Old Nero - New Nec

[959NF]

Is it possible that Nero 5.5 doesn't want to write DVD's with my new NEC (sony) 1773 because the software itself is old? Free CDBurnerXP burned dvd okay. If so, is there a reason at all to buy newer version of Nero, meaning what do you think about this free softaware?

[gwoiler]

I think it depends on what kind of Nero you have. It it is OEM or bought outright, it will workwith any burner. But if it came bundled with a drive, it is coded for that drive. My older versiono of Nero was that way. I bought version 6 by itself and it works on any computer.

[redwudz]

I would be very surprised if Nero 5.5 would work with any newer burners. I had to upgrade to 6X better than a year ago as 5.5 wouldn't work with any of my burners. I'm using 6.6 at present and probably in the future I will need to upgrade again to 7.0 or higher. But I hope not.

It's a shame too. I liked 5.5. It was much less bloatware like than 6 or 7. I would just prefer a version with only Nero Burning ROM and they can keep the rest.

[Dr. DOS]

It's a shame too. I liked 5.5. It was much less bloatware like than 6 or 7. I would just prefer a version with only Nero Burning ROM and they can keep the rest.

I too like Nero Burning ROM as well but recode has gotten me out of a few problems when Shrink, Decrypter, CloneDVD and others crapped out on a copy. Recode worked when the others died right at the beginning of a dvd rip.

[959NF]

I started to get Power Calibration Error with my previous Nec 1300, and I think it was hard to find compatible dvd-media too. I decided now it's time to change to new drive. So I was little confused when Nero didn't recognize this new drive at all.

Yeah, that Nero came with this previous drive, it even have a cd-case with Nec -logos and there is other softwares too, if I remember right. So newer version of Nero would propably work?

That's shame, because I could then bought straight away drive packed with software and all those stickers and things Now I just got bulk-packed drive, in good price of course, but adding Nero to that... hmm.

[redwudz]

If you just need Nero for burning DVDs, you can use the freeware ImgBurn instead. It will work with ISOs or a VIDEO_TS folder. Or you may be able to find a OEM version of Nero 6X.

[guns1inger]

You can also use Imgburn to burn data. Pretty much anything except redbook audio.

[959NF]

Thanks for answers, maybe there is not need for Nero at all I'm just so used to burn with it, so it feels like a synonym (right word?) for burning.