FREE CD burner programs ?

[rr2418]

Can anyone tell me which "free cd burner programs" are good and reliable? Has anyone ever tried them? I've looked at Download.com but don't know which ones are safe.

[midgetonadonkey]

If you are just looking to burn cd's, you can use Windows Media Player or you can also download Winamp. They both do it.

[Marklar MM]

Nero...although it isn't free.

[Borosai]

I haven't found one for Windows that's worth downloading. The best program I have ever used (and still do) is Stomp RecordNow MAX 4.5. They don't make it anymore, so just download it. I officially proclaim it to be in the public domain since they make ty versions now.

[leemajors]

nero is the best i have used, still have yet to pay for it.

[boutons_]

This came bundled with my Thinkad:

http://www.download.com/RecordNow/30...-10292812.html

[TDMVPDPOY]

for some reason i can only burn 4.5gb of data instead of 4.7gb when usin nero...

[rr2418]

nero is the best i have used, still have yet to pay for it.

How did you get it free?

[leemajors]

How did you get it free?

www.astalavista.com is one way.

[Re-Animator]

for some reason i can only burn 4.5gb of data instead of 4.7gb when usin nero...

It's just a math issue.

All DVD's have the following storage capacity (well there is tiny difference between +R and -R but nothing worth mentioning):

4.38 GB = 4,485 MB = 4,592,762 KB = 4,702,989,189 Bytes
(all approx)

Because:
1KB = 1024Bytes
&
1MB = 1024KB
&
1GB = 1024MB

For silly marketing reasons the DVD media industry likes to refer to discs as 4.7GB. When they are doing this they are using mulitples of 1000 instead of the proper 1024.

i.e. They are refering to:
4,702,989,189 Bytes / 1,000,000,000 <-1000x1000x1000
= 4.7GB

when they should be refering to:
4,702,989,189 Bytes / 1,073,741,824 <-1024x1024x1024
= 4.38GB

So when they, or anyone, or anything else says 4.7GB they are wrong. It's 4.38GB (again approx).

my head hurts after doing all that math!

[velik_m]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte

[drivanroca]

CDBurnerXP Pro

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/

[Re-Animator]

Can anyone tell me which "free cd burner programs" are good and reliable? Has anyone ever tried them? I've looked at Download.com but don't know which ones are safe.

Why would Download.com offer something that was not safe?