Vista - Nero 7 or 8 ?

[Trac]

I just purchased a PC with Vista
What is the most stable; user friendly version of Nero for Vista?
All the versions are listed here:
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cdr_software/cdr_applications/nero.cfm

Thanks

[Dv8ted2]

Version 8 is fully compatible. There were some versions of 7 that you need to use XP compatibility mode.

[guns1inger]

Imgburn works perfectly well with Vista


So small, so fast, so brilliant

[Dv8ted2]

Imgburn works perfectly well with Vista


So small, so fast, so brilliant

You did nothing to answer his question. :P

He was not asking about imgburn. He was asking about Nero.

[bendixG15]

Imgburn works perfectly well with Vista


So small, so fast, so brilliant

You did nothing to answer his question. :P

He was not asking about imgburn. He was asking about Nero.

Dv8ted2 ..... You missed ...
Nero is not in high regard by many on this site...
IMGBurn is in high regard by many on this site.

[jman98]

It is worth mentioning ImgBurn because some people (like me) prefer to use it for DVD work and others might also prefer to use it if they know it is available. I have Nero and it's fine for my needs for making audio CDs and I use it sometimes for making data discs.

[Dv8ted2]

Imgburn works perfectly well with Vista


So small, so fast, so brilliant

You did nothing to answer his question. :P

He was not asking about imgburn. He was asking about Nero.

Dv8ted2 ..... You missed ...
Nero is not in high regard by many on this site...
IMGBurn is in high regard by many on this site.

I use Nero to burn Video-dvd's all the time. I am a member of this site, but deflecting the question with something that was not asked for does not in any way shape or form help the OP.

It is worth mentioning ImgBurn because some people (like me) prefer to use it for DVD work and others might also prefer to use it if they know it is available. I have Nero and it's fine for my needs for making audio CDs and I use it sometimes for making data discs.

Everyone is different, but see above response. I use Nero to make Video-dvd's all the time.

[vcdlover]

Imgburn works perfectly well with Vista


So small, so fast, so brilliant

You did nothing to answer his question. :P

He was not asking about imgburn. He was asking about Nero.

Dv8ted2 ..... You missed ...
Nero is not in high regard by many on this site...
IMGBurn is in high regard by many on this site.

I use Nero to burn Video-dvd's all the time. I am a member of this site, but deflecting the question with something that was not asked for does not in any way shape or form help the OP.

It is worth mentioning ImgBurn because some people (like me) prefer to use it for DVD work and others might also prefer to use it if they know it is available. I have Nero and it's fine for my needs for making audio CDs and I use it sometimes for making data discs.

Everyone is different, but see above response. I use Nero to make Video-dvd's all the time.

I am with Dv8ted2. I have used NERO since version 4 and now 8 and never have any issue.

To OP: you're running Vista, you should go with version 8. I have three XPs and one Vista at home and I never see any glitch about NERO. The most functions being used the most are DVD-ROM, CD-AUDIO, DVD-VIDEO and CD-ROM. I hardly use other functions and maybe these are the most stable functions of NERO. Don't quote me on that one. Don't feel horrified to use NERO 8 under Vista.

vcdlover

[SanderMan]

Using 7.10.1.0 here without problems on Vista Home Premium. But I use Imgburn also.

[CapeKO]

Nero 8 work fine with vista.

[lordsmurf]

Nero is a piece of shit. It doesn't burn DVD-Video correctly. It's fine for data, and for music, but other software STILL works better, and for free of all things.

ImgBurn for DVD-Video and data, on either SL or DL media. I forget the name of the free music tool. I still use Nero 6 for my music.

Answering somebody's question is sometimes best answered by the unnamed choice. If somebody had an STD and asked if he should chop off his penis with a scissors or a hatchet, wouldn't your answer be "go see a doctor and get a prescription"? Yeah, it's an off-the-wall scenario, but sometimes that's needed to illustrate a point!

[Stingray]

I've never had any problems with any version of Nero on any version of Windows... but ImgBurn is a great tool to have nonetheless.

[Dv8ted2]

Nero is a piece of shit. It doesn't burn DVD-Video correctly. It's fine for data, and for music, but other software STILL works better, and for free of all things.

ImgBurn for DVD-Video and data, on either SL or DL media. I forget the name of the free music tool. I still use Nero 6 for my music.

Answering somebody's question is sometimes best answered by the unnamed choice. If somebody had an STD and asked if he should chop off his penis with a scissors or a hatchet, wouldn't your answer be "go see a doctor and get a prescription"? Yeah, it's an off-the-wall scenario, but sometimes that's needed to illustrate a point!

How do you figure?

If I asked should I eat an orange or an apple, and you answer with a banana, how in the world do you think you have helped me? I did not ask if I should eat a banana. Your opinion is subjective. Not everyone thinks like you do. I happen to like Nero.

I mainly use Nero Express to burn everything, and I use the wave editor to edit music.

For the record, I also use imgburn, but please keep the subject on topic, and give the answer that they are looking for rather than something that was not asked for.

[lordsmurf]

Apple? Orange? Banana? You didn't give a goal.
For example, if you wanted extra potassium, then neither the orange nor apple would be an appropriate fruit.

DVD-Video is the goal here, and Nero is a poor means to that end. It's not an opinion. It's a fact that Nero does not properly adhere to the DVD-Video specs.

This is not about simple choices, but rather how to meet a certain goal with successful results.

[kush]

Agreed w/ LS. Certain aspects of Nero still have merit (I guess - haven't touched since the botched v7 releases), but overall there's better stuff out..And FREE no less. I use imgBurn for all my video/data burning nowadays. No nonsense stuff, quality burns every time (although quality hardware/media do come into play here too). Nero has gone from a once (fairly lean) good program to a piece of bloat ware, whose components are often outclassed by other, more focused softwares.

You know the old saying jack of all trades, master of none. IMO it applies quite nicely here.

On topic though, when Vista compatibility is of chief concern, go w/ v8.whatever-it-is-now

[usually_quiet]

Before this veered off into a discussion about how to answer questions, I think that everyone who replied to this post was sincerely trying to be helpful to the OP. Hopefully the OP is not offended by the suggestion that a different program might be a better choice for one of the things that Nero does. In any case he/she has an answer to the question posed about which version of Nero would work better with Vista.

For what it's worth, I used Nero to burn DVD's for about two years. Although I have now switched to ImgBurn for that, it's mostly because I tend to err on the side of caution, and because I like the idea that the discs it burns are fully compliant with the standard. However, based on what I have been told about exactly what Nero does incorrectly, it is unlikely to ever cause a problem for me, or any one else who does not do professional video work.

However, there were a couple of other things that I noticed about ImgBurn that might make it a better choice for some. ImgBurn offered more options for burn speed and internal labeling for the disc than does the version of Nero Express that I have, but then again this may not be anything that interests the OP either.

[Edit] I read some posts this morning about problems people were having with Nero, and it reminded me of something that might be important. Nero does not handle the transition between layers very well when creating dual layer discs (I probably forgot that because I never use them), but this may not be anything that the OP cares about either.