CD writer software question.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - CD writer software question.

Posted: 7/1/2001 3:41:59 PM EDT

Does anyone have a suggestion for a good reliable downloadable software for a CD burner. I have an ACER writer that came with HOTBURN software. I cannot begin to tell you what a piece of crap the software is. I tried going to their web site to see if there is an upgrade because I can't get the damn thing to copy a cd. Surprise surprise..their website is gone. I hope the bank took those pricks for everything they had and then some. I paid good bucks for a brand name burner and get s**t for software.

Posted: 7/1/2001 3:51:51 PM EDT

[#1]

We've had a big go-round at work on this issue. We settled for Easy CD Creator 5 as it has all of the upgrades and from our experience works well creating CD's that can be used by a variety of machines. Only drawback is you have to pay for it. Some discounters were letting it go for ~$70.00. See Roxio.com

HTH....Geno

Posted: 7/1/2001 3:52:52 PM EDT

[#2]

Not downloadable, but I have Roxio Easy CD creator 5. I found the software at Office Depot. About $50, if remember right.

Easy to use, at least for my limited skills.

Posted: 7/1/2001 3:54:15 PM EDT

[#3]

I concur with Easy-CD 5.0

Posted: 7/1/2001 4:10:59 PM EDT

[#4]

Thank's guys. I'll take a look around these parts for it.

Posted: 7/1/2001 6:22:37 PM EDT

[#5]

Striker,
Do a search for Nero ver. 5 , its a freeware prog with the normal restrictions of only 1x. You can also find the Fozi version out there if you look.

Ai

Posted: 7/1/2001 6:28:26 PM EDT

[#6]

I 2nd the vote for Nero. Over that last few years I've used most CD-R burning programs and Nero is superior.

Posted: 7/1/2001 6:34:22 PM EDT

[#7]

I have heard good things about nero, but have never used it. Ez Cd creator is very good also, you may be able to find a copy of 4 if you chack out the bargin bins ( I use v.4.51c on a nearly daily basis and it is very stable). If you have Win2000 or have any plans to go to it, however, you will want to get ver 5....

Posted: 7/1/2001 6:44:11 PM EDT

[#8]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm downloading Nero v5.5 as I type. My free advice for today. Don't ever buy anything made by ASIMWARE. They made the hotburn program. I'm taking the program CD to the range on my next trip and "hotburn" it with some lead.

Posted: 7/1/2001 7:49:28 PM EDT

[#9]

I use CDRWIN. Look at the supported devices section to see if your burner is supported [url]http://www.goldenhawk.com[/url] It is $39 bucks if you want it.

Posted: 7/1/2001 10:43:59 PM EDT

[#10]

You guys will probably laugh at me, but I've been burning CD's for 6 years using a Philips 2600 external SCSI burner and the original CD Creator on a Pentium 90 with 64 MB RAM running Windows 95. Never had a buffer underrun in 6 years. How's that for old fashioned?

Posted: 7/1/2001 10:53:32 PM EDT

[#11]

I should hope not with a double-speed drive. Now, with a 16X drive... :)

The best burners on the market are the Plextors, BTW. They can handle every CD format out there, and work with Clone CD, which means they can copy "copy-protected" CDs correctly.

-Troy

Posted: 7/1/2001 11:01:00 PM EDT

[#12]

NERO is the King! And Hotburn is bundled with Sony products now. The last upgrade I ran across was 2.1. go to Sonys site and look around for an upgrade.

Posted: 7/2/2001 5:18:35 AM EDT

[#13]

Another vote for Easy CD Creator 5.

If, you suspect your Acer burner might be part of the problem, and your thinking of a new burner, the Yamaha 16/10/40 comes bundled with Easy CD Creator 5: No more coasters.

Jay
Arizona

Posted: 7/2/2001 5:26:25 AM EDT

[#14]

Well I just made 2 copies of the a cd using the Nero V5.5 demo. No problem at all. My burner is only 7 months old so I don't think it is the problem. My software has been screwed since day one but I don't use the burner that much so I just kept whacking the tower when I used it.[;)] Thanks for all the help guy's. My .2¢ on HOTBURN. It's worse then crap.[:(!] But it looks cool.

Posted: 7/2/2001 5:59:50 AM EDT

[#15]

I concur with Troy. When you absolutely need to make a backup copy for offsite storage of a difficult to copy CD, Clone CD gets the vote. In addition to Plextor, HP CD Writers are also capable of reading subchannel data mask. A Panasonic or a Toshiba will skip right over it and your backup copy won't work.

Posted: 7/2/2001 6:04:27 AM EDT

[#16]

Wadman..will an ATAPI CD-R/RW 8x4x32 skip those ?

Posted: 7/2/2001 7:45:11 AM EDT

[#17]

Striker,

It wasn't so much the type of R/RW as it was the brand. The Panasonic was an ATAPI R/RW and skipped right over it. In fact, my Toshiba 32x CDROM skips right over too so I had to use the HP for both functions. You'd need a drive capable of both reading and writing the subchannel. Apparantly, two brands capable of reading it are HP and Plextor. You'd need to use that drive to both read it to disk, then put in your blank and begin writing.

Oops, in reading the following replies, I now undstand what you were asking. Okay, all my burning has been done using ATAPI drives. Easy Creator would not allow for subchannel reading/writing and neither would the Panasonic ATAPI burner.

Posted: 7/2/2001 8:12:32 AM EDT

[#18]

I have used both Nero and Easy CD creator (several versions) And I like them both. I have a version of nero that does higher speeds, but is limited to use with Smart and Friendly CD writer.

Posted: 7/2/2001 11:43:36 AM EDT

[#19]

Yeah, but at the time buffer underruns were a common problem using 2x writers on IDE systems. If you had SCSI you were okay, but IDE could not feed the writer enough data -- not even for 2x.

Posted: 7/2/2001 12:21:59 PM EDT

[#20]

Striker,

EZCD 5 is great for all around burning and probably your best bet for ease of use, etc.

I've used just about everything, and burn with both Creator5 and CDRWin. In my younger days I used to do a LOT of this, and found that certain programs were great for certain types of copy protections. I'm sure Creator5 will be your best bet!

The brand AND model make a considerable differnce since certain Burners have newer burn protection built in which eliminates all the classic buffer underrun errors of the past and thus makes IDE drives worth buying. (With this built in protection of course! Otherwise, IDE = CRAPOLA!) I myself have NEVER bought an IDE burner. I'm old school, what can I say...

I am also a big fan of Plextor and highly recommend their drives above all else.

-- GB

Keep in mind that you will need a CD Burning Translator to convert the CDs from English to Canadianese!!! TAKE OFF YOU HOSER!!! ]=)

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