It's an excellent program but it can't burn anything but audio CDs. Burrrn for instance can burn audio CDs but not video CDs. The requirements have reduced the field quite a bit because several applications support only a few of them. They had to be free, support the burning of CDs and DVDs at the very least,Â support various disc image formats, the burning of files and folders, the creation of music CDs as well as video CDs and DVDs.

Those programs had to meet some requirements though. The list of free CD and DVD burning software lists important applications that work well when it comes to core features like burning optical discs. I recently installed a (full version) 30 day trial version of Nero 7 (the current version) and it did not ask or tell me to uninstall Roxio, it did uninstall the Nero Version 6 that I had installed before it would install V7 but that was all.They are interesting not only for users who do not want to buy commercial products but also for those that feel that those commercial applications have become so bloated with features that their responsiveness has gone down the hill. Having worked with both Roxio and Nero for a long time, I've never saw or heard of Nero telling a user they must uninstall another program before installing Nero - maybe you misinterpreted what the Nero installation program said or was trying to say. I suspect Nero wanted Roxio uninstalled because of the potential conflict with Nero's InCD and Roxio's Direct CD, as reference in my earlier post.

It's just like many of the programs that are supplied by Dell with new PC's - the original software vendor does not provide support for them. Most vendors will not provide support for the versions that are supplied with hardware, such as the Nero that was supplied with the new DVD burner. Both have a 'Line In' audio recording program and the Roxio is 'light years' ahead of Nero. I find I use Nero for some burning functions and Roxio for others. I have Nero 6 and and Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5 installed (I do PC support and those are the progrms mostly used by my customers).

Which Burning program is better depends on who you talk to and what their favorite program is.

Free cd burning software like roxio