We each have our own ideas about free software. Some computer owners perceive it with hostility and prefer to deal only with commercially distributed products, the cost of which includes not only the honor and respect of developers, but also technical support services. Others are sure that you won't get far on enthusiasm alone, they predict a sad future for free- and opensource-solutions and, if possible, try to bypass them. Still others, on the contrary, believe in the bright prospects of free and open source software, actively use it in their daily work, and just as zealously promote its use.

One can endlessly list the advantages and disadvantages of gratuitously distributed products, but one cannot but take away from them one important quality - the freedom of choice that they provide. If when purchasing software from developers who love hard cash, users usually focus on the thickness of their own wallet, then when choosing free and open source applications, they rely solely on their own needs and imagination. If you don't like one program, you can, with a little effort, try a lot of other products that, in terms of their characteristics, approach, and in some cases even outdo other commercial solutions on the market. In order not to be unfounded, we decided to bring a selection of applications for burning optical discs that can be a worthy alternative to paid programs and are a must-have item in the arsenal of every PC user.

⇡InfraRecorder

Developer: infrarecorder.org
Distribution size: 3.3 MB
OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7

An open source CD and DVD burning software that supports ISO, BIN/CUE disk images. InfraRecorder works with rewritable and multi-session optical media, can find a common language with Audio CDs and dual-layer DVDs, and is also equipped with functions for cloning discs and checking them for errors. One of the features of the application is the interface, implemented in the style of Windows Explorer and translated into forty-odd languages, including Russian. In addition to the standard editions of the utility for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms, the site of the developer Christian Kindahl presents a portable version of InfraRecorder that works from any flash drive.

⇡ BurnAware Free

Developer: burnaware.com
Distribution size: 5.9 MB
OS: Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7

Tool for "burning" CD-, DVD- and Blu-ray discs. The functionality embedded in the program allows you to burn Audio-CD, DVD-Video and MP3 discs, create bootable and multi-session media, and also create ISO images from them. BurnAware Free provides an automatic update module via the Internet and a mechanism for checking the recorded data, which allows you to make sure that the process went smoothly. The utility interface is Russified, but the developers did not get around to translating the help. In the process, the accelerator application strives to introduce the Ask.com toolbar into Windows, so for those who decide to twist the tool in their hands, we advise you to be careful when installing it on your computer. It should also be noted that BurnAware Free cannot create exact copies of CDs and DVDs - this feature is present in commercial editions of the product, which are beyond the scope of our review.

⇡ Nero 9 Lite

Developer: nero.com
Distribution size: 31.6 MB
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7

A stripped-down version of the famous Nero Burning ROM disc burning package. It will appeal to those who love Nero products and are ready to put up with the many limitations of the free version of the application. The program can only burn CDs and DVDs, copy them, as well as clean rewritable discs and display reference information about the discs used. Nero 9 Lite is designed with potential buyers of the full edition of the popular package in mind, and therefore is replete with dialog boxes urging the user to opt for a commercial product. Akin to the aforementioned program, Nero 9 Lite also installs the Ask.com toolbar in the Internet Explorer browser and does so even if the checkbox in the installer settings is unchecked. And although later an unnecessary component can be removed through the Windows control panel, the very fact of the forced installation of the toolbar cannot but be alarming.

⇡ ImgBurn

Developer: imgburn.com
Distribution size: 4.4 MB
OS: all versions of Windows, Linux (when using the Wine environment)

One of the most powerful tools for working with CD, DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. ImgBurn supports BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI formats, allows the user to create audio CDs from MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, PCM, WAV, WMA and other files, interacts with any optical drives and can check the quality of the data recording. The program is characterized by a huge number of parameters through which the user can flexibly manipulate the characteristics of the utility and customize it in his own way. No less interesting is the fact that all ImgBurn operations are logged and shown as a report in a special window displayed next to the main application window. It hardly makes sense to recommend this program to novice users, but advanced computer owners should like it.

⇡CDBurnerXP

Developer: cdburnerxp.se
Distribution size: 6.3 MB
OS: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7

The features of this program are a built-in manager for printing disc covers, a module for converting NRG and BIN images to ISO, as well as a rich toolkit for creating audio CDs from MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC and WMA files. Otherwise, CDBurnerXP is practically in no way inferior to ImgBurn, with the exception, perhaps, of the interface, which is easier to use and understandable to ordinary users. Thanks to a successful combination of all these factors, the utility has received special attention from many software portals and online media, including our online publication.

⇡ DeepBurner Free

Developer: deepburner.com
Distribution size: 2.7 MB
OS: all Windows versions

Another alteration of a commercial product, the functionality of which was deliberately curtailed by the developers. DeepBurner Free works with CD and DVD media (including multisession media), can create audio CDs and burn data borrowed from an ISO image onto discs. A Russified interface made in the style of Windows Explorer, an update checker, drive buffer size settings - all this and much more is implemented in the program. For the convenience of potential users, the creators of DeepBurner Free have provided a portable version of the application, designed to be copied to flash drives and then run on any computer at hand.

⇡ Ashampoo Burning Studio Free

Developer: ashampoo.com
Distribution size: 8.2 MB
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7

Craft of the German company Ashampoo, distributed by the developer not directly from his own site, but through a network of partner sites. It differs from all the above applications in the ability to burn data to CD, DVD, Blu-ray and create Audio-CD, Video-DVD, VCD, SVCD. The program supports more than 1700 different drives, can copy media and create images in ISO, CUE / BIN, ASHDISC formats, and does a good job with rewritable and multi-session discs. If desired, Ashampoo Burning Studio Free can be used as a tool for creating backup copies of data and then restoring information at the right time. The only thing missing in the German product is the function of creating boot disks, which in some cases is extremely useful.

⇡ Burn4Free

Developer: burn4free.com
Distribution size: 2.2 MB
OS: all versions of Microsoft operating systems, starting with Windows 98

A program for burning CD, DVD, AudioCD, equipped with an interface that involuntarily brings tears of sympathy. If you brush them off and try to figure out a bunch of keys, a good half of which, when pressed, redirects to advertised sites, then you can come to the conclusion that Burn4Free actually knows a lot, but getting to the functionality embedded in the product is not so easy because behind ubiquitous pop-up banners. The application burns ISO images, supports various music formats, interacts with more than three thousand models of optical drives and has other talents hidden under a layer of buttons of an archaic and completely stupid interface.

⇡ Small CD Writer

Developer: small-cd-writer.com
Distribution size: 411 kb
OS: Windows (no information on specific versions)

The only program in our review for burning CD and DVD, created by the hands of domestic magicians. Unlike most similar programs, Small CD-Writer has a miniature size, works without installation, does not require space for caching files. The utility allows you to create multi-session and boot disks, burn ISO-images of CDs, view all sessions on a disk and extract files from them, save projects on a computer disk. Automatic detection of the burner and writing speed, coupled with the most simplified interface, allows users of any skill level to work with the program. To transfer files to optical media, just select the "Send to Small CD-Writer" menu item in Windows Explorer and click the "Burn" button in the window that opens.

⇡ Express Burn

Developer: nch.com.au/burn/
Distribution size: 470 kb
OS: all editions of Windows, Mac OS X (from version 10.2)

Another miniature "burner" CD, DVD and Blu-ray. Despite its modest size, Express Burn has features such as burning user data, creating audio and video discs, copying optical media and working with ISO images. A distinctive feature of the program, according to the developers, is the high speed of work and undemanding to the computing resources of the computer. We could not find any shortcomings in Express Burn. The only disappointment was the lack of a portable edition of the product, designed to run from flash devices.

⇡ Conclusion

True Burner (TB) is a simple but very powerful burning software that allows you to create and burn standard, bootable, multi-session DVD, CD, Blu-Ray discs from a variety of file systems, including UDF or ISO 9660. With this utility MP3 disk and DVD-Video can also be implemented.

ISO2Disc is a program for comfortable burning discs, which is considered the leading one in the Windows software package among similar applications. The utility does not contain any viruses and malware, as it is constantly checked by antiviruses.

winmount is an excellent utility, the purpose of which is to manage files and disks. It supports compression, decompression and viewing of various formats, including MOV RAR, ZIP, 7Z. Also, using this program, you can mount them on a virtual disk or a local folder...

Virtual Clone Drive- a program that is a virtual drive. By installing this utility, you can run disk images and perform various operations with them. Note that once the program is installed on the PC, an immediate system reboot is required for Virtual CloneDrive to work correctly.

If you need a simple application for editing music and audio tracks, Free Audio Editor complete the task as quickly and efficiently as possible. It recognizes almost all known extensions of music tracks, such as, for example, MP3, WAV, WMA, and there is also the possibility of recording and editing sounds from external sources.

UltraBox is a comprehensive software that allows you to copy as well as burn DVD & Blu-ray discs with movies. The name of the program comes from the fact that it combines a set of six applications that allow you to perform multiple operations: Stream-Cloner, Blue-Cloner, DVD-Cloner, Blu-Ray Ripper, DVD Ripper, SmartBurner.

AutoPlay Media Studio (APMS) is an excellent tool that is used to create autoplay files of CDs and DVDs containing videos, audios, images, presentations, etc. The interface is very user-friendly, immediately after launch, the welcome screen will offer three options - create a new one, open an existing one, or restore the last project.

Hanso Burner is an excellent multifunctional tool from Hanso Tools for burning data to CD/DVD discs. With Hanso Burner, you can also extract audio tracks from video files, erase information from drives, overwrite files, create images stored on optical drives.

Today I will talk about free disc burning software, which is also the most compact data burning application. Their functionality includes a maximum of two or three tasks, but which applications perform with a bang! Such simplicity bribes potential users to choose such programs for burning discs, if the burners are useless. Moreover, the weight of the presented programs for recording rarely exceeds 1 MB. A small size and minimal functionality - the key to stability.

The software listed below was selected based on its ease of use and the minimum number of features that are easy to understand. All applications run on Windows 7, 8 and 10 (32-bit) flawlessly.

A brief overview of mini-software for burning discs, read below.

UsefulUtils Discs Studio

Renaming UsefulUtils Discs Studio to aBurner did not bring new functionality to the utility, the application completely repeats the functionality of its predecessor. Maybe it's for the better, the aBurner disc burning program has not lost its main qualities - minimalism and stability.

aBurner

The main features of the aBurner utility are similar to UsefulUtils Discs Studio.

Free Disc Burner

Free Disc Burner is a comprehensive disc burning program that can burn any type of data to any disc.

Free Disc Burner

The utility's interface is designed to be as simple as possible, yet has unique burning capabilities that allow users to create their own discs quickly and easily.

Free Disc Burner Features:

• Supported media types: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD±R, DVD±RW, DVD-RAM, DVD±R DL, BD-R, BD-RE.
• Features of Free Disc Burner:
• Support for buffer protection technology (BurnProof, JustLink, etc.);
• Determination of disk speed;
• Selecting a disk file system;
• Erasing a disk;
• Multi-session or single-session recording on all supported disc types, including Blu-Ray (BD-R and BD-RE);
• Create ISO images for all supported media disc formats;
• Support for UNICODE file and folder names;
• Support the function Turn off the computer when the operation is completed;
• Support for DVD-Video format if VIDEO_TS and Audio_TS folders are added.

Free Disc Burner is a completely free disc burning utility.

Burn4Free

Free software for burning CDs and DVDs. The functionality of the Burn4Free application is generally similar to the Free Disc Burner. But there are also differences. So Burn4Free contains its own cover editor for discs.

Burn4Free

The main features of the Burn4Free utility:

• Copying data of various types (WAV, FLAC, WavPack, WMA, M3U (mp3 Winamp compilation), MP3, MP2, MP1 OGG and CDA, CD audio tracks);
• Nature SCSI, IDE/EIDE, SATA, USB;
• Interface in several languages;
• Cover printing on discs;
• Writing and saving .iso files;
• Support for dual-layer discs;
• Record MP3 collection.

Active ISO Burner

A very small program for burning disc images. It supports burning ISO images to the following types of discs: CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-RW, DVD-RW, DL DVD+RW, HD DVD, Blu-ray.

Active ISO Burner

Key features of Active ISO Burner:

• Improved user interface;
• Compact app installer;
• Three independent interfaces SPTI, ASPI, SPTD;
• Runs under a user account (using SPTD);
• Represents information about an ISO file.

At the end of the burn, a complete log of the actions performed is displayed: errors and information about the progress of work.

Passcape ISO Burner

The Passcape ISO Burner utility is an excellent tool for burning ISO images. Passcape ISO Burner is compatible with most CD/DVD recorders and USB devices (including Memory Stick, Compact Flash, SmartMedia, Secure Digital, USB flash drives, USB ZIP drives, USB HDDs, etc.) The interface of the utility is minimalistic and very simple.

Passcape ISO Burner

Main features of the Passcape ISO Burner utility:

• Burn ISO image to CD/DVD or USB drives;
• Create bootable disks (including USB disks) from ISO images;
• Extract ISO images to disk;
• Simple user interface;
• Does not require installation.

Small CD Writer

The functionality of Small CD-Writer is largely similar to aBurner and UsefulUtils Discs Studio, which is wrapped in a different shell.

Small CD Writer

For those who like the classic style of Windows 2000 or Windows XP, they will appreciate the Small CD-Writer interface, which is very reminiscent of Windows application interfaces of yesteryear. From here, an easy-to-use program that can create multi-session and bootable discs, burn ISO images, view all available sessions on the disc and save projects as ISO images.

I hope the above applications will find their users who appreciate the minimalism of applications for burning discs and do not require 10 functionality from such programs in one.

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version: 12.5 from 01 August 2019

BurnAware Free Edition is a program for burning CD, DVD, Blu-Ray discs. You can also use it to create bootable and multi-session discs or ISO images.

We present you one of the best free disc burners - BurnAware Free. Its functionality serves one purpose - to quickly and accurately burn a disc. In this case, you will not encounter an overloaded interface with many additional options and settings, which is often found in popular counterparts.

version: 4.5.8.7042 dated March 28, 2019

CDBurnerXP is a disc burning program that can be installed and used by users of any version of Windows. And don't let its name mislead you, so to speak - it performs well not only on XP, but also on versions 7, 8 and Vista.

It works great with CDs, HD-DVDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, and the recently popular dual-layer media, and it also allows you to create ISO images.

version: 2.0.0.205 from 27 August 2018

A program for burning data media and boot disks for reinstalling the operating system. This application features a "light" interface with skin support.
Astroburn can be used to burn all types of optical containers - CD, Blu-Ray, DVD. The initial data can be ordinary files or images in CCD, NRG, ISO, IMG and other formats. The program allows you to erase writable "blanks" and can check the integrity of the information after the transfer of objects to disk. The utility supports all modern types of media - DVD, Blu-Ray, and CD.

version: 1.14.5 from 13 June 2014

A free disc management application that strips away the bells and whistles, but instead contains all the important and basic features such as burning at different speeds, creating an Audio CD and backing up data on a disc.

Are you tired of convoluted and obscure disc burning applications? Download Ashampoo Burning Studio for free in Russian and forget about the problems of familiarization with the program forever. You do not need instructions for Ashampoo Burning Studio, since the interface is not only in Russian, but also intuitive. The application "leads" you to a successful burning, because the whole process is divided into successive steps: add files, set the burning speed, click "Start".

version: 9.4 from 18 April 2014

Nero Free is a free version of the time-tested disk management software. Thanks to its lightweight functionality, it starts instantly and does not affect the operation of other applications.

The program allows you to burn any data to a disc, as well as copy information from CD, Blu-Ray or DVD. But creating a DVD-video or ISO image with it will no longer work. And if only standard features are enough for you, then you won’t find a better option.

version: 2.5.8.0 from 17 June 2013

ImgBurn is a free disc burning program that supports a wide range of file images (BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG, PDI).

Can burn audio CDs from any file type supported by DirectShow / ACM (including AAC, APE, FLAC, M4A, MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, PCM, WAV, WMA, WV). Also you can use ImgBurn to create DVD video discs (from VIDEO_TS folder), HD DVD video discs (from HVDVD_TS folder) and Blu-ray video discs (from BDAV/BDMV folder) with ease.

DVD video disc burning software is designed to create digital video discs that can be played on any DVD player. If you have videos of birthdays, holidays, New Year's events, dances, your pranks and any other pleasant memories captured on video cameras and stored on mini-discs, VHS-cassettes and other specific media, then it would be a good idea to record and structure them on DVD. DVDs can be stored for a long time and, today, they can be opened almost anywhere where there is a digital technology.

With the help of this class of programs, you will not need to edit each video separately and try to join them. You can create and record videos with interactive menus in various templates, divide videos into chapters for easier navigation, add subtitles and additional audio tracks, cut scenes from videos, and even create photo slideshows. And all this can be done quickly and easily.

Note A: You don't have to edit videos with only DVD video burning software. You can use any video editor for editing and editing. And this class of programs is only for importing and creating menus before burning to DVD.

Overview of Free Software for Burning DVD Video Discs

DVD Flick convenient and powerful DVD video recording

It is a fairly simple program, but at the same time it has powerful tools for editing and burning video to DVD. With this program, you can quickly turn video reports stored in different folders into a full-fledged DVD-video disc that will open not only on your computer, but also on any other digital players, including home theaters. At the same time, you can add additional audio tracks, for example, to clarify some important events. Insert explanations in the form of subtitles. And structure the video as a separate menu for quick and easy navigation.

The following features are noted on the developer's website:

• Burn almost any video file to DVD
• Support for over 45 file formats
• Support for over 60 video codecs
• Support for over 40 audio codecs
• Easy to add menu
• Ability to add your own subtitles
• Simple and easy to use interface
• Completely free, without adware, spyware and any restrictions.

DVD Flick allows even a novice user to create their own DVD video surprisingly quickly.

Other DVD video burning software

• Bombono DVD is a cross-platform program that supports mp4, mov, mkv, avi and other video formats. With the ability to create a different kind of menu. The Linux version is free. The Windows version is divided into a commercial version and a limited free version.
• DVD Author Plus (unfortunately, the program has become a trial) allows you to create DVD video discs, read and convert the most common video formats. Includes many useful features such as copying discs, creating ISO images and then burning them to disc.
• DeVeDe is an open source Linux program designed to burn videos to DVDs and CDs (VCD, SVCD, CVD) of any number and format of video files, including mpeg, mpeg4, avi, asf, YouTube, Google flash video, wmv, ogg etc.
• Koyote Video to DVD - you will be pleasantly surprised by the number of features that this program provides. You can build a menu almost from scratch, choose a background, rename individual chapters of an existing video, and much more.
• is a cross-platform program for creating professional-looking DVDs. Allows you not only to burn videos to DVD that will play on any DVD player, but also to create individually designed menus. Note: Be careful, the installer tries to install unnecessary programs. Better use the portable version, which has nothing extra.

Quick Guide (Download Links for DVD Video Burning Software)

DVD Flick

		A simple yet powerful program to burn video to DVD. Supports many file formats and audio-video codecs. It's easy to add a menu. Own subtitles. And much more.
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		http://www.dvdflick.net/download.php
		13 MB 1.3.0.7 Open source freeware Windows 2000 - 7
		Support for 64-bit OS