Burnatonce can master data and audio discs, read/write image files and copy on the fly. It’s drag and drop interface has multi-language support and is fully compatible with XP themes. Multisession and bootable disc mastering is supported as well as long filename support using Joliet, Long Joliet and Rockridge. Extra long filename support is provided with the ISO9660:1999 and UDF filesystems. Audio discs can be compiled from wav, mp3, mp2, ogg and flac files as standard while support for other audio formats can be added optionally. CD-Text can be written from the built in editor, imported from freedb, read from media tags or extracted from filenames. Pauses between tracks can also be set as silence, pregap or postgap of varying lengths.

Author: Jamie Osborne
License: Freeware

Burn audio CDs the easy way! Burrrn is a little tool for creating audio CDs with CD-Text from various audio files. Supported formats are: wav, mp3, mpc, ogg, aac, mp4, ape, flac, ofr, wv, tta, m3u, pls and fpl playlists and cue sheets. You can also burn EAC’s noncompliant image + cue sheets! Burrrn can read all types of tags from all these formats (including ape tags in mp3). Burrrn uses cdrdao.exe for burning.

Author: Matus Vojtek
License: Freeware

DAEMON Tools is a virtual cd/dvd-rom emulator. It supports nearly all known copy protections on the market today, making it possible to run your software from hard drive rather than the CD/DVD. This has several advantages:

• Performance is greatly improved. Hard drives are a lot faster than DVD/CD drives. This also reduces the wear and tear of the CD/DVD drive
• You can run your software even without a CD/DVD drive! This is most useful if you have a light weight laptop.
• Especially convenient for gaming as you do not need the original game CD/DVD to start playing!

Author: DT Soft Ltd.
License: Freeware (optional Adware)

DAEMON Tools Pro - is professional version of DAEMON Tools, which is the worldwide most popular application for CD/DVD multimedia emulation and proven and tested by tens of millions users throughout the whole world. DAEMON Tools Pro is now capable to make CD/DVD images. You can protect your virtual CD/DVDs with a password.

• Want to avoid risk of scratching or losing your favorite computer games CD/DVD discs?
• Want to load and play your games faster?

DAEMON Tools Pro converts your computer games CD/DVD discs into “virtual discs” or so called “disc image” files, which run directly on your hard drive. This protects original CD/DVD discs from loss, theft, and damage, plus a virtual disc has much better access rates than a physical CD/DVD disc in a physical CD/DVD ROM drive because the reading speed of a virtual CD/DVD-ROM is 200x faster compared to normal CD/DVD drive.

No more CD/DVD drive noise. DAEMON Tools enabling you to use your CD/DVD images as if they were already burned to CD/DVD. With DAEMON Tools Pro you would receive up to 32 virtual drives that behave just like the “real” physical CD/DVD drives.

Author: DT Soft Ltd.
License: Shareware

Easy CD-DA Extractor is a music converter that copies music CDs, converts music files from one format to another, and burns music CDs, MP3 CDs, WMA CDs, and regular Data CDs.

Supports all popular audio file formats such as 3G2, 3GP, MP1, MP2, MP3, Windows Media Audio, Ogg Vorbis, MP4, M4A (AAC and Apple Lossless), AAC, aacPlus (HE-AAC, AAC+, HE-AAC+PS, eAAC+), FLAC, Musepack, WavPack, WAV, AIFF, Monkey’s Audio, CUE and M3U.

Easy CD-DA Extractor is a four-in-one software that includes the following modules:1) Audio CD Ripper

Rips audio CDs with accurate, secure, high-performance CD ripping engine. Bypasses ‘copy-protections’. Reads CDs that are in bad condition and reports possible errors on the disc. Automatically downloads disc information such as Artist, Track Titles, etc, and Cover Art image from the Internet. Allows editing of ID3/metadata and can embed advanced metadata fields such as Cover Art image to the files. Includes advanced audio processing features such as Peak Level Normalization, RMS Normalization, and Fade In/Out.

2) Audio File Format Converter

Music Converter - Converts audio files from one format to another. Allows editing of ID3/metadata and can embed advanced metadata fields such as Cover Art image to the files. Cover Art images can be downloaded from the Internet using the brilliant ‘Amazon Search’ feature. Can perform advanced audio processing such as Peak Level Normalization, RMS Normalization, and Fade In/Out.

3) Audio CD Creator

Writes Audio CDs that are compatible with all home/car CD-players. Burns Audio CDs on-the-fly from all audio file formats. Writes CD-Text (a CD-Text compatible CD-player can display the track titles while playing the CD).BURN-Proof enabled for error-free CD burning.

4) MP3/WMA CD Creator

Writes MP3 CDs and WMA CDs that are playable on a CD/DVD-player that supports the feature. MP3 and WMA CDs can also be played on a regular CD-ROM drive of a computer. Supports long JOLIET-filenames. Can also be used to write standard Data CDs. BURN-Proof enabled for error-free CD burning.
Author: Poikosoft

License: Shareware

Feurio! is an integrated software for creating audio CDs (especially samplers) for PCs with Windows NT? or Windows 95/98?. Feurio! combines “Audio Grabbing” (digitally reading of an audio CD), a database for CDs (including CDDB support), a CD and Wave player, a simple Wave Editor and a CD Writer.

Feurio! has real multitasking: While burning a CD, the next CD can be read. If you have more than one CD-Rom, data can be read from multiple CDs at the same time; during reading the tracks already read can be edited. Feurio! manages any number of projects (=CDs). Individual tracks can be freely copied to and from the projects, also the oder of the tracks can be modified easily.

Author: Jens Fangmeier
License: Shareware, unlimited trial

ImgBurn carries on from where DVD Decrypter left off! (Well, for the burning part anyway!) ImgBurn can write most types of CD / DVD images and it supports all the latest writers (including booktype / bitsetting on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, NEC, Plextor, Sony). You can even use ImgBurn to erase / format your rewritable media!

ImgBurn will try its very best to burn your DVD-Video double layer images using the layer break you’ve specified in the IFO files, but it can also calculate the best place for you, to save you the trouble. Advanced functionality can be found in context menus that appear when you right click on various bits of the user interface.

ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.

It supports Unicode folder/file names, so you shouldn’t run in to any problems if you’re using an international character set.

ImgBurn supports all the Windows OS’s - Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista (including all the 64-bit versions). If you use Wine, it should also run on Linux and other x86-based Unixes.

It’s a very flexible application with several advanced features that are often lacking in other tools, especially when it comes to burning DVD Video discs. It supports all the latest drives without the need for updates (including booktype / bitsetting / advanced settings on many of the major ones - i.e. BenQ, LiteOn, LG, NEC, Plextor, Samsung, Sony).

There is an image queue system for when you’re burning several images (which you can automatically share between multiple drives if you have more than one) and an easy-to-use layer break selection screen for double layer DVD Video jobs. The Automatic Write Speed feature allows you store your favourite burn speed settings on a per ‘Media ID’ basis, right down to a drive by drive level. Data captured during the burn (write speed, buffer levels etc) can be displayed / analysed using DVDInfoPro.

Whilst ImgBurn is designed to work perfectly straight out of the box, advanced users will appreciate just how configurable it is.

Oh and let’s not forget the best thing about it…. it’s 100% FREE

Author: Lightning UK!
License: Freeware

Nero 7 Lite is a customized installer for Nero 7. The content of this installer is reduced in comparison to the oriniginal Nero 7, including only the really important features of the software suite. Nero 7 Lite also includes the MauSau’s Nero Audio Plugins preinstalled. At the software homepage you can also find even stripped down edition Nero 7 Micro.

Nero Lite pack contains:

• Nero Burning Rom (with VideoCD Support and MauSau Audio Plug-ins)
• Nero Express
• Nero CoverDesigner
• Nero WaveEditor
• Nero Toolkit

You must have a valid Nero 7 serial to use this installer.
Author: updatepack.nl
License: Shareware

Nero 8, the newest version of the world’s best-selling multimedia suite, brings the digital world to your PC. Now it’s easy to organize and manage all your multimedia files, as well as create and edit new digital content. Nero’s sleek design and user-friendly tools make completing projects fun and enjoyable.

• Direct access to all features from the project launcher
• High Definition format support
• Xbox 360™ and PlayStation® 3 streaming features
• Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD burning support
• SecurDisc data protection support
• Copy a disc with just one click
• Graphics optimized for Windows Vista™
• Continual free updates

Author: Nero
License: Shareware

Graphically and structurally enhanced, the user interface of this standard benchmarking tool for CD, DVD and Blu-ray drives allows all key functions, such as Benchmark, DiscInfo, DiscQuality and ScanDisc, to be directly accessed and managed through tabs in the main window.

Thanks to specific error messages, test results permit greater differentiation. For example, ScanDisc now also detects C1/C2 and PI/PO errors and organizes the results by track (audio CD), chapter (video DVD) or file (data disk), making it significantly easier to locate defective data. Disk content data available under DiscInfo was also expanded to include information on physical formats and the number of layers or sessions. With a click of the mouse, the results can be copied to the clipboard as a text or as HTML.

You can publish your Nero CD-DVD Speed test results online at BitBurners.com MediaBase (no registration needed), study the test results made by others in the comprehensive database.

Author: Erik Deppe / Nero
License: Freeware
Download: Click here!

ONES has been designed to meet the needs of both beginners and experienced users alike, thanks to its intuitive and user-friendly interface. ONES is different from other CD/DVD burning software as it uses an innovative new recording technology which means that it can function with any existing or future CD/DVD recorder. Updates are no longer necessary. ONES is fully compatible with Windows Vista. ONES is based on the Prassi Zulu recording engine.

• Dynamic interface for both beginners and power users.
• Burn easily DVD Video, DVD ROM, Audio CD, CD Rom, CD Extra, Video CD and much more…
• User is shielded to make setting mistakes.
• Totally Driverless Application; no frequent download updates are needed.
• Create easily Audio compilations from MP3, WMA or WAV.
• Easy and understandable Overburning.
• Full support of CD-R 100 Min.
• True recording speed.
• DVD Native application open to all new DVD standards.

Author: TX-Software
License: Shareware

PerfectRip is the true cloning and ripping tool for exigent users. PerfectRip allows CDDA, CD+G, CD-ROM (incl. PSX+Audio) imaging with fully compliant cuesheet generation, making images ready to burn in Golden Hawk Technology CDRWin or any other cuesheet compatible burning program. PerfectRip allows above mentioned disc formats to be backed up in SlySoft CloneCD image style also.

PerfectRip gives you control over ripping speed and lets you increase it by supressing subs when you don’t need them. PerfectRip is able to tweak all copyright flags, including SCMS, so you can have the flag you want on the replica. PerfectRip lets you make full and proper use of the C2 pointer feature (”secure mode”) of your drive, giving you a report locating the exact offset of the error so you can mute, hold or average (linear interpolation) at post-processing stage. PerfectRip has a complete and open offset correction engine, it corrects main channel read and write, subchannel manual and auto and C2 report.

Author: H&H softwerx
License:Freeware, donations accepted