Nero 6..............what arey your opinions so far???

[defense]

This and many other forums are packed with ex-NERO users and their horror stories they tell about the stack of coasters they keep around to remind them selfs not to use NERO.Is this good business???? How in the hell can you release a retail software package that need a patch or two before you can even get it home and installed from the store. Will the NERO lovers ever learn it is CRAPPY software at best. Record Now Max and Burn away. There are many others that also do a very good job but NERO is not among them. Sounds like Mr. Gates might be on the NERO team as a night job.

No doubt Nero has had a ridiculous amount of issues. All of their upgrades being like downgrades...makes me wonder how people actually use this software. Nero couldn't even get their last "IP ADDRESS VERSION OF NERO" to work properly... 5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.5.8.9.7.6.54.4.6.7.7.5.5.7.6.TR5.8 . NOW THEY WANNA COME out with a version 6 and charge more money? BWAHHHHHHHHH...there are suckers born every SECOND.....this isn't even an attempt to bash Nero...because i've done that enough already and deseredly so....this is just shock that AHEAD software who is always "BEHIND" on their bugged software...can actually have the audacity to charge people for a "NEW" version of NERO.

You'd think NERO would have enough sense if they were gonna charge ANYBODY for that joke of a program...they'd put these three words on the box...newest version of "NERO NOW WORKS!"

@Jdizzy....if you think people's systems are the cause of most of their Nero Horrors...then you really are Dizzy! Take some medicine..get some sleep...rest up.

[rhegedus]

Nero works for me - the only coasters I've had have been down to the media.

[defense]

Nero works for me - the only coasters I've had have been down to the media.

If people are still buying Nero, then it must work for them too. Never had a problem with CD's personally...nor did I with SVCD's...but this is 'DVD' based facts...and for that Nero really does suck. Yea, it may work for some even with DVD's...but look at the number of people who have had issues with Nero. They release a freakin' update which when you use the DVD VIDEO option it prevents the DVD from being recognized in your standalone? LMAO...and that's an UPDATE? That's one example..I can go on forever.

IF you want to see statistics on an overwhelming number of people who have had issues with Nero..search RecordNow Max and find the posts I started 6 months ago or so. I got RNM as soon as it came out and I immediately knew it blew Nero out of the water EASILY. I posted about the differences and how solid RNM was and I'd say 20 other posters came forward and gave their Nero horror stories. I remember because I got a number of PM's thanking me for the posts and allowing people to get a REAL BURN program..one that doesn't need patches or updates every WEEK and one that hasn't had a serious update in about 6 months...but doesn't NEED ONE.....that tells you solidity right there.

[drvax]

Ok, I need help!

Having been a happy Nero User for a couple of years, ever since version 4, I was very excited about version 6 comming out. I went out and baught the retail version at my local Bestbuy and I have since installed it a couple of times and everytime I try to burn to my DVD=RAM Mashita drive on my Gateway 500 machine, it say that "the drive is being used by another application" !!!!!! WHatt application???


Any ideas???

Sounds like you have "InCD" running as I think it's installed with Nero6. Exit out of that and you should be ok. It will be located in your running icon task bar. Hope it helps...

Dr. Vax 8)

[NYPlayer]

Just makes me wonder what kind of testing Nero does....The encoder creates a video_ts folder all in small letters so when it burns it won't play.

should be VIDEO_TS

You have to laugh at their testing.

[rhegedus]

I noticed that too - but it burns as VIDEO_TS. Wierd

[moridin]

With all the different burners, readers, players and media ive used I have never had a problem with Nero... that wasnt my own fault (and that only being a couple of times).

While i dont doubt that some of you have had problems i thought i would throw my own experience into the mix. That experience has been great, and after a brief "buffer" period ill make the switch to Nero 6. Their transcoder looks especially appealing.

[jeex]

nero is a good cd burning program.. i use it to burn music & data.. they've thrown in a bajillion new features.. but i doubt i'll be using any of them because all the stuff they provide i use other (and better programs) to do with..

its kind of like they're turning in to a mini-microsoft..

i wouldnt pay for nero 6 if i already had nero 5.x..


is nero burning rom the program with the most version numbers ever?

i swear they release an updated version of it like every 5 minutes..

[rhegedus]

Like the above post, I'll stick with v5 for now.

The more functions programers try to add, the worse the overall product - did I hear Ulead, anyone?

I've got all the capture/encode/transcode tools I need, so all I want is a reliable burning program. I see no reason to switch.

[moridin]

Companies are alwyas looking for an edge on the competition, if they never tried to improve and add upon their programs theyd be left in the dust. Be that as it may, i too want something that works flawlessly for CD's and dvds. I do, Nero (5.5 currently) , and it works great. To each their own.

Just my $0.02

[Yirkin]

I don't regret buying Nero 6. I got it for $49 and since I did not have Nero 5 or Record Now Max, it was a bargin for me. I'm happy with its cd/dvd burning functions and I'm happy to have its mp4 audio encoder.

I do think that the Nerovision Express capture/transcode/author tool is really buggy however. I assume that they will patch it, but I can't see why it was released in the state it is currently in.


Howard

[Gizmogajet]

Burning works as it always has. I decided to try some of the extra stuff that comes with it. The Nero smart start is actually very good when set to advanced. I tried Nero Recode. Its seems like a combination of DVD2ONE and DVD Shrink. As far as i can tell it can't read encrypted files so they must first be ripped with decryptor or smart ripper. They added alot more features to Nero Cover Designer and it works pretty well. The updated Nero Image Drive works again on my computer (it stopped working after i installed XP). Nero showtime also works well alothough it does have a slight delay when going to the next chapter on a dvd which is a bit annoying. It seems to play alot like Power DVD.

[Gurm]

Now, interestingly...

I installed the 6.0.0.9 update (which adds new features), and...

1. Their Nero Media Player is ... "interesting". It has some cute display items but is otherwise no better than any other media player, and quite possibly takes the longest to load a simple MPG file of any player I've ever seen. Verdict? Thumbs-down!

2. Nero Showtime is quite possibly the WORST software DVD player I've seen in a long time. It's like they licensed some hideous old version of WinDVD or something from 1998. ARGH!

3. I'm still playing with Nero Recode. It looks promising, but I have NO idea what the quality will be like.

- Gurm

[Gurm]

Ok I take it back.

Nero Recode is a useless piece of crud. It allows you virtually NO control over things, disabling titles doesn't REALLY disable them, and it defaults to not including ANY audio tracks. ARGH!

- Gurm

[bluuz]

The last straw really was when I decided to use AC-3 as my audio choice which doesn't work at all. The encoder crashes stating that it can’t find the ac3 dll it needs.

Yep, I got the same error. I bought the Nero 6 Ultra retail box and have installed the recently posted updates. I tried to burn a project consisting of 4 AVIs I created using Ulead VideoStudio 7. I was intrigued by the AC3 audio option so I selected it the first time. Didn't work. The Nero error log says "cannot find NeAcEnc.dll," but that file is in the Nero directory. It dawned on me that this file is related to the AC3 encoder the second time the project crashed. I changed the audio option to PCM and tried again and the third time the project was proceeding nicely until the encoder choked and gave me this error: "cause: 128 (nmc_processing_exception) source: _VOBS:oGuardedProcessing ()
description: Exception during encoding."

I've burned the same project successfully using VideoStudio7's authoring tool as well as Sonic's MyDVD. Too bad, NeroVision Express has a nice interface and it's easy to use. I've sent the log files to Nero and no doubt they'll fix these problems, but I'm wondering whether I'll bother with the program again. Nothing worse than getting 20 minutes into rendering and having your project crash.

Never had Nero before, and it seems to offer a lot of bang for the buck. Hopefully, I'll find use for the other burning tools, but I'm about done with NeroVision express.

[lordsmurf]

All I wanted was NeroVision Express 2 for use with an Aver card. All it does is crashes. If it actually doesn't crash, the video goes all wacky during capture, and it isn't Macrovision.

While it could always be user error, I think it's just a crappy early version that needs lots of work still. Nothing would work correctly.

Nero should stick to burning software. It attempts at everything else are unsavory to say the least.

I've seen beta software work better than this.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Nero burning, but this other non-burning stuff was utterly pathetic and a huge disappointment.

[ephesus]

Nero Recode seems to be a really good one click transcoding app so far but you have to change the default profile around a little to make it easy to use. You can replace stills with a user-selectable still and the quality is pretty impressive also. Check out the discussion going on in the doom9 forum.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=58298&perpage=20&pagenumber=1

[Capt_Diode]

I have used Nero 6 for about a week and feel the new version is more robust with greater buffering. Both buffer indicators stay solid at 98%. I have noticed a couple of quirks about the program though. I have a portable DVD player, Toshiba SD-P2500 and its pickey on what it will play. I always used UDF/ISO 1.02 in the past for burning DVD's. The same method in Nero 6 will no longer play in my portable player however, if I select DVD/Video they work fine. (Media is Imation dvd-r Sony 510a) The DVDs seem to play fine on GE-1103p whichever method I use. Also the drive selected in Nero for a project disables the eject button on the drive. It must be ejected from the menu bar in Nero. Overall for my purposes I am happy with it. My .02

Captain Diode

[Gurm]

The eject button disabling (as well as autoplay disabling) is a safety feature of the program. Almost all new burning proggies have this.

- Gurm

[pacman23]

ok heres whati did i have phillips dvd recorder and i made some tv shows on it .. on advdrw and hten i stick into my computer and rip the shows to the drive .. withth e version that i have le tme put only 4 shows on one dvd when the disc had 6 in all .. and it burned to dvd fine .. but since i upgrade im able to put 6 shows on one dvd but when its seting up the menu and reencodeing hte files it give me error about 30 sec in the process.. its give me ( unable to prepare data for recording : prepare session faild: transcoding of video failed. ) so now i cant do anyting until the fix the ACDD .. FILE HOPE ITS SOON well emailme if anyone can when they get it fixed i knwo im not hte only ne havin this problem .. other than that i had good things so say about nero 6

emailme

rundmc2323@wmconnect.com

thanks if any get this fixed

[jester1x]

I'm quite pleased with my purchase of Nero 6. I bought the previous version and was quite pleased with it also. I really like how you can alter the sound (adjust treble, bass, reduce noise, etc...) of an mp3 before burning it to a disc. You have more options than other burning programs as far as CDRs are concerned. It's what sold me on Nero. It has done what I wanted it to do and done it solidly. Oh...DVDRs I have burned with Nero 5.5 and 6 have played with no problems on my dvd players either.

Yes, Nero ShowTime does look a lot like PowerDVD. I rather like it and love the skin! I bet Nero bought the PowerDVD engine and renamed it "ShowTime" for use in their software. No problems with playback for me with any format.

[spaceman]

Nero released an outstanding product as usual. People who can't get it to work usually have a crappy system to start with and just won't admit it. Their system is at fault but they blame the software. Same people posting. Try upgrading from Windows 95 and your 300mhz CPU. Try selecting UDF 1.02 next time and your disk will play on any DVD player. I have used every feature in Nero 6 and can find no fault. Yes they are back on top of Roxio and record Now.

u gotta b on drugs

[craig843]

A poor workman always blames his tools.

[Doggiedaddy]

Many a workman can be judged by the tools he uses. The quality of his tools and the knowledge the tradesman possesses is in all cases directly reflected in the final product.

Quality can only be achieved with knowledge, skills and proper TOOLING .

Administrative Systems Control Engineer.
20 years Caterpillar International Corporation.

[orbital517]

Many a workman can be judged by the tools he uses. The quality of his tools and the knowledge the tradesman possesses is in all cases directly reflected in the final product.

Quality can only be achieved with knowledge, skills and proper TOOLING .

Administrative Systems Control Engineer.
20 years Caterpillar International Corporation.

Well said.

[ladyb1998]

I tried nero 6 and didnt care for it a bit. When I keep going to burn a disk always say drive it use by another program. I uninstall 6 and put back 5.5 and have no problem.