CDBurnerXP Pro: the best and easy to use FREE CD burning software

We are now used to have music in our house or work using the internet and PC but, why we do not burn our CDs? CDBurnerXP Pro is one of the most complete applications to burn CDs and DVDs in different formats.

With CDBurnerXP Pro you can create audio-CDs from Mp3, WAV, and WMA files, burn any data on CD-R/CD-RW/DVD R/DVD-R/DVD RW/DVD-RW and use either the internal browser to add your files or the intuitive drop-box to drag and drop files directly from any Windows Explorer window. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a Multilanguage interface.

You can also add single or multiple tracks from existing audio-CDs directly to your new compilation without ripping tracks before, burn ISO files to CD, convert BIN and NRG files to ISO and save CDs/DVDs as ISO file to disc.

CDBurnerXP Pro installation process is simple and you only need to follow the steps. When using it, you will find a screen and an organized interface that will help you to locate files or folders you want to burn by only dragging the mousse.

Regarding CDBurnerXP disadvantages we can say that many users claim to have problem when burning and others are fun of it. Without a doubt, this software has all the variants and options we might require but its burning engine might not be the effective one.

CDBurner XP is a highly recommended application to burn CD and DVD. It´s freeware license take advantage over Nero, one of the most used software to carry out this kind of tasks.

The video´s software your PC need

The change from analog to digital had a significant influence on the video, by having a PC you can see movies before its opening, complete series seasons, home videos made by digital or mobile phones, music videos and many more. The only requirement needed to take full advantage of this possibility is having the proper software that supports the multiple options the video files has (format, compression, codec used, etc).

We will show you here different applications so you can play any video you have (VLC Media Player) solve any format compatibility problem (Combined Community Codec) avoid DVD protection (DvdFab HD Decrypter) and burn discs with your favorite videos (CdBurnerXp).

VLC Media Player

VLC Media Player is a multimedia player very easy to use that also features a user-friendly interface. This software has many options to play files in multiple formats, including DVD and streaming video.

VLC Media Player includes its own codec pack being able this way of playing a wide range of video formats without depending on the Windows codec. One important feature to mention is that it is able to play the incomplete videos we are downloading from Emule, allowing us to see if we are downloading the video we want.

This software is useful to play videos and audio but has being developed to the video side adding new options like the subtitle reproduction and the capacity of playing several audio tracks on a movie.

Combined Community Codec Pack

Combined Community Codec Pack is a complete codec pack which was initially designed for the reproduction of anime videos, and now it has become one of the most popular codec packs in the world. Unlike other packs, Combined Community Codec only installs on our system the necessary codecs, taking a minimal disk space while avoiding compatibility issues with other codecs on our system.

Before installing Combined Community Codec, the installer detects possible codec issues with your system -previously installed codecs that is – avoiding further codec troubleshooting. Combined Community Codec includes among its features two complete multimedia players: Media Player Classic and Zoom Player Standard. With these players you can take full advantage of the codecs included in the package, such as: Haali Media Splitter (DirectShow filter for MKV, MP4, OGM and AVI), VSFilter (for SSA/ASS, SRT y VOBSUB subtitles), Ffdshow CCCP (for H.264/AVC, DivX and vid) and WMV9VCM (for Windows Media). Apart from having standard codecs such as Divx, Xvid and AVI, CCCP offers free audio and video players and an application for making movie subtitles.

DvdFab HD Decrypter

This useful tool allows ripping all kind of DVD movies and videos to the PC to play it, share and burn it later in other disc. Besides offering the possibility of having on our computer any DVD we want, it rips incredible fast and easy.

DvdFab HD Decrypter offers many options to rip, between them we can choose to do it to the entire disc, only on the main part of the movie, on some episodes, with a particular language and subtitle and more. It stands out by doing the rip beyond any protection the disc might have being these CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs or Sony ARccOS.

CdBurnerXp

CdBurnerXp is another amazing burning tool. CdBurnerXp supports CDs and DVDs both DVD and DVDRW, as well as the possibility of creating ISO files. It also allows users to rip audio CDs.

The interface is very easy-to-use, It´s divided into several modules allowing you to drag and drop files. Another important aspect of this burner is that it consume very little system resources. You can also create boot disks and includes a bin/nrg to ISO converter.

Without a doubt, the popularity of Nero suite makes of CdBurnerXp unknown software, nevertheless, its low resource consume and stability makes it highly recommended.

Any Video Converter

Any Video Converter is really useful to convert our movies or videos to the different formats present nowadays, since it can convert video files between many formats.

This tool has many features worth mention: it allows converting a great amount of formats, between them, the popular “mpg”, “avi” and another formats for complex devices. In addition to this, it offers the preview option for the videos we are going to convert and select the segment or part of the video we want to convert in case we do not want to convert the whole video.

It´s use is very simple as it features a user-friendly interface, but despite this, we must say that this software presents some disadvantages. Compared with other software, Any Video Converter does not offer any option to modify the output video qualities, though this does not interfere with its performance.

As we could see, with these software you can make any action regarding videos. They are a good choice when dealing with videos and taking full advantage of our computer.

The hottest CD and DVD burners

With the possibility of downloading a great amount of music, movies, and any sort of file from the internet, users needed CDs and DVDs to backup their data and free up disk space. In view of this increasing need numerous CD/DVD burners started to pop up. We will now review some of the most popular CD/DVD/Blu-ray burners and pointing out the pros and cons of: Nero Burning Rom, CDBurnerXP Pro, CloneDVD, Alcohol 120%, ConvertXtoDVD.

Nero Burning Rom

When Nero Burning Rom comes to mind, we know that Nero is the most popular CD/DVD burner. It features a series of application such as Nero Covers and Nero Tools that simplify the burning process.
Nero also allows user to burn audio CDs from MP3 files and also burn multimedia slideshows combining music and images, and some other important features.
The interface is user-friendly and very easy-to-use. Burning a CD or DVD can be done in just a few steps, anyone can do it.
The only con is the trial which lasts for 30 days, other than that there is nothing to complain about regarding Nero Burning Rom.

CDBurnerXP Pro

CDBurnerXP Pro is another amazing burning tool. CDBurnerXP Pro supports CDs and DVDs both DVD and DVDRW, as well as the possibility of creating ISO files. It also allows users to rip audio CDs. The interface is very easy-to-use, It´s divided into several modules allowing you to drag and drop files. Another important aspect of this burner is that it consume very little system resources.
You can also create boot disks and includes a bin/nrg to ISO converter.

CloneDVD

Even though this software burn CDs and DVDs, on focuses primarily on DVDs offering three burning possibilities: Copy DVD Titles allows you to back up a part of a DVD; CloneDVD creates a copy of an entire DVD, and Write Existing Data allows you to write a DVD disc image or a VIDEO_TS folder containing a DVD movie. CloneDVD features a burning wizard that guides you through the whole process featuring an extremely easy-to-use interface.
Overall the software is stable. Our test machines did lock up on one instance; however after we re-started the machine we were unable to reproduce the error.

Alcohol 120%

Alcohol 120% -as well as any other burner nowadays- burns CD and DVDs, but most importantly, it´s known for the possibility of creating multiple virtual CD/DVD drives, which can be used to mount CD/DVD images from the hard drive without needing to burn them. It also offers a search box to look for every CD/DVD image on your PC.
The only issue encountered with Alcohol 120% is that it may cause troubleshooting with other emulation tools such as Daemon Tools.

ConvertXtoDVD

ConvertXtoDVD is another outstanding CD/DVD burner featuring a powerful multimedia converter with support for multiple formats, enabling you to convert and burn DVD quickly and easily.
ConvertXtoDVD has a series of tools for recoding DVD movies. You can add and customize subtitles, choose the output format, creation of menus and more.
Of course, conversions are not always as good as you would expect. Sometimes you get improper video playback or sound is out of sync.

Each of these burning applications has their pros and cons. All of them can burn CDs and DVDs without issues, but if you have to choose one of them, you probably want to pick Nero Burning Rom. All features and it´s user-friendly interface is all we need when it comes to burning discs.
On the other hand, if you need a software that burns and converts multimedia files, ConvertXtoDVD is very easy-to-use and will be able to convert and burn your favorites videos in a DVD with just a few clicks.