVD images. Since the very beginning ISO Recorder has been a free tool (for personal use). It is recommended by MSDN download site. The installer is an msi file. It adds a burn option to the standard windows explorer shell menu.ISO Recorder is a tool (power toy) for Windows XP, 2003 and now Windows Vista, that allows (depending on the Windows version) to burn CD and DVD images. Since the very beginning ISO Recorder has been a free tool (for personal use). It is recommended by MSDN download site. The installer is an msi file. It adds a burn option to the standard windows explorer shell menu. ISO Recorder can be used in combination with Microsoft Windows XP Built-In Burning Software to provide a more complete set of capabilities from directly from the Windows XP operating system without the need for 3rd party burning software. ISO Recorder can be used in combination with Microsoft Windows XP Built-In Burning Software to provide a more complete set of capabilities from directly from the Windows XP operating system without the need for 3rd party burning software.ISO recorder is very stable. The program is small, efficient, and completely intuitive. Currently there is a Vista only version that will allow ISO to DVD. It could easily receive a 5 star rating if it had more capabilities. Since Vista has built in DRM, and is such a resource hog, it hardly warrants the upgrade. The developer of ISO Recorder should be encouraged to make the XP version write to DVD. It would also be nice if it had files to CD or DVD functionality. | align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to DVD'''| NO||NO||YES||YES||YES| NO||NO||YES||YES||YES||NO| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to DVD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Disk 2 Disk'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Photo CD'''| NO||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A| N/A||N/A||YES||N/A||N/A||N/A[[Image:15star.png]]| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to DVD'''| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES||YES| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to DVD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Disk 2 Disk'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Photo CD'''| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES||YES[[Image:05star.png]]| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to DVD'''| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES||YES| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to DVD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Disk 2 Disk'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Photo CD'''| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES| YES||YES||YES||YES||?||YES* Windows XP, other?[[Image:15star.png]]* Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 Server* No adware or restrictionsThe interface look like a less refined copy of and old Nero burning Rom. The interface is clean, and all of the basic features are present. The screen flickers when dragging windows within the application. CDBurnerXP currently does not support burning with the UDF filesystem, which is needed for some DVD players to work. CDBurnerXP does not contain adware nor spyware nor any other restrictions. It is absolutely free. You can overburn with this software too, just add as much data to CD layout as possible and start burning (ignore warning messages if any).During the test the software would lot allow an ISO image to be written to disc faster than 2x, even though the drive was capable of much higher speeds. There were errors during the burn attempt also.| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to DVD'''| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES||YES| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Bootable CD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Bootable DVD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Disk 2 Disk'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Audio'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''VCD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Photo CD'''|- align="center"| YES||YES||NO*||YES||?||?|}<nowiki>* Vendor claims capability exists, however, not present in software.</nowiki> == [http://www.deepburner.com/ DeepBurner Free] ==[[Image:3star.png]]* Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XPThis is a highly stable, lightweight, efficient little program for burning CD's and DVD's. All operations start with a wizard. This software will let you author Data/Audio/Video CDs, all types of DVDs, composing photo albums and even burning backups. There are two versions of DeepBurner - DeepBurner Free and DeepBurner Pro. {| border=1 cellspacing=0 {{table}}| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Files to CD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Files to DVD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''CD to ISO'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''DVD to ISO'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to CD'''|- align="center"| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES||YES|- align="center"| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Disk 2 Disk'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Photo CD'''| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES| YES||YES||NO||YES||NO||NO == [http://www.deepburner.com/ DeepBurner Pro] ==[[Image:Xstar.png]]This is a highly stable, lightweight, efficient little program for burning CD's and DVD's. All operations start with a wizard. This software will let you author Data/Audio/Video CDs, all types of DVDs, composing photo albums and even burning backups. There are two versions of DeepBurner - DeepBurner Free and DeepBurner Pro. {| border=1 cellspacing=0 {{table}}| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Files to CD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Files to DVD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''CD to ISO'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''DVD to ISO'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to CD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''ISO to DVD'''|- align="center"| YES||YES||YES||YES||YES||YES|- align="center"| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Bootable CD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Bootable DVD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Disk 2 Disk'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Audio'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''VCD'''| align="center" width=122 style="background:#f0f0ff;"|'''Photo CD'''|- align="center"| YES||YES||YES||YES||NO||YES|}