Free CD/DVD burning software BurnAware includes support for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD

by Simon Kerbel on January 22, 2008 at 05:00 PM

Looking for an inexpensive (read: free) alternative to the CD/DVD burning utilities currently dominating the market? BurnAware Free looks to fill that space nicely.

BurnAware is a free utility that enables you to perform most common disc burning tasks:
  • Burn data to most any type of disc, including DVD+R and DVD-R
  • Create audio CD's from WAV, mp3, or WMA files
  • Create disk images (.ISO's)
  • Write DVD video files (e.g. VOB files) to a DVD
The interface is very clean and easy to use. BurnAware has a simple home screen where you can see the different burning options. Once an option is selected, the home screen minimizes to the taskbar (similar to Nero and Roxio's functionality) and a new window is opened, allowing you to customize whatever function you selected.

An added bonus of BurnAware is support for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD formats (provided that you have the appropriate drive, of course). Though BurnAware supports both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, we found it peculiar that it only advertises Blu-Ray support. A pointed jab at HD-DVD, or simply an oversight? Only time will tell...

BurnAware Free is currently in beta, with support for Windows 98/NT/2000/XP and Vista (32 and 64 bit).

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