Nero
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Nero Burning ROM is a popular optical disc authoring program for Microsoft Windows and Linux by Nero AG, formerly Ahead Software. Nero Express is commonly bundled as an OEM application with optical disc recorders.[1]
Since version 6, Nero has been bundled with many other sub-applications such as Nero Wave Editor (for editing audio files), Nero ImageDrive (for mounting virtual CDs), Nero BackItUp (for backup of file systems or whole disks) and Nero Recode (for backup of unencrypted DVDs and MPEG-4 conversions). Since version 7, Nero Vision (DVD authoring tool) is bundled in the Premium package.[4] As part of this bundling, the package is now called "Nero" followed by its major version number and a catchphrase which can vary by country (for example, Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced in the United States, or Nero 7 Premium Reloaded in the United Kingdom and Australia); however, the core program is still called Nero Burning ROM.[citation needed]
Nero works with a number of CD image formats, including the common ISO image and its proprietary NRG file format.[5]
Not all file formats are natively supported by Nero. More elaborate versions offer support for more formats, but some formats have never been supported[6]. Fortunately, Nero is modular and codecs can be added. An add-on codec is called a plug-in. Packages of plug-ins, especially audio plug-ins, are freely available. Nero AG sells video and proprietary audio[7] plug-ins. Nero Linux 3, the GTK2 port. Nero Linux 3, the GTK2 port. NeroLINUX 2, the Linux port of Nero Burning ROM. NeroLINUX 2, the Linux port of Nero Burning ROM.
A Linux port of the application (NeroLINUX) was announced as a free "upgrade" from the Microsoft Windows version in March 2005.[8] The application replicates most features of the Windows version, and uses the GTK+ 1 graphical toolkit.[9] The beta version of the upcoming Nero Linux 3 was shown at CeBIT 2007,[10] and as of 19 April 2007 a trial version is freely downloadable.[11] The GUI is now based on GTK2 with Unicode support. Also introduced in this beta version is the ability to burn Blu-ray and HD DVD discs.
Nero software is available in multiple variations. The most common are the OEM suites, which are bundled with many CD and DVD recorders. Nero also sells full-featured versions, called Premium for the European market and Ultra Edition Enhanced for the North American market. For reasons that are not entirely clear, North American purchasers of Nero 7 (Ultra Edition Enhanced) are not entitled to LabelFlash or DiscT@2 support, although their European counterparts (buying Nero 7 Premium) are. This appears to be the only difference between Nero 7 Premium and Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced.
Early versions of Nero version 6 would only burn data DVDs using the ISO 9660 file system. Though DVD drives seemed to have no difficulty reading single-layer discs, the compatibility of dual-layer discs was more patchy.
Version 7.5.1.1 of Nero Burning ROM introduced support for LightScribe and Blu-ray Disc recording.[12]
