# Free DVD burning program?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dvd-burning-program/237919>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 2, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dvd-burning-program/237919 "2004-04-02T17:19:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dvd-burning-program/237919/1 "2004-04-02T17:19:47Z")

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Heh, I bought a DVD burner a couple months ago and it came with the free software to burn. I installed it but there were driver issues with my Roxio 5.0 and I wasn’t ready to give up burning CDs to burn the occassional DVD so I removed the program. Well, I’ve got a better program for burning CDs and I was going to remove Roxio and reload the DVD burning program but I seem to have hidden the disc from myself.  
I’d hate to have to buy a program that I’ve already kind of bought (since it came with the drive). So are there any good programs out there for free (Without spyware)?

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**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dvd-burning-program/237919/2 "2004-04-02T19:09:23Z")

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I use DeepBurner, which works great for my needs. It only burns files though. If you want to author a disc (create menus, etc.) you need another program, then you’d author it to the HD and burn it with something like DeepBurner.

Obligatory link to [www.dvdrhelp.com](http://www.dvdrhelp.com) which is a great resource.