Multimedia Suite

[hennessy1]

I purchased Nero 9 last year and after much frustration just went back to Nero 8. I recently decided to try 9 again after 8 was giving me some problems and figured they had probably put out a few updates since then. They have but it didn't matter there is still issues with it.

So I am reluctant to buy Nero 10 and was wondering if the new version of Roxio is better or if anyone had another opinion on multimedia suites out there?

 

[hennessy1]

anything?

 

[Gooberlx2]

You just need to burn CDs/DVDs and stuff? What exactly did you use Nero to do? "Multimedia Suite" is a pretty broad phrase.

 

[hclarkjr]

i am using 10 now but use it just for nero so far. no problems for me with it

 

[Phynaz]

You just need to burn CDs/DVDs and stuff? What exactly did you use Nero to do? "Multimedia Suite" is a pretty broad phrase.

This.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

http://www.imgburn.com/

 

[hennessy1]

I use it for cds and dvds yes. I also use it for encoding audio and video files. I make dvd movies with it. I do cover art for them as well. I also use it for regular and hi def dvd viewing. Other then that I use the other features here and there. Pretty much the features in nero I use and I also experiement and try out the ones I don't use that often as well.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Well, if you're comfortable with Nero give the free trial a go...and then buy the upgrade license if everything works well.

My list of free alternatives:
Media playback: Windows Media Player/Center, VLC, MPC-HC
Video editing/DVD creation: Windows Live Movie Maker
Video encoding/transcoding: Avidemux, Handbrake, FormatFactory
Audio editing: Audacity
Audio ripping: Windows Media Player, Foobar, CDex, EAC, dbpoweramp, etc, etc...
Audio burning: Same as above
General burning: CDBurnerXP, DeepBurner Free, ImgBurn, Windows built-in
Backup: (don't use DVDs for this) External HDD + CrashPlan, SyncToy, Cobian, etc, etc...

 

[Phynaz]

Check out the Cyberlink suites if easy to use is your requirement.