Comparison of disc authoring software
Appearance
This comparison of disc authoring software compares different optical disc authoring software.
Application
General information
Basic general information about the application.
Application | Creator | Software license |
---|---|---|
Ashampoo Burning Studio | Ashampoo Software | Freemium |
Alcohol 120% | Alcohol Soft | Shareware |
CDBurnerXP | Stefan Haglund, Fredrik Haglund | Freeware [1] |
cdrtools | Jörg Schilling | Open-source (CDDL parts are GPL) |
DeepBurner | Astonsoft | Freemium |
ImgBurn | LIGHTNING UK! | Freeware [2] |
InfraRecorder | Christian Kindahl | Open-source (GPL) |
K3b | Sebastian Trüg, Christian Kvasny | Open-source (GPL) |
Nero Burning ROM | Ahead Software | Shareware |
UltraISO | EZB Systems | Shareware |
X-CD-Roast | T. Niederreiter | Open-source (GPL) |
Application | Creator | Software license |
Operating system support
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 |
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 |
Nero Burning ROM | Yes | No | Yes | 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. The list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common types in use (i.e. 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 |
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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 | ? | ? | 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 | ? |
Nero Burning ROM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 |
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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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
K3b | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Nero Burning ROM | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
UltraISO | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
X-CD-Roast | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | 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 |
CDBurnerXP | Partial[1] | No | No | Yes | Partial[1] | Yes |
cdrtools | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes |
DeepBurner | ? | ? | ? | 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 |
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 book standards:
- Red book: CD-DA
- Yellow book: CD-ROM
- Orange book: CD-R and CD-RW
- White book: VCD and SVCD
- Blue book: E-CD
- Beige book: PCD
- Green book: CD-i discs
- Purple book: DDCD
- Scarlet book: SACD
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) |
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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 | ? | ? | ? |
DeepBurner | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ImgBurn | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[2] | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? |
InfraRecorder | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
K3b | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? |
Nero Burning ROM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
UltraISO | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
X-CD-Roast | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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.
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 |
Nero Burning ROM | No | Yes | No |
UltraISO | Yes | 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 disc image software
Notes
- ^ a b Unsupported format can be converted to a supported one.
- ^ http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=3010