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.
| Application | Creator | Cost (USD) | Software license |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashampoo Burning Studio | Ashampoo Software | ? | Shareware (Trial Available) |
| Alcohol 120% | Alcohol Soft | $38.00 | Shareware (30-day trial) |
| BashBurn | Anders Linden | Free | GPL |
| CDBurnerXP | Stefan Haglund, Fredrik Haglund | Free | Proprietary [1] |
| cdrtools | Joerg Schilling | Free | GPL, CDDL |
| DeepBurner | Astonsoft | Free | Proprietary |
| ImgBurn | LIGHTNING UK! | Free | Proprietary [2] |
| InfraRecorder | Christian Kindahl | Free | GPL |
| K3b | Sebastian Trüg, Christian Kvasny | Free | GPL |
| Nero Burning ROM | Ahead Software | $99.00 | Shareware (Trial Available) |
| PowerISO | PowerISO Computing, Inc. | $29.95 | Shareware (Trial Available[1]) |
| UltraISO | EZB Systems | $29.00 | Shareware (Trial Available) |
| X-CD-Roast | T. Niederreiter | Free | GPL |
| Application | Creator | Cost (USD) | Software license |
Operating system support
Please note that the list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common operating systems.
| Application | Microsoft Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol 120% | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| BashBurn | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CDBurnerXP | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| cdrtools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ImgBurn | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| K3b | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Nero Burning ROM | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| PowerISO | Yes | No | Partial | No | No |
| UltraISO | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| X-CD-Roast | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Application | Microsoft Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |
Optical media support
Which single-sided optical media types the application supports.
Please note that the list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common types in use (ie. not the now defunct HD DVD-R & UDO)
| 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 |
| BashBurn | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No |
| CDBurnerXP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| cdrtools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ImgBurn | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| K3b | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Nero Burning ROM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| PowerISO | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No |
| UltraISO | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| X-CD-Roast | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No |
| 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.
| 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 |
| BashBurn | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| CDBurnerXP | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| cdrtools | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| ImgBurn | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| K3b | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No |
| Nero Burning ROM | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PowerISO | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| UltraISO | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| X-CD-Roast | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| 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.
| Application | bin/cue | Apple disk image | img | ISO image | Nero CD image | Audio file/cue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol 120% | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| BashBurn | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| CDBurnerXP | Partial[2] | No | No | Yes | Partial[2] | Yes |
| cdrtools | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes |
| ImgBurn | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| InfraRecorder | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| K3b | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nero Burning ROM | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PowerISO | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
| UltraISO | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| X-CD-Roast | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Application | bin/cue | Apple disk image | img | ISO image | Nero CD image | Audio file/cue |
Standards support
Support for Rainbow Books.
- Red book - Standard audio CD
- Yellow book - Standard CD-ROM
- Orange Book - CD-R and CD-RW
- White Book - Video CD, VCD and SVCD
- Blue book - Enhanced CD
- Beige book - Photo CD
- Green book - CD-i discs
- Purple book - Double Density Compact Disc
- Scarlet book - Super Audio CD
| Application | Red | Yellow | Orange | White | Blue | Beige | Green | Purple | Scarlet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol 120% | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| BashBurn | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| CDBurnerXP | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| cdrtools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| DeepBurner | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ImgBurn | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[3] | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? |
| InfraRecorder | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| K3b | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? |
| Nero Burning ROM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| PowerISO | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| UltraISO | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| X-CD-Roast | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Application | Red (CDDA) | Yellow (CD-ROM) | Orange (CD-R) | White (VCD) | Blue (ECD) | Beige (PCD) | Green (CD-I) | Purple (DDCD) | Scarlet (SACD) |
User interface
Information which User interfaces an application supports.
| Application | Command line interface | Graphical user interface | Text user interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol 120% | No | Yes | No |
| BashBurn | No | No | Yes |
| CDBurnerXP | No | Yes | No |
| cdrtools | Yes | No | No |
| DeepBurner | No | Yes | No |
| ImgBurn | No | Yes | No |
| InfraRecorder | No | Yes | No |
| K3b | Yes | Yes | No |
| Nero Burning ROM | No | Yes | No |
| PowerISO | No | Yes | No |
| UltraISO | No | Yes | No |
| X-CD-Roast | No | Yes | No |
| Application | Command line interface | Graphical user interface | Text user interface |
See also
- Optical disc authoring software
- List of optical disc authoring software
- Comparison of ISO image software
Notes
- ^ Free version displays a nag screen and limits disk image files to 300MB
- ^ a b Unsupported format can be converted to a supported one.
- ^ http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=3010