Re: Your favorite Cd and DVD burners and programs (and the ones you hate)



In article <1129335189.669574.302670@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michael
Schaffer says...
>
>Which drives and software do you love? Which are your best friends?
>Which have let you down? Which give you the most options and best
>reliability?
>
>I mostly use Feurio! for audio CDs. I just bought a new burner (Mitsumi
>48XGTE) without checking if it is supported by Feurio! Of course, it
>isn't. Great. But I am going to bring it back soon anyway because it
>always spins up to full speed and is very loud when reading CDs.

I use Feurio for CDs, Nero for DVDs and cds, DVDshrink to copy DVDs (DVD
Decrypter for the rare occasions that doesn't work), DVDaudioripper to remove
the sound from DVDs, dBpowerAMP to convert sound files from one format to
another.

As for drives, I have whatever internal stuff Dell installed in the two
computers we use. The older one has NEC and I forget what, the newer one
Philips and Samsung. I also have two external Plextors, 708 and 716. The best
at reading scratched etc. DVDs is the Samsung - it reads discs that even the two
Plextors won't. As others have reported, Feurio doesn't recognize the Samsung
(and it recognizes but refuses to use the Philips as a burner); I'll try J.R.'s
tips later. (No such problem with Nero.)

Simon

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