Thread: Nero, wtf

I use Nero a lot for simple burning tasks (audio CD's and data CD's). I just got a new burner and installed the free version that came with the burner (Nero Express 7 Essentials... think I was using 5 or 6 before). Not only did it require like 400MB to install (and I unchecked every feature I could to get it down from over 1GB), it now takes like 30 seconds to open up. WTF? It's a simple fucking burning program. It should take like 5 seconds to open and less than 100MB (at most) to install. What is the deal?

This one functions EXACTLY like the old one, same interface and all, and that one did not take 400MB and 30 seconds to load.

Any recommendations for a replacement?

Maybe it installed the wrong way? I have Nero 7 Ultimate on my laptop, and it is always very fast. Are using StartSmart?

Yeh, StartSmart. I wonder if it has to do with Vista 64.

It might. I use XP 32. Hopefully it gets solved. It's great for ripping CDs and burning Isos. (The media player is horrible though.)

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

It's great for ripping CDs and burning Isos. (The media player is horrible though.)

Yes, that is definitely bloat. I removed that and all other non-essentials from the install and it still took 400MB.

It makes no sense to bundle a media player with burning software. Why on earth would I try a new bloat media player when WMP and VLC do absolutely everything I need them to?

I don't even use it for ripping CD's or burning ISO's (use CDDEX and DVDDecrypter for those tasks). I just want it for the very basic tasks of backing up data to disc, and making audio CD's (both drag and drop).

Don't use the startsmart stuff. Just load up Nero Burning ROM from the nero start menu and it should run plenty fast.

I use ImgBurn for everything. It takes about 2 seconds to open and is 2MB. The best part about it is that it's free.

http://www.imgburn.com/

It will burn audio CD's, make ISO's, burn ISO's, make data CD/DVD's.

I have used Nero, EMC, NTI and this by far does the same for me and is way less bloated.

I need to use Nero to rip CDs for work that iTunes can't rip. Some of them have this fancy little antipiracy measure that means any files you rip normally are only a few kilobytes in size instead of a few megabytes.