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DVD Burners

One of the hallmarks of the early days of disc drives in computers, support for burning CDs and DVDs is one of the most popular things to do with them. Software such as ImgBurn and InfraRecorder provide a variety of options to control how you want your CDs and DVDs burned. Despite this, many use the tried and true built-in Windows Media Player for their disc burning needs, with Brasero acting as a simple alternative on Linux-based operating systems.

  1. ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application (39 languages) that everyone should have in their toolkit. ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats. It can burn Audio CDs from any file type supported via DirectShow / ACM.

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    1.  LightweightImgBurn consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
    Discontinued

    The last version 2.5.8.0 is from June 2013.

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  2. CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multilanguage interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free.

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    1.  PortableCDBurnerXP can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
    2.  Command line interfaceCDBurnerXP either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
    Discontinued

    The last version (4.5.8.7128) is from November 2019.

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  4. Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD for the GNOME Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly.

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  5. AnyBurn is a light weight but professional CD / DVD / Blu-ray burning software that everyone must have. It provides a free and complete solution for burning.

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    1.  PortableAnyBurn can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
    2.  Command line interfaceAnyBurn either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
    3.  LightweightAnyBurn consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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  6. K3b is a CD and DVD authoring application for the KDE desktop environment for Unix-like computer operating systems. It provides a graphical user interface to perform most CD/DVD burning tasks like creating an Audio CD from a set of audio files or copying a CD/DVD, as well as...

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    InfraRecorder

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    InfraRecorder is a free CD/DVD burning solution for Microsoft Windows. It offers a wide range of powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

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    1.  PortableInfraRecorder can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be abandoned. Last version, 0.53, released in September 2012, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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  9. Freemake Video Converter is video converter that lets convert videos to avi, wmv, mp4 (iPhone, iPod, iPad, PSP, xBox), 3gp, rip dvd, extract mp3, burn DVD and Bluray, create photo slideshow and audio visualization, cut, join, rotate and upload videos, photos and music to YouTube.

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    The installer contains OpenCandy. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

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  10. Lightweight program that enables you to create audio, video and data discs, generate images for later use, copy DVDs, CDs or Blu-rays and erase disc contents.

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    1.  LightweightBurnAware consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
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  11. The burning expert Rip, copy, burn and protect data.

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  12. Alcohol is a powerful Windows CD and DVD burning software that makes it easy to create backups of DVDs* and CDs. In addition, the program lets you store your most used CDs as images on your computer, so you can call them up at the click of a button.

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    1.  PortableAlcohol can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
    Bundleware

    The free version of Alcohol 52% contains an optional adware toolbar bundled. It also installs Smart File Advisor without allowing you to uncheck this option during setup.

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  13. Wondershare UniConverter is an all-in-one DVD & Video converter tool and DVD burner for assisting you to convert videos/audios among formats like AVI, WMV, MP4, MKV, FLV, 3GP, MPG etc. even convert video to 3D, burn video files to DVD disc, DVD folder, or ISO files, download...

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  14. Lightweight CD/DVD burning software designed for Xfce, but it runs on Gnome, KDE etc as well. It can blank CDs and DVDs, burn and create ISO images and burn personal compositions of data. At the moment it is at heavy development.

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  15. Ashampoo Burning Studio is a versatile software to burn CDs, DVDs and BDs. Movie discs with animated menus, slide shows and audio discs are also equally easy to create. The built-in cover designer produces covers and inlays for all disc types.

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    1.  Dark ModeAshampoo Burning Studio supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
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  16. Burn is a free optical disc authoring application with a simple interface that offers a lot of advanced options. The program supports the creation of data, audio and video discs, and is capable of copying data and audio discs.

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  17. ConvertXtoDVD is an easy-to-use, 'one-click' video conversion application to convert and burn any video file to DVD, such as AVI (DivX, XviD), MKV (H.264 AVC), WMV, MPEG, MOV, YouTube (flash) videos and many more.

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