What is the best program for burning music cds for Win2k?

[pr-man 1]

any ideas? I use easy cd-creator 3.5C right now

 

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Celeron II 566@952 on a Abit BH6 Rev 1.01, 192 Pc100, Matrox G450 32 DH,

SBlive Value, Supra Express 56i ISA, Win98SE

[Ekstreme 0]

It's a matter of what you like and what works for you. I use Nero, mainly cause it's the only burning app I can rely on under win2k, and also cause I like the fact that it's not bloated and full of crap like most adaptec burning apps.

 

Try a few flavours, see what you like

 

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[felix 0]

Nero is best for MP3 to Audio CD as it can write them without decoding.

 

With Adaptec you have to decode back to .wav before you can write the cd.

[ThC 129 0]

EZ cd 4 can direct burn mp3z without decoding them. EZ cd 4 will also allow you to crossfade tracks and change fade-in/fade-out levels. no other audio burning program ive seen to date does this. So i recommend EZ CD creator 4.03

[felix 0]

Damn, I hate it when I'm wrong.

Especially when I should know better.

[clutch 1]

I have both, and I dig Nero. Lean and fast.

 

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Regards,

 

clutch

[Ge0ph 0]

Ok, I'm going to be different. I use a program called "Click and Burn". I got it primaraly for the mp3 to CD aspect. And it's great at that. I have used EZCD and Nero but I like this program better then either.

[Igor 0]

Nero rulz! and is stable

[ThC 129 0]

you people must not listen to trance music or any type or rave/dance/electronic music or else you would use ezcd 4 because nero doesnt allow you to crossfade tracks like ezcd4 does. Its also easier to use than nero, i like nero but its too much of a PITA to use sometimes.

[Igor 0]

Nero Rulz !

[clutch 1]

Quote:

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ThC 129:
you people must not listen to trance music or any type or rave/dance/electronic music or else you would use ezcd 4 because nero doesnt allow you to crossfade tracks like ezcd4 does. Its also easier to use than nero, i like nero but its too much of a PITA to use sometimes. </font>

Nope. Plus I don't care for the excessive front end of EZCD. Besides, "Nero Rulz!"



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clutch

[*Iblis* 0]

nero does allow cross-fading, along with a load of filters and other stuff (right click on the file and choose properties)

[lexluthor 0]

i like nero because i can background burn better, than the adaptec program or the sony prog.

besides it has tons of options for burning music that are fun to play with

[Mike Zamarocy 1]

Ok, that is all fine and dandy for BURNING a CD - but what about the RW discs??? DirectCD was the program Adaptec had for that. Will Nero do RW discs too????

[STi Sev 0]

Nero Nero Nero

[ThC 129 0]

directCD and nero are 2 different catagories of burning software. DirectCD is a packet Cd writer which will allow you to burn CDs in UDF format (which nero can also do if i remember correctly) which basically makes them 650-700mb floppy disks with cut and past options direct from windows explorer. So to compare DirectCD and nero is like comparing American Football to Hockey.

[xcrash 0]

All of you must see this tests about MP3 decoders (including Nero, Easy CD, etc).

 

http://privatewww.es***.ac.uk/~djmrob/mp3decoders/

 

I never liked Easy CD but now I'm thinking to use it.

 

PS: THAT "***" MEANS "S E X" in the link... only coincidence.

 

[This message has been edited by xcrash (edited 24 February 2001).]

[EddiE314 0]

i like EZ CD, not as much as Nero 5 though, i use Winamp to decode mp3's

[Warl0ck 0]

Nero sucks it only supports burning 44khz 16 bit stereo mp3 files EZ CD creator and WinOnCD burn everything.

With Nero I have nearly 100% CPU load, with Easy CD Creator nothing at all, I play Quake3 while burning CDs, no Prob. The only reason why I also have Nero installed is to overburn CDs.

[Wolf87 0]

Nero, EAC and Feurio are all first rate:

 

Exact Audio Copy version 0,9 pre-beta 9:

 

http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

 

Feurio 1.60:

 

http://www.feurio.com/English/index.shtml

[ThC 129 0]

cool xcrash thanks for that comparison. Too bad they didnt test EZ CD 5 in there and too bad I cant even get it to install in whistler to try it Anyway looks like i will use music match to burn my Mp3s to CDs now in audio or decode them 1st.

[lexluthor 0]

warlock:

nero will burn anything encoded. i use different encoders for whatever.

also i have no problem doing anything while i burn, even copy cd on the fly. (scsi hardware)

try changing the memory buffer to 33% of your ram and change the temp dir off of your system partition and make it minimum sunthin big (i use 100 mb)

nero should use little system resources

[temo 0]

I use CDRWIN, it's quick and efficient.