BurnAware
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Feature-rich disc burning software offering intuitive interface, bootable disk creation, ISO image production, versatile audio, video, and data disc support, alongside efficient resource usage and comprehensive file format burning, including DMG and IMG.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
Ukraine
Platforms
- Windows
Bundleware
It suggests to install a DVD ripper and Opera during the installation process, and both boxes are checked by default.
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BurnAware information
Developed by
Burnaware Licensing
Proprietary and Freemium product.Pricing
One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0 + free version with limited functionality.Rating
Average rating of 5Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
This is a great program. It has nothing less compared to other DVD softwares and It has all the functionalities you will need to create, burn and modify ISOs, Blu-rays DVDs, CDs.|
These are the features that are inaccessible in the free version: Disk spanning, Disk copying, Extracting Files from ISOs ( This can be done easily with 7zip), Extracting Audio tracks from Audio CDs, Recovering Data from corrupted Disks.
I've been using it for a while and I'm pretty satisfied.
I decided to start backing up some files that are particularly valuable to me on M-Discs, which are supposed to be very resilient and long-living. Having all of my data only stored on magnetic storage (SSDs, hard disks, USB drives, SD cards…) increasingly felt like a cluster risk, so I wanted to make some optical backups again.
The issue: what software to burn the files with? Optical drives have gone out of style, and you can easily tell just by browsing disc burning software on AlternativeTo: about 80% of them have seemingly been discontinued. Many would probably still work fine, but I feel more comfortable using a tool which is still maintained, even though M-Disc burning is not supposed to work any differently than burning regular Blu-ray discs.
BurnAware is still regularly updated and has a free version available, so that's what I tried first. And I'm pretty happy with it!
Be careful when installing: there are some bundle offers it tries to convince you to install along with it. They are easily disabled, and I checked with Total Uninstall that it did, in fact, not install anything I didn't want.
The feature set for the free version (free for personal use only) is also perfectly sufficient for disc burning. What you miss compared to the paid edition are additional features such as disc duplication or audio CD ripping. The functionality that's included in the free edition works without further limitations, and without nagging you to upgrade, which I appreciate.
The compilation of files for a disc is simple, but completely sufficient. You get the usual overview of how much space is left on your disc (or how much you're already over capacity), and you can easily edit the compilation through drag & drop. Saving a compilation is also possible. BurnAware also supports all the usual buffer underrun protection, anti-sleep-mode etc. options to reduce the chance of any issues while burning. And so far, it hasn't wasted any of my blank discs yet, which is especially important when burning M-Discs, because they're quite expensive.
I didn't feel the need to try any other tools after BurnAware did the job so well. If it doesn't for you: my next in line to try would have been AnyBurn, which also has quite a feature-rich free version. Apart from these two, the only other, still-maintained tool I found on the quick, was Nero Burning ROM, which might also work fine but doesn't offer a free option.