Nero Burning ROM, commonly called Nero, is an optical disc authoring program from Nero AG. The software is part of the Nero Multimedia Suite but is also available as a stand-alone product. It is used for burning and copying optical media such as CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray disks. The program also supports the label printing technologies LightScribe and LabelFlash, and can be used to convert audio files into other audio formats.
Nero Burning ROM is a pun in reference to Roman Emperor Nero, who was best known for his association in the Great Fire of Rome. The emperor allegedly fiddled while the city of Rome burned. Also, Rome in German is spelled Rom. The software's logo features a burning Colosseum, although this is an anachronism as it was not built until after Nero's death.[2]
Nero Burning ROM is only available for Microsoft Windows. A Linux-compatible version was available from 2005 to 2012, but it has since been discontinued.[3] In newer versions, media can be added to compilations via the Nero MediaBrowser. Nero AirBurn, a new feature in Nero 2015, enables users to burn media straight from their mobile devices.[4] The latest version is Nero Burning ROM 2017 released in October 2016 including SecurDisc [ru; de] 4.0 with 256-bit encryption.
Nero Burning ROM works with a number of optical disc image formats, including the raw uncompressed image using the ISO9660 standard and Nero's proprietary NRG file format. Depending on the version, additional image formats may be supported. To use non-natively supported formats such as lossless FLAC, Wavpack, and Shorten, additional program modules must be installed. The modules are also known as plug-ins and codecs and are usually free, although Nero AG sells some proprietary video and audio plug-ins. Standard CD images created by Nero products have the filename extension .NRG, but users can also create and burn normal ISO images.
hi i just joined this forum and this my first post. I hope am not posting in the wrong place cause i notice that this forum is for mainly for Imgburn related discussion. However, maybe someone can please help me with the following questions and confusions.
I use NERO 7 as the CD-burning software and recently found that a new version of Nero ASPI Driver (v2.0.1.74) is out. Now I have downloaded this version but don't know what to do next. How do I check the version of the Nero ASPI driver currently installed? Is there a tool for doing that?
I however plan to start using imgburn for most of my CD/DVD burning needs hoping that it offers most (if not all) of the features which Nero offers. I assume that amongst the shareware products Nero is probably the better products as compared with Ashampoo and whatever else is out there.
Nero 9 Free is a multimedia suite that is capable of creating and writing on DVD and CD optical discs, assuming the the PC is equipped with a CD or DVD burner. It does not support Blu-Ray discs.The speed of writing discs with Nero 9 Free depends on the capabilities of the optical drive. Older drivers tend to be slower than newer.There are really a lot of free CD burning applications available now (just check our freeware category for CD/DVD burners), yet some people still prefer the older outdated Nero 9 Free, the last freeware version of the Nero suite.Nero has long been a leader in CD burning application software and users with older hardware can welcome this ad-supported version. It is basically a stripped down version of the popular Nero Burning ROM. Unfortunately with this version, it supports only CD and DVD discs and cannot burn DVD movies. Though it is able to create DVD clones.Compared to DeepBurner or ImgBurn, Nero 9 Free has virtually no special features. Additionally, Nero 9 Free does NOT support Blu-ray disc burning and therefore unsuitable for many modern setups.Features of Nero 9 Free