# DVD burning software suggestions please.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-suggestions-please/481104>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 13, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-suggestions-please/481104 "2009-01-13T16:01:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-suggestions-please/481104/1 "2009-01-13T16:01:37Z")

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I just added a DVD burner to my computer. I have tried many of the features but something I don’t care for is the software that was supplied with the burner. It came with a trial version of Nero 7. Along with this is a constant reminder that I can upgrade to Nero 9 for $60, a $30 savings over the regular suggested price. I already had Nero 5 on my system and found it worked great for burning CD’s, Nero 7 is absolutely glacial compared to 5 when performing the same tasks. Plus 7 added a bunch of other stuff I don’t want. To keep Nero 7 without upgrading will cost me $40.

What I am looking for is suggestions for software to used to burn DVD’s and CD’s. Cost is really no object, I am willing to pay for something that works. My burner has LightScribe capabilities so I would like software that supports this too. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-suggestions-please/481104/2 "2009-01-13T16:34:58Z")

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[StarBurn](http://www.rocketdivision.com/download_starburn.html) No LightScribe capabilities that I know of. The other features make this well worth using.

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**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-suggestions-please/481104/3 "2009-01-13T17:11:22Z")

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You can also get a light scribe software “light” package for free direct from the lightscribe people. I prefer to use that over Nero 9’s light scribe burning software which is a convoluted user unfriendly mess.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-suggestions-please/481104/4 "2009-01-13T18:36:41Z")

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I recently began using [CDBurnerXP](http://cdburnerxp.se/). It’s free, works fine, and isn’t bloatware like Nero and whatever the latest Roxio product is called.

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**Author:** ![larsenmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvd-burning-software-suggestions-please/481104/5 "2009-01-13T19:38:15Z")

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> [@VinylTurnip](#):
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> I recently began using [CDBurnerXP](http://cdburnerxp.se/). It’s free, works fine, and isn’t bloatware like Nero and whatever the latest Roxio product is called.

Seconded. When using windows CDBurnerXP is awesome.