What's your favorite ripping and burning software?

cozumel · Dec 10, 2007, 05:09 AM

I've never really liked Nero as it's really bloated. Used to use ISO recorder (PowerToy) but is really limited.

So what is your favorite and why do you like it?

**Mousey** · Dec 10, 2007, 08:37 PM

Alcohol 120% is my app of choice, it's my favourite because it's easy to find... utlities to... allow full functionality

**dj_stick** · Dec 11, 2007, 12:23 AM

to rip audio i generally use WMP or Soundforge in Windows, iTunes (shudders) in OS X, don't really rip/copy much else, and i tend to use Nero in Windows and Toast in OS X

CDsDontBurn · Dec 11, 2007, 12:25 AM

i use NERO, DVDFAB Decrypter, and WMP for my audio.

as to why, because i find them really easy to use

RoyBatty · Dec 11, 2007, 08:57 AM

I use EAC for audio CDs, it makes the most accurate rips and it can burn CDs too.

Zelig · Dec 11, 2007, 12:28 PM

Nero for burning, DBPoweramp, CloneCD or CloneDVD for ripping.

BabylenTatarsky · Dec 12, 2007, 11:52 PM

Nero for burning everything, 'cos I'm most used to it.

EAC for ripping audio.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Dec 23, 2007, 12:06 AM

DVD Decrypter to rip DVD's, MediaMonkey to rip CD's, and Nero to burn them

Judas · Dec 23, 2007, 12:22 AM

I use Windows Media Player 11 to rip all my music.... orginally i was using REAL's JukeBox but that was a quick death when WMP was brought out with some damn good ripping controlls.

I've recently change over from MP3 to a higher quality WMV format for CDs...

But i'm still in the "not sure i want to use wmv yet" stages lol..

I own about 10 cds... total.... but i have nearly 32,000 songs on my machine that are all RIPPED @ 320kbps mp3.... since i started ripping back in around 2000

Ripping DVD/HD/BR dvd's is definitely AnyDVDHD..... i'm quite impressed..... i like to play my movies directly from HD.... and then put the DVD's in a safe place....
Course ripping the HD/BR dvds sure sucks up hd space damn quick... lol....3 movies and that's 100gb gone

Burning however, is all Nero burning rom or for music i like to use WMP again....

Necrosis · Dec 23, 2007, 02:49 AM

Easy CDDA, AnyDVD, CloneDVD2, DVD Decrypter, ripitforme, & Nero

hopings89 · Dec 31, 2007, 03:18 AM

I like to use Sothink To Rip dvds to Avi

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 31, 2007, 04:49 AM

Nero, becouse it always works good for me and is bundled with usefull creation tools

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Jan 1, 2008, 01:18 AM

is there any alternatives to nero? I mean a burning suite. Not installing seperate apps...

nero 8 sucks

Chaos · Jan 1, 2008, 05:34 AM

BurnAware Free Edition does most useful things without all kinds of additional bloat and it's less than 5 MB

RoyBatty · Jan 1, 2008, 01:07 PM

CDBurnerXP is my favorite data burner (free and only 2.25 MB

).
Another free alternative is InfraRecorder.

kn00tcn · Jan 2, 2008, 04:10 AM

nero6 for me, not gonna touch the newer ones (an alternative to nero's bloat is going back a version or 2 of course, the UI is just perfect)

eac for audio cd ripping

& an insane way to rip dvds for footage.. (smartripper>flaskmpeg>fix the ac3 to wav>vdub to a 2nd xvid)

Tipstaff · Jan 2, 2008, 06:58 AM

Nero 7 and 8 are ok on everything but Vista, and still only if you do a custom install. I use Nero 8 Ultra Edition on my gaming rig since Nero 6 and ImgBurn have problems with my SATA burner. However, all I have installed is Nero 8 along with 3 other pieces: SoundTrax, WavEditor, and Cover Designer. As long as you don't install the rest, especially Nero Home and InCD, it should be fine.

On my main rig, and my machines at work, I still use Nero 6 Ultra Edition (6.6.0.18), along with ImgBurn (plus EAC and dBpowerAMP to rip/convert).

If you have Vista, don't put Nero 7 unless it's version 7.8 and up. Go straight to Nero 8, do a custom install, and take out everything except the 4 pieces I've mentioned. Everything else will screw up Vista, and drop coasters in your lap like there's no tomorrow.

Dyre Straits · Jan 3, 2008, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

Nero 7 and 8 are ok on everything but Vista, and still only if you do a custom install. I use Nero 8 Ultra Edition on my gaming rig since Nero 6 and ImgBurn have problems with my SATA burner. However, all I have installed is Nero 8 along with 3 other pieces: SoundTrax, WavEditor, and Cover Designer. As long as you don't install the rest, especially Nero Home and InCD, it should be fine.

On my main rig, and my machines at work, I still use Nero 6 Ultra Edition (6.6.0.18), along with ImgBurn (plus EAC and dBpowerAMP to rip/convert).

If you have Vista, don't put Nero 7 unless it's version 7.8 and up. Go straight to Nero 8, do a custom install, and take out everything except the 4 pieces I've mentioned. Everything else will screw up Vista, and drop coasters in your lap like there's no tomorrow.

I'm discovering this problem, too. Under Vista, BOTH my SATA and IDE drives can completely 'disappear' during a burn session.

And, I am using Nero 7 that came with the recent SATA DVD burner I picked up just a few weeks ago.

So, you're saying to only install just what is needed to do the burning itself?

Thing is, I'm having this problem whether I'm only backing up files or anything including trying to make a DVD movie disk.

Tipstaff · Jan 3, 2008, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

I'm discovering this problem, too. Under Vista, BOTH my SATA and IDE drives can completely 'disappear' during a burn session.

And, I am using Nero 7 that came with the recent SATA DVD burner I picked up just a few weeks ago.

So, you're saying to only install just what is needed to do the burning itself?

Thing is, I'm having this problem whether I'm only backing up files or anything including trying to make a DVD movie disk.

Not necessarily saying it will fix that, but it does work better without the extra crud. Of note, if you have 7.7.5.1 installed, forget trying to fix it. Not even uninstalling/reinstalling, or uninstalling/upgrading to a higher version will fix the problem. 9 outta 10 times, once that version is installed, your Vista is f'd up for ever. Only once has upgrading to 7.8 from 7.7.5.1 every worked for me on any system I've worked on.

Nero 7.8.5.0 is the bare minimum to run on Vista (7.7.5.1 was the first version to support Vista, but as I mentioned it has a bad habit of f'ing up Vista). Absolute POS not to install: Nero InCD, Scout, Home, BackItUp, StartSmart, DriveSpeed, DiscSpeed, ImageDrive, and RescueAgent. God help you if you do.

Also, I found that it's best to have the latest firmware on the DVD drive, and if you are running and Intel chipset under AHCI or RAID, make sure you are using the latest version of the Intel Matrix Storage Manager.

Something else. What's really interesting is that Vista, for some dumb ass reason, has more problems/incompatibilities with LG (less with the new H62, but tons with the H20s), Samsung, LiteOn, and Asus SATA drives than it does with Plextor or Pioneer SATA drives.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 4, 2008, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BiGBrOwNPimpsta

is there any alternatives to nero? I mean a burning suite. Not installing seperate apps...

nero 8 sucks

roxio ez cd creator suite, and nero are the best/biggest 2

Dyre Straits · Jan 4, 2008, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tipstaff

Not necessarily saying it will fix that, but it does work better without the extra crud. Of note, if you have 7.7.5.1 installed, forget trying to fix it. Not even uninstalling/reinstalling, or uninstalling/upgrading to a higher version will fix the problem. 9 outta 10 times, once that version is installed, your Vista is f'd up for ever. Only once has upgrading to 7.8 from 7.7.5.1 every worked for me on any system I've worked on.

Nero 7.8.5.0 is the bare minimum to run on Vista (7.7.5.1 was the first version to support Vista, but as I mentioned it has a bad habit of f'ing up Vista). Absolute POS not to install: Nero InCD, Scout, Home, BackItUp, StartSmart, DriveSpeed, DiscSpeed, ImageDrive, and RescueAgent. God help you if you do.

Also, I found that it's best to have the latest firmware on the DVD drive, and if you are running and Intel chipset under AHCI or RAID, make sure you are using the latest version of the Intel Matrix Storage Manager.

Something else. What's really interesting is that Vista, for some dumb ass reason, has more problems/incompatibilities with LG (less with the new H62, but tons with the H20s), Samsung, LiteOn, and Asus SATA drives than it does with Plextor or Pioneer SATA drives.

I 'may' have some good news! [Knock on wood!]

I checked the Nero Update and found there is an update for my copy that was just recently released. It does update the program to version 7.10.1.2. Since updating the program last evening, I've had consistent and successful DVD burns for the first time since using Vista.

Even the Lightscribe option works with my burner without having to set it up separately.

Jeremy of Many · Jan 20, 2008, 08:21 PM

I don't do much ripping but if I had to I would use AnyDVD to remove any/all encryption/copyright protection and then DVD Shrink to remove unneeded languages and special features.
To burn I use Nero Lite Micro (no bloat just what's needed to burn).

h2ouup2 · Jan 23, 2008, 05:19 AM

Another vote for AnyDVD. You simply can't go wrong with it.

I like Ashampoo pretty good. I have Nero 8.2.8.0 and it runs great on Vista.

Dec 10, 2007, 05:09 AM	#1
cozumel I'm dangerous but cute... Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Under the waves... Posts: 3,577 Rep Power: 58 System Specs	What's your favorite ripping and burning software? I've never really liked Nero as it's really bloated. Used to use ISO recorder (PowerToy) but is really limited. So what is your favorite and why do you like it? __________________ Don't worry about money - Be a beach bum! Scuba Rocks

Dec 10, 2007, 08:37 PM	#2
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Dec 11, 2007, 12:25 AM	#4
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	i use NERO, DVDFAB Decrypter, and WMP for my audio. as to why, because i find them really easy to use __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Dec 11, 2007, 12:28 PM	#6
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	Nero for burning, DBPoweramp, CloneCD or CloneDVD for ripping. __________________ --

Dec 12, 2007, 11:52 PM	#7
BabylenTatarsky Rocks Your Socks Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: St. Helens [UK] Posts: 1,623 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	Nero for burning everything, 'cos I'm most used to it. EAC for ripping audio. __________________

Dec 11, 2007, 08:57 AM	#5
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,930 Rep Power: 115 System Specs	I use EAC for audio CDs, it makes the most accurate rips and it can burn CDs too.

Dec 23, 2007, 12:06 AM	#8
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	DVD Decrypter to rip DVD's, MediaMonkey to rip CD's, and Nero to burn them

Dec 23, 2007, 02:49 AM	#10
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 129 System Specs	Easy CDDA, AnyDVD, CloneDVD2, DVD Decrypter, ripitforme, & Nero

Dec 31, 2007, 03:18 AM	#11
hopings89 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 17 Rep Power: 0	I like to use Sothink To Rip dvds to Avi

Dec 31, 2007, 04:49 AM	#12
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Nero, becouse it always works good for me and is bundled with usefull creation tools __________________

Jan 1, 2008, 01:18 AM	#13
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,706 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	is there any alternatives to nero? I mean a burning suite. Not installing seperate apps... nero 8 sucks __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

Jan 1, 2008, 05:34 AM	#14
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 165 System Specs	BurnAware Free Edition does most useful things without all kinds of additional bloat and it's less than 5 MB

Jan 1, 2008, 01:07 PM	#15
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,930 Rep Power: 115 System Specs	CDBurnerXP is my favorite data burner (free and only 2.25 MB ). Another free alternative is InfraRecorder.

Jan 2, 2008, 04:10 AM	#16
kn00tcn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 649 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	nero6 for me, not gonna touch the newer ones (an alternative to nero's bloat is going back a version or 2 of course, the UI is just perfect) eac for audio cd ripping & an insane way to rip dvds for footage.. (smartripper>flaskmpeg>fix the ac3 to wav>vdub to a 2nd xvid) __________________ http://www.kn00tcn.net/site/ati-catalyst-profiles/ http://www.kn00tcn.net/FPSLimiter.rar

Jan 2, 2008, 06:58 AM	#17
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,660 Rep Power: 187 System Specs	Nero 7 and 8 are ok on everything but Vista, and still only if you do a custom install. I use Nero 8 Ultra Edition on my gaming rig since Nero 6 and ImgBurn have problems with my SATA burner. However, all I have installed is Nero 8 along with 3 other pieces: SoundTrax, WavEditor, and Cover Designer. As long as you don't install the rest, especially Nero Home and InCD, it should be fine. On my main rig, and my machines at work, I still use Nero 6 Ultra Edition (6.6.0.18), along with ImgBurn (plus EAC and dBpowerAMP to rip/convert). If you have Vista, don't put Nero 7 unless it's version 7.8 and up. Go straight to Nero 8, do a custom install, and take out everything except the 4 pieces I've mentioned. Everything else will screw up Vista, and drop coasters in your lap like there's no tomorrow. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Jan 20, 2008, 08:21 PM	#22
Jeremy of Many DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0	I don't do much ripping but if I had to I would use AnyDVD to remove any/all encryption/copyright protection and then DVD Shrink to remove unneeded languages and special features. To burn I use Nero Lite Micro (no bloat just what's needed to burn). __________________ [b]Antec P180 \| OCZ PowerStream 520W \| DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D \| AMD X2 3800+ @ 2.4 GHz \| 160GBx2 + 500GB Seagate SATA2 NCQ 8MB & 32MB \| 2GB OCZ PC3200 DC (2.5-3-2-5) \| GeForce 6800GS 256MB \| Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 \| Razer Copperhead Laser Mouse \| Standard M$ 101/102 Keyboard \| Windows XP Pro SP2

Jan 23, 2008, 05:19 AM	#23
h2ouup2 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Another vote for AnyDVD. You simply can't go wrong with it. I like Ashampoo pretty good. I have Nero 8.2.8.0 and it runs great on Vista.