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Comparison of disc authoring software

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This comparison of disc authoring software compares different optical disc authoring software.

Application

=General information=

Basic general information about the application.

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! Application

! Creator

! Software license

Ashampoo Burning Studio

| Ashampoo Software

| {{Partial|Freemium}}

Alcohol 120%

| Alcohol Soft

| {{nonfree|Shareware}}

CDBurnerXP

| Stefan Haglund, Fredrik Haglund

| {{partial|Freeware}} [http://www.cdburnerxp.se/help/Intro/license]

cdrtools

| Jörg Schilling

| {{free|Open-source}} (CDDL parts are GPL)

DeepBurner

| Astonsoft

| {{partial|Freemium}}

ImgBurn

| LIGHTNING UK!

| {{Partial|Freeware}} [http://www.imgburn.com/#license]

InfraRecorder

| Christian Kindahl

| {{free|Open-source}} (GPL)

K3b

| Sebastian Trüg, Christian Kvasny

| {{free|Open-source}} (GPL)

Libburnia

| Libburnia team

| {{free|Open-source}} (GPL)

Nero Burning ROM

| Ahead Software

| {{Nonfree|Shareware}}

UltraISO

| EZB Systems

| {{Nonfree|Shareware}}

X-CD-Roast

| T. Niederreiter

| {{free|Open-source}} (GPL)

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! Application

! Creator

! Software license

= Operating system support =

The list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common operating systems.

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style="width: 12em" | Application

! Microsoft Windows

! Mac OS X

! Linux

! BSD

! Unix

Alcohol 120%

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

CDBurnerXP

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

cdrtools

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

DeepBurner

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

ImgBurn

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

InfraRecorder

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

K3b

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Libburnia

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Partial|Solaris}}

Nero Burning ROM

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

UltraISO

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

X-CD-Roast

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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! Application

! Microsoft Windows

! Mac OS X

! Linux

! BSD

! Unix

= Optical media support =

Which single-sided optical media types the application supports. The list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common types in use (i.e. not the now defunct HD DVD-R & UDO)

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style="width: 12em" | Application

! CD-R/W

! DVD-R/RW/RAM

! DVD+R/RW

! DVD+R/RW DL

! DVD-R/RW DL

! BD-R/RE

! BD-R/RE DL

Alcohol 120%

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

CDBurnerXP

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

cdrtools

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

DeepBurner

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

ImgBurn

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

InfraRecorder

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

K3b

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Libburnia

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Nero Burning ROM

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

UltraISO

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

X-CD-Roast

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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! Application

! CD-R/W 737MB=702MiB

! DVD-R/RW/RAM 4.707GB=4.384GiB

! DVD+R/RW 4.700GB=4.378GiB

! DVD+R/RW DL 8.548GB=7.961GiB

! DVD-R/RW DL 8.544GB=7.957GiB

! BD-R/RE 25GB=23.31GiB

! BD-R/RE DL 50GB=46.61GiB

= Filesystem support =

Which filesystems the application supports.

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style="width: 12em" | Application

! ISO 9660

! Joliet

! Rock Ridge

! Amiga rock ridge

! El Torito

! Apple ISO9660

! UDF

! MRW

Alcohol 120%

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

CDBurnerXP

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

cdrtools

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

ImgBurn

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

InfraRecorder

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

K3b

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Libburnia

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Nero Burning ROM

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

UltraISO

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

X-CD-Roast

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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! Application

! ISO 9660

! Joliet

! Rock Ridge

! Amiga rockridge

! El Torito

! Apple ISO9660

! UDF

! MRW

= Disk image format support =

Information which Disk image formats an application supports.

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style="width: 12em" | Application

! bin/cue

! Apple disk image

! img

! ISO image

! Nero CD image

! Audio file/cue

Alcohol 120%

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

CDBurnerXP

| {{partial}}Unsupported format can be converted to a supported one.

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}

| {{yes}}

cdrtools

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

DeepBurner

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

ImgBurn

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

InfraRecorder

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

K3b

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Libburnia

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Nero Burning ROM

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

UltraISO

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

X-CD-Roast

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

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! Application

! bin/cue

! Apple disk image

! img

! ISO image

! Nero CD image

! Audio file/cue

= Standards support =

Support for Rainbow book standards:

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style="width: 12em" | Application

! Red (CD-DA)

! Yellow (CD-ROM)

! Orange (CD-R/CD-RW)

! White (VCD/SVCD)

! Blue (E-CD)

! Beige (PCD)

! Green (CD-I)

! Purple (DDCD)

! Scarlet (SACD)

Alcohol 120%

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

CDBurnerXP

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

cdrtools

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

DeepBurner

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

ImgBurn

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}{{Cite web|url=http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=3010|title = Creating SVCD or VCD}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

InfraRecorder

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

K3b

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

Libburnia

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Nero Burning ROM

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

UltraISO

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

X-CD-Roast

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

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! Application

! Red (CD-DA)

! Yellow (CD-ROM)

! Orange (CD-R/CD-RW)

! White (VCD/SVCD)

! Blue (E-CD)

! Beige (PCD)

! Green (CD-I)

! Purple (DDCD)

! Scarlet (SACD)

= User interface =

Information which User interfaces an application supports.

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style="width: 12em" | Application

! Command line interface

! Graphical user interface

! Text user interface

Alcohol 120%

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

CDBurnerXP

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

cdrtools

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

DeepBurner

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

ImgBurn

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

InfraRecorder

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

K3b

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Libburnia

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Nero Burning ROM

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

UltraISO

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

X-CD-Roast

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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! Application

! Command line interface

! Graphical user interface

! Text user interface

See also

Notes

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