Installation

Since the number of the bundled applications is quite large so is the installation file – over 31MB. The installation process is quite simple; keep in mind that the pack is bundled with a toolbar and will change your default search and home page unless you un-check these options.

Ease of use

When you launch the Free Studio manager you will find out that all the applications are conveniently divided into four large categories – Internet, DVD and Video, MP3 and audio, and CD/ DVD/ BD.

Click on each category to see what tools are hiding behind it and then launch an application by simply clicking on its icon.

All the tools in this pack have somewhat similar interface and are actually quite easy to use; the tools range from Video to Flash, Video to DVD, Video to iPhone and numerous other converters, DVD and Audio CD burners, Audio converter, Audio Dub, Audio CD to MP3 and other audio converters, as well as many YouTube specific tools. There is no help file included, so if you wish to find out how to use a specific tool, you should head over to the authors’ web site. All in all, this is one extremely useful multimedia pack that is likely to save you a lot of time searching for different video and audio converters or any of other of the free tools included.

FreeStudio is a freeware and works on computer running Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

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Installation and Setup

ImgBurn installs within a matter of seconds and asks for no personal information. System resources, – especially CPU load – are quite high when burning, which is expected. Idle resource usage is minimal however, maxing out at around 20 MB. The program takes up only 2MB of space.

Ease of Use

ImgBurn is unique amongst burning software in that it really doesn’t care what format you use. Just like Photoshop will open files from just about any other application or in any format, ImgBurn will deal with most things you can throw at it. BIN, GI, DVD, IMG, ISO MDS, PDI and NRG files are all covered by the program.

If you’re not just burning a simple DVD or CD image, you can also use ImgBurn to create DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray discs using their respective folders, which is great if you want to quickly backup your DVDs. Other tools can do this, but few are free and even fewer aren’t bloated or overcomplicated.

ImgBurn is simple in its UI but in-depth in its configuration. All of the everyday tasks like choosing an ISO, verifying, speeds and tests are all easily available, alongside any information about the file and your disc you wish to use. However, a quick trip into the programs settings reveals just about every configuration option imaginable for burning and ripping images.

With simple, intuitive burning available within a few clicks and powerful features like burn queues and layer break selection, ImgBurn is a great tool for just about anyone who has ever owned a writeable drive.

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CDBurnerXP is a free application to burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs. It also includes the feature to burn and create ISOs, as well as a multi-language interface. Everyone, even companies, can use it for free. It does not include adware or similar malicious components.

This is a screenshot of CDBurnerXP in action. As you can see it has several windows for better navigation between files and folders. To select files or folders to burn, simply drag and drop them to the bottom window.

Here is a complete list of CDBurnerXP’s features:

Create Data-CDs/DVDs

• Burn any Data on CD-R/CD-RW/DVD+R/DVD-R/DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM/BD/HD-DVD, including double layer mediums
• Burn mp3-CDs to store many audio files on one single disc
• Create bootable discs
• Verify written Data automatically after burning process
• Use either the internal browser to add your files or the intuitive Drop-Box to drag and drop files directly from any Windows Explorer window
• Save your compilations for creation of backups
• Burn on-the-fly and with buffer-underrun protections
• Import previous (ISO 9660) sessions and edit existing file structure on CD/DVD
• Quick- and full-erase disc
• Copy data discs (possible copy-protection is not bypassed)
• Retrieve recorder and disc information

Create Audio-CDs

• Create Audio-CDs from mp3, wav, ogg, flac and wma files
• Add single or multiple tracks from existing audio-CDs directly to your new compilation without ripping tracks before (add cda-files)
• Play audio-files with integrated audio player
• Gapless audio-CDs supported (disc-at-once-mode)
• Import M3U or WPL playlists
• ISO features
• Burn ISO files to CD
• Create your own ISO files
• Convert bin- and nrg-files to ISO
• Save CDs/DVDs as ISO file to disc

Other features

• Simple cover printing feature for data- and audio-discs
• Supports most IDE, USB, Firewire and SCSI drives
• Integrated option to enable access to drive for restricted users
• Multi-language interface
• Online update

As you see the list cover the needs of a normal user, even advanced users!

We have a positive experience using CDBurnerXP. We have tried most of it’s functions except the Blue-ray and HD-DVD functions, simply because we don’t have the needed equipment.

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